Carbs are always getting a bad rap, but why? Because we have been trained to associate carbs with getting fat. Also, we associate carbs with sugary foods and treats. However, do you realize that carbohydrates are a part of everything you eat. Meat, vegetables, fruit all contain different types of carbohydrates.
Pasta, oatmeal, whole grain breads are also carbohydrates, as well as potatoes. Let's look at a potato.
1 medium sized potato
- 110 calories
- fat free
- packed with complex carbohydrates (great source of fuel for the body)
- contains vitamins and minerals, has more potassium than a banana
- affordable healthy food
Carbohydrates do not make you fat. Fats do not make you fat. Protein does not make you fat. Eating too many calories of any of them over what your body needs makes you fat, plain and simple, no bull.
Also, this is my 150th post!
Please visit www.potatogoodness.com for more recipes and good things to do with your potato.
A.J. McAlendin
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