[user104658]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I usually add vegetables, potatoes or spinach.

Veg good, spinach very good, potatoes naughty

Empty starchy carbohydrates. I agree with not wanting to live on salads or veg but you can keep ALL of the tasty parts of a diet and just cut the "bulk" by removing white bread, pasta and potatoes. All are basically nutritionally worthless.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Veg good, spinach very good, potatoes naughty

Empty starchy carbohydrates. I agree with not wanting to live on salads or veg but you can keep ALL of the tasty parts of a diet and just cut the "bulk" by removing white bread, pasta and potatoes. All are basically nutritionally worthless.

Potatoes fill you up better than anything else though, or they do with me. I could eat no end of salad, veg, and most meat and still feel peckish. Whereas a baked potato with beans or something fills me for hours and hours :S

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Veg good, spinach very good, potatoes naughty

Empty starchy carbohydrates. I agree with not wanting to live on salads or veg but you can keep ALL of the tasty parts of a diet and just cut the "bulk" by removing white bread, pasta and potatoes. All are basically nutritionally worthless.

I like potatoes.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Veg good, spinach very good, potatoes naughty

Empty starchy carbohydrates. I agree with not wanting to live on salads or veg but you can keep ALL of the tasty parts of a diet and just cut the "bulk" by removing white bread, pasta and potatoes. All are basically nutritionally worthless.

get rid of potatoes?? Are you loco man? mg:

I eat virtually no bread or pasta but leave me my spuds

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

get rid of potatoes?? Are you loco man? mg:

I eat virtually no bread or pasta but leave me my spuds

I like roast potatoes or oven chips.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

get rid of potatoes?? Are you loco man? mg:

I eat virtually no bread or pasta but leave me my spuds

You're Irish, that's different, it's a specialised diet for Irish people. Like, cows can survive eating just grass but most species couldn't. Likewise, all that is needed to sustain the Irish is the humble potato. The leading theory is that Irish people have evolved a special enzyme that actually converts potato starch into a superfood. It's fascinating stuff really. I actually saw a documentary recently in which they demonstrated Potatogenesis - a process by which elderly Irish people are buried up to their necks in a field for a few months and then when you return, they have sprouted more Irish people.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

You're Irish, that's different, it's a specialised diet for Irish people. Like, cows can survive eating just grass but most species couldn't. Likewise, all that is needed to sustain the Irish is the humble potato. The leading theory is that Irish people have evolved a special enzyme that actually converts potato starch into a superfood. It's fascinating stuff really. I actually saw a documentary recently in which they demonstrated Potatogenesis - a process by which elderly Irish people are buried up to their necks in a field for a few months and then when you return, they have sprouted more Irish people.

It's all true, it's because most of us descended from Leprechauns you see

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

It's all true, it's because most of us descended from Leprechauns you see