Wellbeing Diets Healthy living All Articles

Top 5 rated articles

	Celebs and their diet gurus

	Why chocolate is good for you!

	Lose the orange peel - anti-cellulite tights that work!

	Top tips for a good night's sleep

	Me and my diet: interview with Gillian McKeith

Team BLOG

	Dressing up, token efforts, Olly Murs and party season... This week we've discovered women can be divided into four types when it comes to fancy dress: There...

Read on

Home / Health and Fitness / Healthy living

Potatoes: your secret weapon for weight loss

Article in images

Bad

© CNIPT-Y Bagros

Just in case, any form of chips, crisps or roast potatoes are a no-no for dieters!
Not only are their sugars absorbed really quickly into the bloodstream, but the fat they're cooked in multiplies the number of calories they contain!

100g of chips equals a whopping 274 kcal and 100g of crisps an even more whopping 550 kcal. Don't go there!

Sarah Horrocks
24/01/2007

	Send this page to a friend

Reader ranking:	4/5
Rank this page:

Article Plan Potatoes: your secret weapon for weight loss ▼

The benefits

- They're filling
- They're rich in vitamins and minerals
- You can do anything with them

How to cook them

- Excellent
- OK
- Bad

The potato diet

- The basic idea
- Your weekly diet plan
- Recipes
   P.1
   P.2
   P.3

Top reader comments

charlottevv : « Thanks for this Sarah - I used to skip the spuds too before I realised... [read more] »

» See all our readers' comments (1)

Email this page to a friend

Latest…

08/11/2009

Health and Fitness News

Guides

Videos

	Global Handwashing Day There’s a “day” for everything these days! And, just in case you’ve forgotten the next special date is October 15th...

All Health and Fitness news

	How to lose a few pounds fast Need to lose a few pounds in record time without ruining your health or exhausting yourself? Here’s our 3-step plan...

	Eating healthy in summer 10 commandments to abide by if you want to enjoy your summer holidays without putting on a gram...

	Hyperactivity If you're never still and never seem to rest, find out the causes...

	Psychophany (voice therapy) Psychophony or voice therapy is something anyone can undergo...

See all Health and Fitness guides

	Video: How to stay healthy on holiday Seasoned traveller Ben Fogle on how to prepare for your holiday and stay healthy abroad.

See all Health and Fitness videos

This week: Food & Drink Special : recipes from A to Z, by country, by duration, by type - Surnames - E-cards
auFeminin Group:	auFeminin - enFemenino - alFemminile - goFeminin - soFeminine - Teemix - Joyce - Voyage Bons Plans - Santé AZ - Marmiton - Marmiton.es - Marmiton.it - Marmikid - Tiboo - Recettes de Valérie - Noms de famille - Toutes les villes - Parcours-Gourmand - Onmeda - HerVietnam

Bad - Potatoes: your secret weapon for weight loss

Bad