Thursday, November 19, 2009

Scary Spud Facts


I am reading a Diabetes Care food book and discovered a frightening bit of information about the wonderful Potato and what we humans do to it an to ourselves in the process. When we fry a potato the greater the surface area we expose to fat or oils the more we change the potato.
Chin
We are dealing with one 3 oz potato prepared in 5 ways.
Raw or baked       0 grams of fat      65 calories
Roasted              5 grams of fat       155 calories
Fries large cut    12 grams of fat    220 calories
Fries small cut     15 grams of fat    265 calories
Chips 30 grams of fat 450 calories
Sick
Enough said!SpockJaw Drop


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