Bananas have a decent amount of potassium per serving. A lot more than many foods. That’s not a myth.

The only myth is that bananas are a unique source of potassium. A lot of foods have similar or more amounts of potassium per serving or by weight.

Zuckerberg isn't rich. That's a myth. He had $200B and Elon has $450B.

Eloquent truth pointer right there! ;)

Come to think of it, you’re right. It was when he showed up with a big ol’ bag full of potatoes that we knew it was gonna be a serious party.

Can one simply stick to vodka, skip the potatoes, and reap all the benefits?

Fair enough, but I still prefer the banana. Just a little bit tastier than a raw potato.

Adding to that bananas are high in sugar. 12 to 15 grams each

Potatoes have almost double the glycemic index of a banana, meaning that the impact on metabolism and insulin production is greater and faster.

True, but just because fructose has a low GI doesn't make it good for you.

If it helps you sleep, a banana isn’t going to kill you. If it doesn’t help you sleep, then don’t eat a banana, that’s also okay.

Afaik if you cool the potatoes down to get resistant starch, the GI should be similar to a banana

Two bananas to a potato (I assume we’re talking something like a russet, not a little red potato?) sounds generous to the potato, if we’re talking volume equivalence.

A potato’s a meal. A banana’s a lightish snack.

Per 100g ground beef is 300+mg of potassium

No carbs, no sugars, no fiber induced bloating, could easily get more than 100g into a meal

My understanding is potassium also competes with salt in the body

I've only ever been able to finish raw banana. I've tried raw potato but it was almost gag worthy.

The gagging reminds me, there aren’t many things that beat the smell of a rotting potato.

Rotting human flesh is pretty bad. Thats the only thing I can think of worse.

How much does that potato weigh? The size of potatoes varies quite a bit

Sadly I don’t think French fries have the same effect.

Potassium is a chemical element, frying it won't change the potassium level.

you can most definitely change the levels of components in a fried food.

the oil gets 'dirty' from extended use in frying. Why is it dirty? It's not dirt, and it's not oil breakdown (in most cases).

The oil is drawing components from the food into itself.

Forget the frying for a second; most fries are parboiled or blanched -- this also leeches material away from the vegetable, this time it leaves with the water used for blanching.

A french fry is delicious, but it's different than a potato -- even if it's made from one.

I don't know about the case of potassium specifically, but in general I thought that the bioavailability of elements can vary with different types of cooking?

Why would something being an element mean that heating it as part of a food wouldn’t act as a catalyst for some chemical interaction?

There would still be potassium in there, unless it’s pulled out by the frying oil.

Elements can’t get lost in a chemical reaction. You can only change the molecule they’re part of, so it might not be processable by the human body, but the potassium isn’t going to disappear.

It's not going to dissappear, but it could dissolve into the cooking oil, leaving less in the finished product. This happens with boiling as well.

The fact that the element cannot physically vanish into thin air is not really relevant here

It is relevant because I replied to this:

> Why would something being an element mean that heating it as part of a food wouldn’t act as a catalyst for some chemical interaction?

It sounds like the person thinks that chemical reactions can make elements change/disappear, which is not the case. And I specifically mentioned the Oil removing the potassium as an option.

I guess that depends how hot you fry it.

How hot would it need to be do fission a stable isotope of Potassium?

A temperature so hot that the atoms of the potato would violently collide into each other, probably at least tens of millions of degrees and you would need something to confine the potato plasma!

> confine the potato plasma

And once that's done, The Sims has almost loaded.

Maybe it’s fusion and potassium content increases?

Or you fuse potassium atoms into something heavier.