{"id":42834,"date":"2011-02-19T01:00:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=42834"},"modified":"2011-02-16T15:11:46","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T20:11:46","slug":"noshing-on-potatoes-with-the-nutrition-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/noshing-on-potatoes-with-the-nutrition-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Noshing on Potatoes with The Nutrition Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a title=\"Noshing on Potatoes With the Nutrition Twins\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/noshing-on-potatoes-with-the-nutrition-twins\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42835\" title=\"USPB Facebook Ad-final\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/USPB-Facebook-Ad-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Guest bloggers, The Nutrition Twins\u00ae Tammy Lakatos, RD, CDN, CFT and Lyssie Lakatos, RD, CDN, CFT are the authors of <\/em>The Secret To Skinny: How Salt Makes You Fat<em> and <\/em>The 4-Week Plan to Drop a Size &amp; Get Healthier with Simple Low-Sodium Swaps<em> (HCI, Fall 2026) and <\/em>Fire Up Your Metabolism: 9 Proven Principles for Burning Fat and Losing Weight Forever<em>. You can visit the <a title=\"nutrition twins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nutritiontwins.com\/twins\/\" target=\"_self\">Nutrition Twins<\/a> website for more information on this dynamic duo. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>For years we\u2019ve been witnessing our clients who include one medium sized (5.3- ounce) skin-on, <strong><a title=\"Baked Potato\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/baked-potato\/\" target=\"_self\">baked potato<\/a><\/strong> in their regular meal plan feel more satisfied and meet their weight loss goals while doing so. As registered dietitians, we aren\u2019t surprised that <strong><a title=\"potatoe and weight loss\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/potatoes-are-a-smart-food-choice-for-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_self\">potatoes can be helpful in weight loss<\/a><\/strong>. After all, besides witnessing the weight loss results in our clients (who are thrilled to be told they can <a title=\"Eat Potatoes and Lose Weight\" href=\"http:\/\/www.potatogoodness.com\/MediaCenter\/LosetheWeightNOTthePotatoes.php\" target=\"_blank\">eat potatoes and lose weight<\/a>!) there is a lot to love about spuds:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One medium-size (5.3 ounce) potato has just 110 calories and is fat-, sodium- and cholesterol-free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Potatoes are nutrient-dense, meaning you receive many nutrients for the amount of calories they have.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bite for bite potatoes are one of the foods that promote the most satiety but with the least amount of calories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On a fullness rating scale called the \u201csatiety index\u201d (SI) the highest SI score was produced by potatoes, which was more than three times the SI of white bread.  Other foods ranking high in satiety after potatoes were fish, oat porridge, oranges, apples, wheat pasta, steak and baked beans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fun facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Several of our clients who formerly binged late in the day who now eat a small baked potato (like this <a title=\"Chipotle Chayote Twice Baked Potatoes recipe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.potatogoodness.com\/Recipes\/Quick_&amp;_Healthy_Twice_Baked_Potatoes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle Chayote Twice Baked Potatoes recipe<\/a>) no longer binge later in the day!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You say POTAto, we say POTAssium. That\u2019s because one medium-size (5.3 ounce) skin-on potato contains 620 mg of <strong><a title=\"Potassium\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/consume-more-potassium-for-a-healthy-heart\/\" target=\"_self\">potassium<\/a><\/strong>; that\u2019s more potassium than a banana to help reduce blood pressure and conquer stress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Potatoes are an excellent source of vitamin C, providing nearly half (45 percent) of the recommended Daily Value so they can help boost your immune system to help fight off colds and flu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s more! We\u2019ve been working with the United States Potato Board (USPB) on an easy-to-enter Twice Baked, Twice as Smart recipe photo contest, which we\u2019ll be judging! Simply submit a photo of your best, most mouth-watering, original twice baked potato creation for a chance to win a $500 VISA gift card and a signed copy of our book, \u201cThe Secret to Skinny\u201d! You can enter on <a title=\"Nutrition Twins Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Nutrition-Twins\/106607788193\" target=\"_blank\">our Facebook page<\/a> by clicking the &#8220;Photo Contest&#8221; tab, or by visiting the USPB&#8217;s Facebook page, <a title=\"Potatoes, Taters and Spuds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PotatoesTatersAndSpuds\" target=\"_blank\">Potatoes, Taters and Spuds<\/a>. Entries will be accepted until March 7th.<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Guest Blog Series: Look for the following badge on your favorite health sites to see if they have been a featured guest blogger on <a title=\"diet reviews\" href=\"..\/..\/\" target=\"_blank\">DietsInReview.com<\/a>. See other posts in the <a title=\"diet blog\" href=\"..\/tag\/guest-blog\/\" target=\"_self\">Guest Blog series<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/tag\/guest-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/diet-weight-loss-blogger.gif\" alt=\"Diets in Review - Weight Loss and Diet Blog\" width=\"120\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>If you would like to apply to be featured as a guest blogger, please <a title=\"guest blog\" href=\"mailto:help@dietsinreview.com?subject=guest%20blogger%20application\" target=\"_blank\">contact us<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest bloggers, The Nutrition Twins\u00ae Tammy Lakatos, RD, CDN, CFT and Lyssie Lakatos, RD, CDN, CFT are the authors of The Secret To Skinny: How Salt Makes You Fat and The 4-Week Plan to Drop a Size &amp; Get Healthier &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/noshing-on-potatoes-with-the-nutrition-twins\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[23,3026,470],"class_list":["post-42834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-guest-blog","tag-nutrition-twins","tag-potatoes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42834"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42837,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42834\/revisions\/42837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}