Real World Nutrition News You Can Use
There is a lot of misinformation about nutrition. And nothing in this field is black-or-white, yes-or-no, but many shades of gray and a lot of “it depends.” So, my goal is to help clear up some of that misinformation with some snark, entertainment, and facts (with some opinion thrown in).
Many of these topics come from interactions with the public, friends, clients, and students. I see sheer misinformation about the science of nutrition, and I do my best to clear things up one blog post at a time.
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Sweet Potatoes: Yes, or No? And they aren’t YAMS.
While I don’t think it is a “new” trend; sweet potatoes are eaten and seen more than just from Thanksgiving and Christmas on the menu. For example, we can order sweet potato fries or baked sweet potatoes over “regular” fries or a baked Russet potato. We can even get the frozen sweet potato options in the grocery store, including fries.
Big Bad Potatoes?
Have you ever heard of any of these statements about potatoes?
Potatoes are the same as just eating sugar.
Potatoes are full of sugar.
Potatoes turn to sugar.
All are saying the same thing – and I tend to roll my eyes when I hear this. Like many things regarding nutrition, there is a little bit of truth to this, but not really.