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Potatoes !!!!

Brunneria said:
It never ceases to amaze me how different we all are. :)
Potatoes aren't great for me, but they are FAR better than any of the grains. Those spike me to the skies, while potatoes are kind of doable, in small portions
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Yeah, it's really strange! I'm the complete opposite and can eat brown rice, brown pasta, wholegrain bread and even breakfast cereals in moderation and barely even register them
 
Terryrhino said:
I'm assuming the skins have low carb and high goodness??
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Nope but they are good blotting paper, and the fat they absorb helps slow down digestion. Also they are the tasty bit of a roastie. Some say they hold some vitamins and fibre that mashed pots seem to lack.
 
Would boiling the potatoes first, before roasting them help? I seem to remember people on here saying that if potatoes are re-cooked they don't spike bs so much. Also new potatoes are supposed to spike bs less and can be roasted - the bigger ones are better for that and I roast them unpeeled.
I'm ok with potatoes and do have roasties with a Sunday lunch, but only about once a month.
 
Baby new potatoes are 15g carbs per 100g, 100g equates to around 3 or 4 small ones. that's not too bad alongside pasta or rice which are much higher.
Agree that everyone is different in how they can handle them.
 
Juicetin said:
Baby new potatoes are 15g carbs per 100g, 100g equates to around 3 or 4 small ones. that's not too bad alongside pasta or rice which are much higher.
Agree that everyone is different in how they can handle them.
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I put baby new potatoes, baby carrots and quartered onions topped with olive oil into a meat roast last week- I did not get much of a spike at 1 hour or 2 hour after eating 6 of them but did experience the prolonged slightly higher levels of BG that brunneria describes in her post probably because of the fat content.
 
Prem51 said:
Would boiling the potatoes first, before roasting them help? I seem to remember people on here saying that if potatoes are re-cooked they don't spike bs so much. Also new potatoes are supposed to spike bs less and can be roasted - the bigger ones are better for that and I roast them unpeeled.
I'm ok with potatoes and do have roasties with a Sunday lunch, but only about once a month.
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Apparently in Australia they have bred a Low Carb potato. It has not yet crossed the oceans of the world, and remains an aussie pot, not a pommie pot.
 
We buy Spud Lite low carb potatoes from Woolies, you can boil them, mash them, stick them in a stew. Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish. Roasted in goose grease to.

They have < 9 grams carbs per 100 grams, which have helped me a lot. :D
 
Tipetoo said:
We buy Spud Lite low carb potatoes from Woolies, you can boil them, mash them, stick them in a stew. Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish. Roasted in goose grease to.

They have < 9 grams carbs per 100 grams, which have helped me a lot. :D
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Sorry, but here in the UK not only do we not get Spud Lite, but also we no longer have a Woolies
 
I am also someone where a moderate amount of potatoes has no significant effect. Not that partial to most types now really having got out of the habit, but indulge in a couple of smallish roast spuds every now and again. If someone had told me years back I'd be considering these a great treat I'd never have believed them.
 
Oldvatr said:
Sorry, but here in the UK not only do we not get Spud Lite, but also we no longer have a Woolies
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The Woolworths (Woolies) we have here is nothing to do with the UK's F.W. Woolworth's.

It was a Australian owned company which now has South African owners I believe.
 
Oldvatr said:
Apparently in Australia they have bred a Low Carb potato. It has not yet crossed the oceans of the world, and remains an aussie pot, not a pommie pot.
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Yeh I've tried them and they're disgusting... just my opinion. I'd rather a normal potato you can do things with. I haven't seen them being sold here for a while now either... probably because no one was buying them. I brought them a few times and gave up... you can't do much with them and no matter what I thought I was eating cardboard or something... bad flavour.
 
Mep said:
Yeh I've tried them and they're disgusting... just my opinion. I'd rather a normal potato you can do things with.
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We like them as they taste the same to us, but our's are mostly nuked in the microwave or mashed.

They sure beat mashed cauliflower... :meh:
 
I actually saw those spuds in woolies yerterday and was tempted to try them, but because I am just starting out on the low carb journey, I think abstinence is better for me at the moment. I am enjoying trying new recipes such as cauliflower fried rice and eating all those fats such as butter, that I have been brain washed into believing was the reason I was overweight.

Terry I love your posts they are a reflection of my tortured self, still searching for the miracle that everything stays the same with different results (definition of madness ?)
 
I'm type 2 with no medication. How far do I need to run after (or before) lunch to burn off each roast potato?
 
holdfast said:
I'm type 2 with no medication. How far do I need to run after (or before) lunch to burn off each roast potato?
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Oooh! how long is a piece of string? :)
Unfortunately, we are all different, with different reactions to potato, different fitness levels, and different sized potatoes... so it would really need you doing some testing with a home meter , so you can work out your personal tolerances.

Sorry I can't be more specific, but it really does vary hugely from person to person.
 
Brunneria said:
Oooh! how long is a piece of string? :)
Unfortunately, we are all different, with different reactions to potato, different fitness levels, and different sized potatoes... so it would really need you doing some testing with a home meter , so you can work out your personal tolerances.

Sorry I can't be more specific, but it really does vary hugely from person to person.
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Fair enough. Thanks for comment. My question was a bit tongue in cheek. While everyone else is slumped in an armchair I'll go for a brisk walk.
 
I can eat roast potatoes, and I love them cooked in goose fat. I can have about 2 medium ones.

But I cant eat pasta, or rice, and very little flour. The best bit of advice I have had from here is to eat and test, as we are all different.
 
Potatoes roasted in goose fat may be OK. I eat chips (very) occasionally and usually get a late spike.

I am definitely having some roasties on Christmas Day.
 
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