are potatoes bad?

Question

will eating 2 potatoes each day make me really fat, i need to gain 17 lbs. Will the weight i gain be fat if i eat potatoes?

Answer 1

Potatoes, the favorite staple of man, didn’t actually become a favorite staple of Western Civilization until just about 250 years ago. But potatoes were cultivated in the mountains of Peru for thousands of years, and were thought to be an important diet source of the Inca’s.


When the Spanish Conquistadors, who were in search of gold and silver, found the potato instead, they soon began shipping it back to Spain on their ships in the 1530’s. However, Western Civilization didn’t trust the potato, because it is a member of the deadly nightshade family, and contains toxic alkaloids. So it took some 200 years for potatoes to catch on. In fact, it is said that if potatoes were a new discovery in today’s day and age, scientists would probably condemn it as not safe for human consumption.



Of course, potatoes are a highly nutritious vegetable, being rich in vitamin C, the B-complex vitamins, and have good doses of the minerals iron, calcium, manganese, magnesium and phosphorus.


Besides being an economical and nutritious food source, potatoes also have medicinal properties. A potato tuber is antispasmodic, mild anodyne, digestive remedy, diuretic, and emollient.


A potato is good for stomach ulcer, duodenum ulcer and stomach acidity. To use the potato for these ulcerous conditions, wash and grate several red skinned raw potatoes. (Other colors are also good, but the red is considered the best for this purpose.) Put in a cheesecloth and squeeze to remove the juice. Or slice the potatoes, sprinkle with a small amount of salt, let sit overnight and collect the juice the next morning. Drink 1/2 cup of this raw potato juice three times a day before meals for a great benefit. The juice is also considered a good liver remedy and can be helpful for gallstones and other gallbladder problems. Some believe that a small amount of potato juice applied to the temples during a headache can bring relief.


Mashed potatoes have been used as a poultice to many aches and pains over the years. And slices of raw potatoes can soothe skin inflammations, burns and scalds and chilblains. For burns, mix a grated raw potato with a little olive oil, and apply to affected area. This mixture works well for dry, chapped skin as well.


So as you see, potatoes are good for your stomach in more ways than one!

Answer 2

If that's all you eat...then no. If you eat 2 potatoes a day to gain weight, you still have to load them with butter and sour cream etc... A potato by itself isn't fattening (though it has a lot of starch). It's what you put ON it that makes the difference. Make sure too, that you're getting the proper nutrition outside of eating potatoes. Ex: cheese and broccoli ON a potato can add minerals and vitamins and still give you the calories you want.

Answer 3

I have always tried to lose, not gain, but 2 potatoes a day won't make you fat. The good news is, I'm really good at putting weight on:
If you want to be unhealthy and feel crappy, but gain weight you can eat:
tator tots, sodas, fast food as much as possible, pizza, ice cream, doughnuts...But you won't look or feel good!!! I think you should eat healthy and up your intake of healthy fats - olive oil, avacadoes, nuts, etc and see if that adds a few pounds.

Answer 4

Potatoes are veggies--and baked potatoes have a lot of vitamins in them. They are healthy (as long as you don't use butter or gravy on them).

If you want to gain, slightly increase your portions of lean meats and bread/rice/pasta, etc. Eat healthy cereals with 2% milk, and lots of fruits and veggies.

Drink juices, iced tea, but don't drink soda--soda will get you 'beer-belly' fat.

Don't gain weight by eating unhealthy things like fried foods, fast foods, greasy foods, sugary foods, etc. This will be doing your health a grave injustice.

Yes, if you eat the two potatoes (one inbetween each meal) you will gain some weight.

Answer 5

You would have to eat ALOT of potatoes to get fat because they are really good for you and too much of anything is bad for you.

Answer 6

potatoes are a carbohydrate
if not eaten in excess you wont gain wieght
like two potatoes i dont thin you will gain much wieght
but like if you eat 5 then yea sure
but
if your looking to gain wieght i would think to not eat extra potatoes
i think you should get a
liquid supplement like ensure
those put wieght on you fast and you get good nutrients from it

Answer 7

If you want to get fat, potatoes might help but there are lots of other foods that will help you get fatter quicker. like fast food restaurants, for example, or sweets, if you don't want to be unhealthy then carbs such as potatoes should help you after a while. pasta probably will too.

Answer 8

They are loaded with carbs. The potatoes themselves aren't that bad, but it is everything else you put on it.

Remember that muscle weighs more than fat. There may be some OTC supplements that may help you build body mass. good luck.

Answer 9

No, not if you don't fry them like chips. If you eat a lot of anything then it can make you gain weight because of the natural sugars / salts.

Answer 10

Very fatty!
I love potatoes though
and potato bread!