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Andrew Taylor’s Year of Nothing but Potatoes

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
August / September 2017

August 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Between January 1, 2016 and January 1 of this year, Andrew Taylor lost over 100 pounds, going from 335 to 212 lbs., on a diet of nothing but potatoes. “I haven’t weighed myself since January, but my clothes all fit the same,” he told me over the phone this past June. Irish America covered Taylor’s story earlier this year (February / March), but we thought we’d check back in … [Read more...] about Andrew Taylor’s Year of Nothing but Potatoes

One Hundred Pounds Peeled Off with Potato Diet

By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant
February / March 2017

February 1, 2017 by 1 Comment

The illustrious nutritional profile of the humble potato was further proven by the commitment of one Australian man to eat nothing but the starchy root vegetable for the entirety of 2016. Andrew Taylor, an Irish Australian man from Melbourne, lost over 100 pounds in 12 months by adhering to this diet, and has no plans to stop now. Taylor, who dropped from 335 pounds to 218 … [Read more...] about One Hundred Pounds Peeled Off with Potato Diet

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July 30, 1946

The Soviet Union blocked Ireland’s application for the UN on this day in 1946. The Soviets claimed that because Ireland was neutral, they did not personally help establish the organization. However, other member nations doubt the Soviet Union’s motives for blocking Ireland’s application, believing instead that the Soviet Union’s real reasons for blocking the application is because Ireland is a Catholic country and would therefore always vote against a communist nation.

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