Did you drop potatoes from your menu back when they became the carbohydrate villains of the low-carb diet fad? That's really a shame, because when you prepare them properly, they're very good for you. Potatoes are good for your health because they contain fiber, vitamins B6 and C, lots of potassium, plus phytochemicals that help keep your blood pressure normal. Potatoes are also low in calories.
Visit Potato Goodness from the US Potato Board for lots of tips and recipe ideas to help you add this healthy vegetable back into your diet.
Heart Health - Potatoes and Potassium
- Potatoes rank the highest for potassium content among the top 20 most frequently consumed raw vegetables and the top 20 most frequently consumed raw fruits.
- One medium potato with skin contains at least 18% of your daily requirement of potassium - more than a banana!
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports that diets containing foods high in potassium may reduce the risk of high blood pressure and stroke.
- In addition to being a great source of potassium, potatoes are also sodium and fat-free and contain just 110 - 150 calories per serving.
- A serving of potatoes is just 25 cents - one of the most cost effective ways of meeting your daily potassium quota.
I also love potatoes and I think they are a very healthy choice. I eat them bakes or bakes in my soup.
Potatoes are wonderful and we love them in any way shape or form.
For people with arthritic type issues though, they shouldn’t be eaten as often as they are in the nightshade family and can aggravate the condition.
The problem with potatoes is not just that they are a carbohydrate, but that they are a high glycemic index carbohydrate, which for people with diebetes, or those who want to lose fat and not muscle if they are losing weight, means it makes your blood sugar go up and thereby increasing your insulin need and/or production and fat storage.
We used to eat raw potatoes, right out of the garden. Ummm…
yea, but what will a potato do to my blood sugar? If it spikes it more than 35 points, I dont want it
I love potatoes, but unfortunately cannot eat them; I get SEVERE blood sugar spikes from them.
I don’t eat potatoes much,mabey a fry or two once in a while,but i am diabetic and didn’t know they spiked blood sugar levels,are red potatoes any better i wonder?
I have a serious problem with your statement that low carb eating was a diet fad. It may have been for some who did not understand it, but it is neither a fad nor a diet — it is a lifestyle for those who understand its (scientifically supported) benefits.
I just love potatoes in any form. I cant do without potatoes in the house. Could you pl give me some microwave potato receipies?
in regards to the microwave idea just throw the potato in the trash if ur gonna nuke it as with anything that goes into the cancerbox its totally worthless nutrientwise after and will help kill u over time.just my 2 cents if u want info just google microwaves/radiation cooking and see it for yourself.
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Nice article about potatoes. This post proves that potatoes are really useful for the health but i think one should not eat too much fried potatoes.
Potato is definitely good as a tuber. In naturopathy, all those gifts from nature which get more sunshine and are at the top of the trees are good for health of man. Potato is a tuber. Most of the tubers are for the consumption of animals like pigs. But I do agree that there are herbs, roots, tubers which have medicinal value and are meant for man as and when he needs them. I therefore believe that potatoes are good when they are without fertiliser, and organically grown and when they are not fried in oil, but eaten raw or just cooked without over-cooking, to get the best of them. Frying makes them poisons and toxins in our body.
Even applying potatoe raw ground wet paste , below the eyes, removes the black rings around eyes.
But take care to c that they dont contain fertiliser residues.
hi my mom is sugar patient,potato is gud for health are not pls tell me these dought pls
potato is somewhat a staple food for americans in one way or another. i myself eat a potato dish every other day i think. and upon reading this post my love for this tuber have grow. eating the right amount of it and preparing it right would sure bring good health in every one.
Organic Potatoes from your own garden is the best one.