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great news and more evidence of potatoes being the superfood

Penn Jillette can make just about anything disappear, but this time the famous illusionist performed a dramatic vanishing act on himself. The taller half of Penn & Teller dropped over 100 pounds by eating only two things and skipping exercise altogether.

The 6-foot, 7-inch magician weighed 322 pounds over a year ago, when doctors discovered a 90% blockage in his heart. The father of two then decided to take drastic measures to see his young kids grow up. Under medical supervision, Jillette embarked on the "potato diet," eating only plain potatoes for two whole weeks. After subsisting on spuds alone, he started phasing in vegetable stews for added nutrients.

Penn Jillette Loses Over 100 Pounds on Potato Diet - Penn & Teller Magician Release New Book
 
Militant_Vegan_ said:
great news and more evidence of potatoes being the superfood

Penn Jillette can make just about anything disappear, but this time the famous illusionist performed a dramatic vanishing act on himself. The taller half of Penn & Teller dropped over 100 pounds by eating only two things and skipping exercise altogether.

The 6-foot, 7-inch magician weighed 322 pounds over a year ago, when doctors discovered a 90% blockage in his heart. The father of two then decided to take drastic measures to see his young kids grow up. Under medical supervision, Jillette embarked on the "potato diet," eating only plain potatoes for two whole weeks. After subsisting on spuds alone, he started phasing in vegetable stews for added nutrients.

Penn Jillette Loses Over 100 Pounds on Potato Diet - Penn & Teller Magician Release New Book
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So by your logic the Adkins diet is what we should eat because it forces the body into a unnatural (and many say unhealthy) state, thus burning fat......

Ya, no....
 
Two things from the article and video"

1) he only ate potatoes for the first two weeks then he added other nutritious foods because the potato alone didn't give him the nutrients he needed to live, and;

2) he said he could have chosen any other food, like beans, and he only chose potatoes because it's a funny word.
 
Militant_Vegan_ said:
great news and more evidence of potatoes being the superfood

Penn Jillette can make just about anything disappear, but this time the famous illusionist performed a dramatic vanishing act on himself. The taller half of Penn & Teller dropped over 100 pounds by eating only two things and skipping exercise altogether.

The 6-foot, 7-inch magician weighed 322 pounds over a year ago, when doctors discovered a 90% blockage in his heart. The father of two then decided to take drastic measures to see his young kids grow up. Under medical supervision, Jillette embarked on the "potato diet," eating only plain potatoes for two whole weeks. After subsisting on spuds alone, he started phasing in vegetable stews for added nutrients.

Penn Jillette Loses Over 100 Pounds on Potato Diet - Penn & Teller Magician Release New Book
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As usual, you leave huge chunks out:

"While there's no doubt that potatoes — just like all vegetables— are supremely nutritious, eliminating almost all other food groups in totality is not only dangerous, but can really backfire," says Jaclyn London, R.D., Nutrition Director at the Good Housekeeping Institute. The dramatic changes usually slow down your body's metabolism and result in binging later on, she explains. "While veggie stews and potatoes can be amazing weight-loss allies, it's never good advice to completely eliminate food groups in order to lose weight for the long-term."
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So much for the "superfood."
 
Harshaw said:
As usual, you leave huge chunks out:



So much for the "superfood."
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You are exactly correct.

As usual, the OP post lies and severely bends the truth.
 
super weight loss, super health, super food.
 
Beaudreaux said:
Two things from the article and video"

1) he only ate potatoes for the first two weeks then he added other nutritious foods because the potato alone didn't give him the nutrients he needed to live, and;

2) he said he could have chosen any other food, like beans, and he only chose potatoes because it's a funny word.
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so he could have done the same thing with hamburger patties or bacon strips.

right?
 
Militant_Vegan_ said:
great news and more evidence of potatoes being the superfood

Penn Jillette can make just about anything disappear, but this time the famous illusionist performed a dramatic vanishing act on himself. The taller half of Penn & Teller dropped over 100 pounds by eating only two things and skipping exercise altogether.

The 6-foot, 7-inch magician weighed 322 pounds over a year ago, when doctors discovered a 90% blockage in his heart. The father of two then decided to take drastic measures to see his young kids grow up. Under medical supervision, Jillette embarked on the "potato diet," eating only plain potatoes for two whole weeks. After subsisting on spuds alone, he started phasing in vegetable stews for added nutrients.

Penn Jillette Loses Over 100 Pounds on Potato Diet - Penn & Teller Magician Release New Book
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:roll:

Whenever you take in less calories than you expend you're going to lose weight. You can lose weight eating nothing but Skittles. Doesn't mean its healthy.
 
Militant_Vegan_ said:
great news and more evidence of potatoes being the superfood

Penn Jillette can make just about anything disappear, but this time the famous illusionist performed a dramatic vanishing act on himself. The taller half of Penn & Teller dropped over 100 pounds by eating only two things and skipping exercise altogether.

The 6-foot, 7-inch magician weighed 322 pounds over a year ago, when doctors discovered a 90% blockage in his heart. The father of two then decided to take drastic measures to see his young kids grow up. Under medical supervision, Jillette embarked on the "potato diet," eating only plain potatoes for two whole weeks. After subsisting on spuds alone, he started phasing in vegetable stews for added nutrients.

Penn Jillette Loses Over 100 Pounds on Potato Diet - Penn & Teller Magician Release New Book
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Actually, that's not accurate.

Penn Jillette on Weight Loss Secret: 'I Learned I Don't Have to Eat All the Time'

He ate a lot more than just potatoes.

