The Potato Diet: Is It Good for You?

Feb 12
08:27

2007

Alan Rosca

Alan Rosca

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Potatoes are high in proteins, vitamins A and B, potash, soda, and alkaline salts, but is a potato diet the best choice for you? Although it is used in the treatment of some disorders like intestinal toxaemia, renal calculi, constipation, stone and dropsy, or uric acid diseases, potato-based diets are not indicated for obese people.

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The potato diet may help you lose weight and stay in shape. However,The Potato Diet: Is It Good for You? Articles remember that what`s good for others may not be good for you, and seek medical advice before you start a diet.

Day one:

Breakfast: Seven ounces of washed fruits like apples, oranges, or mandarins mixed up with five ounces of low-fat yogurt and three spoons of cereals.

Snack: Five ounces of yogurt Lunch: Wash, clean, and boil four big potatoes. Cut in chunks a tomato and two peppers and put two ounces of rubbed cheese. Add salt and pepper, take two potatoes, cut them in four and put them into a pan along with the tomato, peppers, and cheese and leave them in the oven for ten minutes. Keep the other two potatoes for later.

Snack: an appleDinner: Cut the two potatoes from lunch, a red onion, and three ounces of pickled cucumbers into pieces and mix them with small cut parsley. Make a sauce from two spoons of low-fat yogurt, salt, white pepper, a little pound garlic, and a spoon of olive oil. Leave the sauce over the salad for ten minutes.

Day two:

Breakfast: A slice of toast with two ounce of low-fat cottage cheese and an orange.

Snack: A glass of low-fat milkLunch: Extinguish seven ounces of cauliflower, boil five ounces of potatoes in salt water, cut in stripes one ounce of boiled ham and mix it with two spoons of low-fat milk and half a tea spoon of olive oil. Spice it with nutmeg and the juice from half a lemon. Remove the cauliflower from the water, drain it, and put the blend above. The potatoes are served along with the cauliflower.

Snack: A slice of bread with two ounces of cottage cheese. To read the rest of this article, go to ProjectWeightLoss.com an online weight loss community featuring calorie counter, carbs counter, BMI calculator, diet planner, workout planner and nutritional information. (c) ProjectWeightLoss.com 2007. All rights reserved.

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