Wash. Potato Official Going on Spud-Only Diet

The head of the Washington state Potato Commission says he's sick of people linking spuds to junk food. So, starting Friday, Chris Voight says he's going to eat nothing for 60 days except potatoes.

20 Potatoes a Day

Twenty plain potatoes a day. And no cheating with cheese toppings or bacon bits.

Voight says potatoes are rich in potassium, fiber and vitamin C and have plenty of protein.

[tsigili]

He is going to seriously injure his health. He needs to rethink that, right away!

[erasmus111]

Yes, it certainly isn't a good idea. He can eat potatoes everyday, but he needs to eat something else with it. And to eat just potatoes at every meal and nothing else, that could make you gain weight, not because they are fattening, but because it is starchy and is a carbohydrate. To eat nothing but a starchy food would probably make him bloat.-- People have this thing about potatoes. They think they are fattening, but they are not. It's what you put on them that is fattening.

[erasmus111]

Yes, it certainly isn't a good idea. He can eat potatoes everyday, but he needs to eat something else with it. And to eat just potatoes at every meal and nothing else, that could make you gain weight, not because they are fattening, but because it is starchy and is a carbohydrate. To eat nothing but a starchy food would probably make him bloat.-- People have this thing about potatoes. They think they are fattening, but they are not. It's what you put on them that is fattening.

[thesevenveils]

Potato soup, baked potato, french fired potatoes, potato cakes... And that's all I know about potatoes.