"Then, for the next three months, he subsisted on salads and vegetables, but no fruits or nuts. Now, his goal is maintaining his weight-loss, and he’s been able to stay at his target weight for the past 17 months. “I’ve changed everything about how I eat. Turn on the TV, look at the billboards, read magazines — see all that food? I don’t eat any of that,” he writes. “I eat no animal products, no refined grains, and extremely low salt, sugar, and oil.”
 
It worked in Ireland.
 
Seven course meal for an Irishman?

A six pack and a potato.
 
Militant_Vegan_ said:
so he could have done the same thing with hamburger patties or bacon strips.

right?
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You should see the Atkins diet.
I know plenty of people that have lost a ton of weight with that.
 
Beaudreaux said:
Did I say that? No, I didn't.

I'm not a dietician, however, I believe that the Atkins Diet says he could have.
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Atkins is hard though and can be kind of expensive.
 
ludin said:
Atkins is hard though and can be kind of expensive.
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If you buy their food it's very expensive. If you just buy the book and be frugal in your purchases it's not so bad, or so I've been told. Any diet can be expensive, however. Yes Ma'am and I have been on the Mayo Clinic diet since her last day on chemo because it ensures a balance of healthy nutrition. We paid $85.00 each to take a 12 week class at our local hospital and that price included the books, blood tests before, during, and after the 12 weeks, as well as a pedometer and other items.

IMO, all diets are hard.
 
On October 1st I started eating a diet entirely free of sugar, grains, and starch. So I am eating somewhat like the magician, but I do eat meat, eggs, cheese. I eat as much as I want, and only when I am hungry.

I started at 225.

Today at the YMCA before a swim I weighed in at 189.

My pants are falling off.

It has been relatively easy.

After I reach my goal weight (165) I will continue to eat 95% grain/sugar/starch free for my life. I might have the occasional special day pizza splurge... But I imagine that is a year off or so.
 
cAPSLOCK said:
On October 1st I started eating a diet entirely free of sugar, grains, and starch. So I am eating somewhat like the magician, but I do eat meat, eggs, cheese. I eat as much as I want, and only when I am hungry.

I started at 225.

Today at the YMCA before a swim I weighed in at 189.

My pants are falling off.

It has been relatively easy.

After I reach my goal weight (165) I will continue to eat 95% grain/sugar/starch free for my life. I might have the occasional special day pizza splurge... But I imagine that is a year off or so.
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That's good work man. Keep it up. What else do you do besides diet?
 
Controlled Feeding Studies

Starting nearly a century ago, a few researchers decided to feed volunteers potato-only diets to achieve various research objectives. The first such experiment was carried out by a Dr. M. Hindhede and published in 1913 (described in 15). Hindhede's goal was to explore the lower limit of the human protein requirement and the biological quality of potato protein. He fed three healthy adult men almost nothing but potatoes and margarine for 309 days (margarine was not made from hydrogenated seed oils at the time), all while making them do progressively more demanding physical labor. They apparently remained in good physical condition. Here's a description of one of his volunteers, a Mr. Madsen, from another book (described in 16; thanks to Matt Metzgar):
In order to test whether it was possible to perform heavy work on a strict potato diet, Mr. Madsen took a place as a farm laborer... His physical condition was excellent. In his book, Dr. Hindhede shows a photograph of Mr. Madsen taken on December 21st, 1912, after he had lived for almost a year entirely on potatoes. This photograph shows a strong, solid, athletic-looking figure, all of whose muscles are well-developed, and without excess fat. ...Hindhede had him examined by five physicians, including a diagnostician, a specialist in gastric and intestinal diseases, an X-ray specialist, and a blood specialist. They all pronounced him to be in a state of perfect health.
Dr. Hindhede discovered that potato protein is high quality, providing all essential amino acids and high digestibility. Potato protein alone is sufficient to sustain an athletic man

Whole Health Source: Potatoes and Human Health, Part III
 
Militant_Vegan_ said:
Controlled Feeding Studies

Starting nearly a century ago, a few researchers decided to feed volunteers potato-only diets to achieve various research objectives. The first such experiment was carried out by a Dr. M. Hindhede and published in 1913 (described in 15). Hindhede's goal was to explore the lower limit of the human protein requirement and the biological quality of potato protein. He fed three healthy adult men almost nothing but potatoes and margarine for 309 days (margarine was not made from hydrogenated seed oils at the time), all while making them do progressively more demanding physical labor. They apparently remained in good physical condition. Here's a description of one of his volunteers, a Mr. Madsen, from another book (described in 16; thanks to Matt Metzgar):
In order to test whether it was possible to perform heavy work on a strict potato diet, Mr. Madsen took a place as a farm laborer... His physical condition was excellent. In his book, Dr. Hindhede shows a photograph of Mr. Madsen taken on December 21st, 1912, after he had lived for almost a year entirely on potatoes. This photograph shows a strong, solid, athletic-looking figure, all of whose muscles are well-developed, and without excess fat. ...Hindhede had him examined by five physicians, including a diagnostician, a specialist in gastric and intestinal diseases, an X-ray specialist, and a blood specialist. They all pronounced him to be in a state of perfect health.
Dr. Hindhede discovered that potato protein is high quality, providing all essential amino acids and high digestibility. Potato protein alone is sufficient to sustain an athletic man

Whole Health Source: Potatoes and Human Health, Part III
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Yet another case where you copy and paste someone else's work as your own, which is a lie.

Penn only ate potatoes for 2 weeks, so the point is moot.
 
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