I get tired of seeing the Paleo community go

“Oh sweet potatoes brah like they are way better than white potatoes, like grok man he only ate sweet potatoes and white potatoes are just the devil! Like uh I saw that they have more of them nutrient things and are healthier for you and just better, sweet potato with butter, sweet potato with cinnamon, sweet potato sweet potato sweet potato!”

I do not care for the taste of sweet potatoes at all, nor do I care for people making claims that have zero basis in reality. Yes, white potatoes are nightshades and a small portion of the population has negative reactions to nightshades... I suspect somewhere, somewhen an individual that had a legitimate nightshade issue found that when they switched to sweet potatoes from white potatoes they had some of their health issues vanish and then someone else saw it and was like "oh man sweet potatoes!" and then another and another and another... and this white potatoes developed a stigma.

The Paleo community is starting to come around to white potatoes with more and more people being adventurous and returning to them, finding they don't have issue with them as they suspected. Still, at least once a week I see someone on a forum or Reddit or a blog demonize white potatoes with comments like "sweet potatoes are more nutritious!" well... why don't we actually take a look at the numbers, because... you know... SCIENCE.

  
    Sweet Potatoes 200g
    White Potatoes 200g
  
    kcals
    160
    281
  
    fat
    0g
    0g
  
    cholesterol
    0mg
    0mg
  
    carbohydrates
    41g
    64g
  
    dietary fiber
    7g
    6g
  
    sugars
    13g
    4g
  
    protein
    4g
    6g
  
    Vitamin A
    38433IU
    29.9IU
  
    Vitamin C
    39.2mg
    37.7mg
  
    Vitamin D
    -
    -
  
    Vitamin E
    1.4mg
    0.1mg
  
    Vitamin K
    4.6mcg
    8.1mcg
  
    Thiamin
    0.2mg
    .01mg
  
    Riboflavin
    0.2mg
    0.1mg
  
    Niacin
    3mg
    4.6mg
  
    Vitamin B6
    0.6mg
    0.6mg
  
    Folate
    12mcg
    114mcg
  
    Vitamin B12
    -
    -
  
    Pantothenic Acid
    1.8mg
    1.1mg
  
    Choline
    26.2mg
    43.1mg
  
    Betaine
    69.2mg
    0.6mg
  
    Calcium
    76mg
    29.9mg
  
    Iron
    1.4mg
    1.9mg
  
    Magnesium
    54mg
    80.7mg
  
    Phosphorous
    108mg
    224mg
  
    Potassium
    950mg
    1626mg
  
    Sodium
    72mg
    20.39mg
  
    Zinc
    0.6mg
    1mg
  
    Copper
    0.3mg
    0.4mg
  
    Manganese
    1mg
    0.6mg
  
    Selenium
    0.4mcg
    1.5mcg
  
    Fluoride
    -

Wait, what? I thought sweet potatoes were so much more nutritious than white potatoes?!?! You're telling me the only thing sweet potatoes has over white potatoes is considerably more vitamin A but white potatoes have more of several other minerals/nutrients/vitamins. Fancy that. Now stop saying sweet potatoes are more nutritious.