Are sweet potatoes fattening?

Answer 1

Potatoes, including sweet potatoes are only fattening when you load them with butter, sour cream, brown sugar etc. The potato itself is a healthy carb. You can regulate how bad they become for you by what you put on them.

Answer 2

All potatoes contain 4 calories per gram, just like any other carbohydrate or protein. (Including pure sugar!) What makes them fattening is when you add lots of butter or sour cream, since fats contain 9 calories per gram.

Cooked potatoes also are easily digested which means they get converted into sugar and absorbed into your blood stream very quickly. Some people think that you are better off getting your carbohydrates from whole grains and raw vegetables, which get digested slower.

Answer 3

Not really. Lots of health buff people I know eat boiled sweet potatoes as substitutes for other carbs like potatoes and rice. During my gym days, majority of the people there ate sweet potatoes at home or bring them as snack in case they get hungry. My mom also eats them in the past and lost weight. Well, just be careful of eating too much 'cause it can give you lotsa bad gas lol.

Answer 4

no, sweet potatoes ar not fattening. they are healthy for you because they are a vegetable. and great around the holidays. jut as long as you don't put tons of butter or brown sugar or whatever you put in it.

Answer 5

depends how you cook them, any potato is fattening, but if they are boiled or roasted they are no more fattening than any other potato

Answer 6

All potatoes are fattening.

Answer 7

It also depends on how you prepare them. Deep fried with tonnes of salt would be more fattening than steaming or dry roasting (not coated in oil) them.

Answer 8

They are great baked in the micro wave. Poke a few holes and bake. No additives needed. Naturally sweet.

Answer 9

Your mom is right tofu is good especially if your on diet ,potatoes better than cookies.

Answer 10

yes, there are more calories in a sweet potato