Potatoes and Weight Loss: Surprising Research | Dr. Hana Kahleova

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🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

There is no reason to fear potatoes ... even if you have diabetes or want to lose weight. Dr. Hana Kahleova breaks down the latest research on this humble tuber, busting myths and making the case for including more potatoes in your diet.

In this episode of The Exam Room podcast Dr. Kahleova joins Chuck Carroll to teach:

- Why potatoes get such a bad reputation

- What the science says about potatoes and diabetes

- How potatoes compare to basmati rice

- Why potatoes rank #1 on the satiety index

- Why potatoes may actually help with diabetes and weight loss

Check out the latest research here: https://bit.ly/PotatoStudy25

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0:00.0	Today on the exam room.
0:04.0	Interestingly, they took the participants to a buffet
0:09.0	and they were able to eat as much as they wanted.
0:13.0	Now, when they compared the different foods,
0:17.0	which food do you think was the most satiating food out of all of them?
0:21.6	I'm assuming that the potatoes are quite satiating.
0:24.6	Absolutely. They were the most satiating food and outperformed all the other foods, but by far,
0:32.6	the so-called satiating index was over 300 in potatoes. Oh my goodness. And the next most satiating food
0:41.3	was like around 200. Welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the physicians committee.
0:50.4	Hi, I'm the champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world.
0:56.4	Hi to the exam roomies in Ashton, Idaho, Grant County, Washington, and Minsk, Belarus.
1:02.8	Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place.
1:07.4	This is episode 76 of season 8, number 675 overall.
1:13.6	You know, there's a reason why I chose those locations at the start of the show,
1:18.6	because all of them are hotbeds for potatoes.
1:22.6	Ashton, Idaho, well, that is known as the world's largest seed potato growing area.
1:29.0	Grant Calding, Washington, that place grows more potatoes than any other region in the entire state,
1:34.9	which, by the way, happens to be the second largest potato growing state in the entire United
1:40.1	States, behind only Idaho, of course. And Minsk, the largest city in Belarus, that is where
1:47.7	potatoes are truly a way of life.
1:51.3	People there eat an average of 400 pounds of potatoes every single year.
1:58.4	So indeed, my friends, if you haven't been able to guess yet, today's show is all
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