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Is it more nutritional to eat a regular baked potato or a baked sweet potato?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

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Food Questions: I do not know what you mean by nutritious. They are both carbohydrate calories (100%). The sweet potato is a complex carbohydrate, meaning this is better for overall diet and correct calories. The regular baked potato is just simple carbs. It is just simply sugar when it is digested.

Answered 9/2/2013

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