Eating potatoes often has disadvantages, but it also has many advantages:
1, which can be used to treat stomachache, pulmonary tuberculosis, carbuncle swelling, eczema and scald. It is a traditional Chinese medicine for invigorating the stomach and a drug for detoxifying and detumescence, with a mild nature and sweet taste.
2, Chinese medicine believes that potatoes are "sweet and non-toxic, can strengthen the spleen and stomach, replenish qi and regulate the middle, relieve pain and promote defecation. It has a significant effect on patients with spleen and stomach weakness, indigestion, gastrointestinal disharmony, epigastric pain and poor stool. " Modern research has proved that potato has special effects on regulating dyspepsia, and it is a good medicine and high-quality health care product for patients with stomach diseases and heart diseases. Potatoes are rich in nutrition and are one of the anti-aging foods.
3. The new dietary guidelines suggest that everyone should eat potatoes about 5 times a week, with 50g-100g each time. Potatoes contain as much as 300 mg of potassium per 100 g, which is the most among more than 20 kinds of vegetables and fruits that are often eaten. A Japanese study found that eating 5-6 potatoes a week can reduce the risk of stroke by 40%.
According to foreign research, the antibacterial ingredients contained in potatoes help to prevent gastric ulcer. Not only has antibacterial effect, but also does not produce drug resistance.