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[–] [email protected] 170 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Potatoes are amazing. They grow easily in a wide variety of soil and produce food which has every nutrient we need except for a complete protein. And, they're a vegetable, so you can tell someone you're eating your vegetables and then go to McDonald's for some frenchy fries

[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The frying is the questionable part. (Well, the french part too but...)

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still vegetables! Everyone knows that a nice dinner at a Chinese buffet is healthy if you eat a few green beans lmao

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, the french part is not literal.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

They really are a miracle food. And they make every dish better.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, in fairness, "vegetable" isn't a scientific term at all, so whether potatoes are vegetables (or tubers, or roots, or something else) is totally up for debate.

But they're a hell of a lot more of a vegetable than pizza is!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I've always used the definition of a vegetable being an integral part of a plant, like a root, rather than a fruiting seed pod evolved to be consumed by animals

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're only nutritious if you eat the skin. If you peel them (like McDondald's does with their fries) then they're just empty carbs.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's an urban legend, most of what you lose in the skin is fiber. The skin and the interior of the tuber both contain all your micronutrients

https://potatogoodness.com/potato-nutrition-in-skin-vs-flesh/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cooking potatoes with skin is still somewhat more nutritious than cooking them without (unless you're keeping the water for something else, some use it for stuff like pasta)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Tastier, too, IMO

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Totally! Fiber is good for you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There are several essential amino acids we need to survive but don't produce in our bodies. No plant has all of those amino acids, but every animal product does. You can get complete plant protein by consuming multiple different plants, so if a vegan has a varied diet they're usually fine.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

There are a few plants with a complete amino acid profile: quinoa, soy, amaranth or buckwheat. But as you said, a varied diet is better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Also, animal meat maybe, but not every animal product contains a complete protein profile.