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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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