Obesity and diabetes are not common in many parts of the world where people eat large quantities of tubers. These diseases are common in the United States and other countries where people eat large quantities of highly processed corn starch and animals kept in confined feeding lots and fed copious amounts of refined grain full of antibiotics and other drugs.
And of course while potatoes are native to the Americas there are similar edible roots that quite clearly were part of human diets in Africa, Europe and Asia going back to prehistorical times. Also, potato products were eaten by Native Americans who by all accounts were thin and quite healthy before the Europeans brought them smallpox, etc. Heck, keep in mind pre-Europer Native Americans had active trade and interaction across a rugged continent that did not have horses or other beasts of burden that could be ridden or pull heavy loads. Looking at the data and history, I personally think it best to avoid processed foods but will gladly eat an organic sweet potato with no butter or margarine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
