Because it’s a rebel story. The humble potato gets accused of crimes it didn’t commit.
It’s been demonized by diet culture. But science says, “Hey, chill. It’s a veggie.” You don’t call a carrot a refined carb. So why the spud hate?
Plus, there’s a world of weird potato facts. Like the movie The Martian, where Matt Damon survives on potatoes? True story. Potatoes are survival food.
Funny Fact #3: The Irish Ate 90% of Them
Before the famine, the Irish ate up to 14 pounds of potatoes a day. That’s like a giant potato daily.
They were healthy. They were strong. They didn’t have type 2 diabetes epidemics. The potato wasn’t the problem—it was the lack of variety.
Refined carbs? Those didn’t exist back then. It was all real food.
