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You Ask, I Answer: Potatoes/Walter Willett’s Healthy Eating Pyramid
I don’t really know anything about the science of nutrition, so I won’t state an opinion either way on the potato issue. But have you read Willett’s book, Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy? I think the...
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No Wonder Potatoes Have A Bad Reputation
Arby’s is offering a new side item on their menu — loaded potato bites (pictured at left). Uh oh, the term “loaded” is generally code for “artery and waist busting.” This is no exception. These “yummy...
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You Ask, I Answer: Food Pyramid
Do corn and potatoes fall into the “grains” or “vegetable” category in the food pyramid? – Tom O’Farrell Boston, MA As far as the United States Department of Agriculture is concerned, potatoes and corn...
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Numbers Game: You Say Potato, I Say “Dehydrated Flakes In A Box”
In 1960, _____ percent of potatoes consumed in the United States were done so in processed, lower-nutrition forms (fries, chips, and dehydrated ‘instant’ products). In 2005, _____ percent of potatoes...
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Numbers Game: Answer
In 1960, 19 percent of potatoes consumed in the United States were done so in processed, lower-nutrition forms (fries, chips, and dehydrated ‘instant’ products). In 2005, 67 percent of potatoes...
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You Ask, I Answer: Toxins in Potatoes
One of my nieces came back from a health and nutrition retreat last week and showed me some of the literature she was given. One page [was titled] “Common Foods That Cause Disease”. One food on the...
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Numbers Game: Answer
One cup of cooked Swiss chard contains as much potassium as two medium bananas. FYI: The United States Department of Agriculture classifies medium bananas as those measuring anywhere from 7 to 8...
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Grading the Gurus: Walter Willett
WHO IS HE? Dr. Willett is the Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition in the Department of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard’s School of Public Health, a Professor of Medicine...
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Blue Potatoes Yield Green Water?
Some time ago I boiled some blue/purple potatoes and discovered the water had turned bright green. Not being sure what that could possibly be (on store-bought spuds) I threw it all out. This summer, I...
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Three Things I Want Recalled
C-listers all over Tinseltown must be insanely jealous of eggs’ press agents. If you were one of the millions of recalled Salmonella-tainted eggs over the past week and a half, you were everywhere —...
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