BOTTOM LINE: The potato diet lasts three to five days and only allows you to eat plain potatoes. It may help you lose weight but is extremely restrictive, lacks certain nutrients, and may lead to unhealthy eating behaviors. 5 мар. 2019 г.
How long can you do the potato diet?
Unsustainable: Eating only one food, even if it is a root vegetable, is not sustainable. Though the potato diet is a short-term fad diet, some followers have stuck to just potatoes for long periods—up to one year. This diet is not sustainable for the average person.
Does the 3 day potato diet work?
Based on the available evidence of its long-term nutritional harms, I can't recommend doing a long-term potato diet. Even if you are able to lose lots of weight on this diet, the truth is that in the long run, most restrictive diets do not work. People usually regain the lost weight.
What happens if you only eat potatoes for 2 weeks?
"Just eating potatoes is not a balanced intake of nutrition for the body and followed long term would leave you at risk of nutritional deficiencies," Priya Tew, a qualified dietitian and spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association (BDA), told Newsweek.
Can you eat potatoes everyday and lose weight?
Are they good for weight loss? Absolutely! Ounce for ounce, potatoes are one of the most filling and low-calorie foods we can eat. But as Nathan wrote, and as our registered dietitians teach at the Pritikin Longevity Center today, potatoes are actually very good for you, especially if you're trying to lose weight.
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