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Posted by: rjr5353
Whats the difference between a regular Idaho potatoe and say red potatoe? Would regular potatoes be alright to eat?
Posted by: Jodi
Actually red potatoes are better than russett. I prefer new potatos over the three. If cutting though, sticking with sweet potatoes is your best choice.
Posted by: P-funk
Jodi, what are new potatos?? I don;t think I have ever heard of that?
Posted by: atherjen
new potatoes? yumm! Patrick, they are just as titled- 'New" crop, small size, a wettet potato.
I had red potatoes last night, the colored ones have a lower GI, sweet being the best as Jodi mentioned(and more flavourful IMO). The white potatoes would be fine post workout since they are high glycemic.
Posted by: Jenny
The swedish people are crazy about new potatoes 
It's in so many traditional summer dishes it practicly grows out of our ears 
I only have em on cheat days, but I sure do love em 
Posted by: rjr5353
So, regulare potatatoes have a high glycemic index and thats why theyre bad?
Posted by: LAM
also remember that how a potato is cooked greatly effects the GI...
Posted by: rjr5353
How a potatoe is cooked? I usually throw them on the grill for about 40 minutes, is that alright? Also, can someone point me to this glycemic index stuff on regular potatoes?
Posted by: Akateros
www.mendosa.com
Got GI indices for potatoes mashed, boiled, baked -- I think even for ones grown different places.
Another thing, the GI is not an immovable figure. GI is greatly affected by meal combination. Hence, if you eat your potatoes with protein and perhaps, if you are not a follower of Berardi, fat (as you should be), the GI of potatoes alone is pretty much irrelevant.
Posted by: Jodi
New potatoes are my favorite. I love them sliced up, drizzled with a bit of olive oil and lemon and dill and baked 
They are small very thin almost clear skin. You don't peel them. You eat them skin and all. They are lower gi than russett and red.
Posted by: P-funk
they are just white potaotes right? At least that is what I think they call them at the store.
Posted by: Jodi
No they aren't the same. White potatoes are big new potatoes are ususally smaller than a tennis ball but bigger than a golf ball.
Posted by: P-funk
okay, thanks....I'll keep my eyes peeled.....hahaha
Posted by: aggies1ut
I like slicing up new potatoes and mixing them with some cheese and egg whites. Yum.
Posted by: rjr5353
New potatoes look just like the red ones from what I can see in the picture Jodi posted. how many of those new potatoes do you eat per meal? I know theyre fairly small.
Posted by: nikegurl
yukon gold is a popular brand of the new potatoes. if you see those - you know you found them.
Posted by: nikegurl
the main difference is the skin. the skin on the new potatoes is thin like red potatoes (but not red) instead of the thicker skin on baking potatoes
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