[t8y]

I've been mostly eating potatoes in January. I've eaten other stuff as well and but probably 90% of calories have come from potatoes, early on it was entirely potatoes. I also took a multivitamin everyday. This seems to work fine, just microwave a potato for each meal. The potato is very satiating so there's no issue with over eating.

There's not much to clean up as it's just a potato, I have a plate in the microwave that I use to heat it then put it on a second plate to eat. I just eat it with my hands.

I've lost over 3kg (probably more like 6-7 I just didn't weigh my self before). I wasn't super fat or anything before hand. Perhaps it's too hard to get enough calories from only potatoes?

I haven't noticed any loss of muscle even though I've eaten almost no protein. It's made me very sceptical about nutrition as whole as I thought I would become sick or at least lose muscle mass (I was going to stop after a week if I lost muscle or became sick).

I will eat many more potatoes than I used to, even after January ends.

[rchaves]

Potatoes are healthy, so I’m guessing just January is not enough for you to see the mess in your body from eating only potatoes. Moreover each person is different, it doesn’t make sense for you to be skeptical from nutrition based on an anecdotal case (you!)

But I mean, there are so many delicious things in this world, why would you do this to yourself? Please diversify, it can be good for you and super enjoyable!

[t8y]

The scepticism mainly comes from people acting like eating only potatoes for a week would be bad (people do this potato cleanse thing). I don't mean that I'm sceptical of all nutrition but I do think that there's lots of fake nutrition information that doesn't hold up.

I agree that there's so much delicious things to eat that it doesn't make sense to only eat potatoes. I'm only doing it for a month. When I say I'll always eat more potatoes I mean it's my goto lazy food.

I went two weeks without eating anything other then potatoes and a gross tasting multivitamin. Finally I ate half a tiny KitKat and the taste was far better then I remembered. I think eating bland potatoes can help make other food even more pleasurable.

[jkmcf]

The Irish supposedly out "grew" the English because the Irish were limited to a potato and milk diet, which was much better nutritionally than common English fare.

"grew" essentially meaning taller/healthier on average.

Source: IIRC, the Irish History podcast by Fin Dwyer.

[Cyberdog]

Please at least eat some form of green vegetable. Steamed brussels sprouts with maybe some salt or a bagged salad without dressing if you don't want to significantly add calories. I don't think an all-potato diet is going to do your guts many favors.

[jkmcf]

s/Steamed/Roasted

My friend roasted some for a dinner party and they were beyond amazing. Avocado oil, salt, and pepper.

[perilunar]

> I haven't noticed any loss of muscle even though I've eaten almost no protein

Yes you have: potatoes are 9.5% protein by dry weight (2% by raw weight).

see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato#Nutrition

[beecafe]

Potatoes are almost nutrionally complete (I think you just need butter and in theory they have it all)

[silisili]

So basically, mashed potatoes should cover it all? Heck yeah, and probably tastes better than those meals in a bottle too.