Sentences with phrase «calories than white potatoes»

Plus, they're fat - free, relatively low in sodium and have fewer calories than white potatoes — although they do have more sugar.

Not exact matches

The joke is that while the taro might be dismissed as the white potato's unfriendly, ugly - duckling relative at first glance, taro is actually far more vitamin - rich, higher in fiber and lower in calories than the potato.

Its rather difficult to consume less than 10 % of calories from protein in whole food diets, generally requiring a lot of sweet fruit, white rice, or skinless potatoes.

According to the USDA, a medium russet potato contains 170 calories, 35 percent of your recommended daily allowance (RDA) of vitamin C and 0 percent of your RDA of vitamin A, whereas a medium sweet potato contains 105 calories, 37 percent of your RDA of vitamin C and 438 percent of your RDA of vitamin A. With a glycemic index of 70, a sweet potato's glycemic index is lower than that of a white potato.

for the same weight, cooked white rice can have a fair bit more calories & starch (varies depending on the rice variety) than cooked white potatoes.