which is consumed more potatoes or tomatoes?

Question

Including ALL types of foods, styles, preperations, sauces, or side dishes. It's not important just curious.

Answer 1

That all depends on what nationality you are. If your Italian....
Tomatoes. If your Asian.... Tomatoes. If your Mexican... Tomatoes. Though if your German.....more towards the potato vote. American's.............tough. It used to be way....more consumption of Potatoes. But since soooooooooo many people are watching their starch/carb. monitoring. Tomatoes products have rose to the occasion. So many fast food chains are now offering salads/with tomatoes. As a healthier option for people that care about living healthier. Potatoes have many pluses to their nutrients (baked moreso than others, though once you put the butter, sour cream blah blah blah on it....it's pretty pointless. Because you've just cross cancelled out the whole importance of it (which is mainly in the peel!) (your vitamins are now swimming in fats!)
Tomatoes on the other hand are so much more benificial for your body..so much that a Dr. by the name of Graham A Colditz and his associates at Harvard Medical School interviewed more than a thousand people about their diets, then tracked their health for five years. They found that the chances of dying of cancer was lowest amoung those who at tomatoes or strawberries every week. Tomatoes are rich in vitamins A and C , Iron (though cooking them in an iron pot will add about 5 more mg. to the already .7 grams it contains. Plus it contain some fiber as well, which fits right in with the cancer-prevention recommendations that the National Cancer Institute and other groups have issues bases on our currect knowlege of how diet affects the diesease. The fruit (yes, fruit) some think they are a vegetable and their not; are low in fat and soduim and very rich in potassium. Tomatoes are also very benifical for Prostate sufferers because they are very high in Lycopene. (a pigment that found in such foods as tomies, red grapefruits, watermelons and berries.)

So some people might THINK that potatoes are eatten more....but tomatoes are more widely used now.

And Yeahdude13, I know you said that the questions NOT important, but it really is important. And hey......good question by the way. There's too many stupid/pointless/ I'm so bored, I can think of nothing else better to ask.........questions out there.
Thanks

Take Care
(and eat yer tomatoes kiddo!) hee-hee!
SmileyCat : )

Answer 2

Potatoes are the number one consumed vegetable in the US. Where do most people get their potatoe dose? French Fries.

Answer 3

well i was initially thinking potato, but now i don't know. there is ALOT of ketchup consumed in this world. I guess i'd have to say tomato but my fiance says potato so 1 vote for each. sorry... no help huh?

Answer 4

In many parts of the world they consume potatooes more. Tomatoes contain oxalic acid and they are refused by many parts of the world. anyhow try this link

http://www.ncfst.iit.edu/platforms/rpbioa.html

Answer 5

Its both...u can have Potato chips dipped it in different kinda tomato sauces or ketchup....

Cheers!!!

Answer 6

ehhh, potato potatoh, tomato tomatoh

Answer 7

potatoes!..... how many times have you ever heard someone say they dont like potatoes? and then ask yourself how many time you have heard someone say no tomatoes on that !

Answer 8

I think you're in the wrong category there,dude.They actually have a category for food if you haven't noticed.

Answer 9

Yuck, I dislike both, makes me think - what the heck do I consume.

Answer 10

potatoes really