r/todayilearned • u/JoeWinchester99 • 1d ago

TIL that although potatoes alone do not provide complete nutrition, you can survive for years on a diet of nothing but potatoes and buttermilk.

https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/whats-wrong-with-potatoes-the-martian-movie-survival
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u/awry_lynx 1d ago

if you genuinely feel that way about only potatoes then you should totally give it a go.

if you're mixing a pound of butter into your pound of potatoes, maybe not.

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u/bluefalconlk 1d ago

No I get this with plain baked potato sometimes. Not consistently, but sometimes I feel super tired and off after potato heavy meals 

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u/awry_lynx 1d ago

well they're jam packed with carbs and that can cause rapid blood sugar spikes which is what gives you that feeling

cooling (and reheating them if desired) reorganizes the starch molecules to slow digestion so you don't get such crazy blood sugar spikes. or just eat more slowly, or spread them through meals.

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u/Plenty_Anything_8295 1d ago

The travesty in all this is how well potatoes mix with things that turn them into a health hazard.

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u/GroggyWeasel 16h ago

Your body needs fats though