I probably eat more potatoes (russet, idaho, fingerling) than anything. Since it is so prevalent in my diet I really wanted to have a thorough understanding of them. I've done a lot of searches on the forums here, as well as on google, and seem to find contradictory information.
I realize potatoes are a soluble fiber food...or, maybe essentially they act as one. I know it's listed as one on these boards, and also seems to act as one in my diet. When I search, however, I find that many sites (not all) list potatoes as having more insoluble fiber than soluble.
I believe I read a post on here by Syl a while back talking about functional fiber that essentially acts as soluble fiber. Is that the case with potatoes...that soluble fiber + "functional fiber" > insoluble fiber? If that's the case, where can I find some information on other foods that may have "functional fiber"?
Here is what I found on potatoes:
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrientprofile&dbid=101
As you can see, it lists insoluble fiber as 2.2g and soluble fiber as .73g. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Are the numbers in the link wrong?
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Potatoes - Soluble vs Insoluble
