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NY Post has an interesting article on Mike Pompeo losing 100 pounds through daily exercise and nutritious eating.
He might modestly call it the Ichabod diet, because this was my lunch - sweet potatoes microwaved with a pat of butter on them. They were delicious, and I was hungry.
I once had a slice of Walmart's sweet potato pie - poison.
Look at the nutrition in sweet potatoes.
One cup (200 grams) of baked sweet potato with skin provides (
- Calories: 180
- Carbs: 41.4 grams
- Protein: 4 grams
- Fat: 0.3 grams
- Fiber: 6.6 grams
- Vitamin A: 769% of the
Daily Value (DV) - Vitamin C: 65% of the DV
- Manganese: 50% of the DV
- Vitamin B6: 29% of the DV
- Potassium: 27% of the DV
- Pantothenic acid: 18% of the DV
- Copper: 16% of the DV
- Niacin: 15% of the DV
Another example to consider - Compare the price of one large package of meat versus the same amount spent on frozen or canned vegetables. That would probably be one package in one hand and one large sack in the other.
