Comments on: Carnival of Debt Reduction http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/08/25/carnival-of-debt-reduction-5/ Debt Reduction Rocks - We Are Living Debt Free! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:09:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: kitty http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/08/25/carnival-of-debt-reduction-5/comment-page-1/#comment-127589 kitty Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:31:23 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1672#comment-127589 "But baked potatoes are still healthy. But only if you eat the one or two small red potatoes with the skin on and no salt, butter, sour cream, cheese…" Your information is outdated. This is what doctors used to believe. Now they no better. The problem with potatoes is their high glycemic index, regardless on what you put on them. When you eat a potato even with nothing on it, your blood glucose level spikes rapidly. This causes high demand to produce insulin. Eating high glycemic index foods contributes to the risk of diabetes according to a number of studies. This article explains glycemic index and contains references to studies: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/foods/grains/gigl.html Also read this article from the Harvard Institute of Public Health (search for "potato" on the side bar): "Potatoes are a rapidly digested starch; nutritionally, they have more in common with white bread than with other vegetables, and they should be eaten only occasionally" http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-weight/healthy-weight-full-story/index.htmll Sorry for being off-topic, but I just had to reply to the first guy... “But baked potatoes are still healthy. But only if you eat the one or two small red potatoes with the skin on and no salt, butter, sour cream, cheese…”
Your information is outdated. This is what doctors used to believe. Now they no better.

The problem with potatoes is their high glycemic index, regardless on what you put on them. When you eat a potato even with nothing on it, your blood glucose level spikes rapidly. This causes high demand to produce insulin. Eating high glycemic index foods contributes to the risk of diabetes according to a number of studies. This article explains glycemic index and contains references to studies: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/foods/grains/gigl.html
Also read this article from the Harvard Institute of Public Health (search for “potato” on the side bar): “Potatoes are a rapidly digested starch; nutritionally, they have more in common with white bread than with other vegetables, and they should be eaten only occasionally” http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-weight/healthy-weight-full-story/index.htmll

Sorry for being off-topic, but I just had to reply to the first guy…

]]> By: The Digerati Life http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/08/25/carnival-of-debt-reduction-5/comment-page-1/#comment-126677 The Digerati Life Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:37:25 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1672#comment-126677 Jason, Thanks for hosting such a fabulous carnival! I love how cleanly you listed things. I'm so glad you actually like my blog name! I've always been slightly self-conscious of it, wondering if it was too odd a name to use. My blog's old name was "The Curly Tree Money Blog" in honor of my curly willow tree, but I thought that sounded way too silly for a finance blog. haha! :) So i changed it to what it is today. Jason,

Thanks for hosting such a fabulous carnival! I love how cleanly you listed things. I’m so glad you actually like my blog name! I’ve always been slightly self-conscious of it, wondering if it was too odd a name to use. My blog’s old name was “The Curly Tree Money Blog” in honor of my curly willow tree, but I thought that sounded way too silly for a finance blog. haha! :) So i changed it to what it is today.

]]> By: madsow http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/08/25/carnival-of-debt-reduction-5/comment-page-1/#comment-126591 madsow Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:33:41 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1672#comment-126591 Cool. Thanks for including my post. Those are some good links in the other blogs as well. Cool. Thanks for including my post.

Those are some good links in the other blogs as well.

]]> By: money magneto http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/08/25/carnival-of-debt-reduction-5/comment-page-1/#comment-126574 money magneto Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:19:18 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1672#comment-126574 Thank for the links. I will have a look. Thank for the links. I will have a look.

]]> By: del http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/08/25/carnival-of-debt-reduction-5/comment-page-1/#comment-126548 del Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:04:57 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1672#comment-126548 Thanks a lot for including me! :-) Thanks a lot for including me! :-)

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