Now that food is more varied and in plentiful supply, it's still important to recommend potatoes for their inherent health benefits. Among the top ten healthy foods recommended by the USDA a few years ago, potatoes are at the top of the list.
The main component of potatoes is starch. Potatoes contain a special kind of starch called resistant starch, which belongs to the food fiber category. This starch is resistant to the role of digestive enzymes, after eating in the stomach for a long time, in the small intestine is not digested and absorbed, only in the large intestine by bifidobacteria, lactobacillus and enterococci and other probiotic bacteria fermentation degradation, the generation of short-chain fatty acids as a source of energy of the colon cells, there is to enhance the function of the movement of the colon, you can prevent and control constipation. Therefore, after people eat potato food, the sense of satiety is enhanced, not easy to hunger, and blood sugar rises slowly, can maintain blood sugar for a longer period of time.