"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:28:49 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:
>
>> In article > ,
>> Aussie > wrote:
>>
>>> He did it, he finished his 'diet'.
>>>
>>> http://www.20potatoesaday.com/index.html
>>>
>>> In the end he says he lost 9.5 kilograms, his cholesterol level went
>>> from 214
>>> to 147, and his glucose dropped from 104 to 94.
>>
>> One pretty good counterexample to the claim that diets high in carbs
>> cause weight gain, high cholesterol and diabetes.
>
> But how do you eat 20lbs of potatoes without butter and salt? And
> sour cream, chives, bacon bits, cream, etc...
>
> Not just in America, either.

I sometimes get a baked potato in a restaurant. I do put salt on it and
also pepper. It is actually good this way. Better of course with butter or
margarine, but sometimes I can't have those. Daughter eats hers with
ketchup...but...yuck!