Potatoes have gotten a bad rap for a long time, but whole baked potatoes do have fiber and long-chain glucose molecules. Of course, adding butter, salt, sour cream, bacon, and cheese adversely affects this healthy root vegetable. Naturally, deep-fried French fries and potato chips lose their nutritional benefit; once potatoes are processed, they become just as bad as other unhealthy carbohydrates.

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