Nancy I too thought starch was more my downfall but it turns out it was actually grain starches. Root veggies don't do it for me. But then I also don't have football-sized potatoes any more either, so I don't know what would happen if I overdid it on the starch from non-grains.

Also, I only did the potato for a period while serotonin was being rebalanced and I learned how to keep it at the right level. I think of it as a consumable - there are things that deplete it, and things that build it up, and I can adjust my lifestyle so I never ever get into a low serotonin depressive state. I hate, hate, hate that.

Also, I have since learned about the relationship of mood to good fats, and I no longer think (like the RR community did when I was there) that good mood depends on "browns" or an evening potato, once one is somewhat rebalanced. To me now it depends on good fats and not overdoing the protein and carb.