A. Benefits:

Can be strong and healthy, potassium in potatoes can prevent high blood pressure. Because when the body too much intake of salt, the body's sodium will be high, not enough potassium. Potatoes are an ideal source of potassium.

The treatment of indigestion and diuretic effect, is a stomach disease and heart disease patients and quality health care products. Potato also has the role of preventing and controlling neurogenic alopecia, with raw potato slices repeatedly rubbed hair loss parts, to promote hair regeneration has a significant effect. Potato contains crude fiber, has to promote gastrointestinal motility, laxative and cholesterol-lowering effect, can cure habitual constipation.

Two, bad:

The occurrence of potato lobelia poisoning. Easy to satiety, easy to thin, the same sense of satiety when the low calorie potatoes, potatoes, although good, as a staple food, should pay attention to do not fry, do not boil, do not put a lot of oil fried (desirable to bake, desirable to boiled, desirable to steam), do not just eat potatoes, to change the pattern of doing a good job, or easy to get tired of eating.

Extended information:

Potatoes are rich in carbohydrates, carbohydrates and other nutrients. p>Potatoes are rich in carbohydrates, vegetable protein, vitamin C, carotenoids and dietary fiber, per 100 grams of potatoes containing potassium 502 mg, is a rare high potassium food, helps lower blood pressure; carotenoids are a natural antioxidant, can protect the heart to remove free radicals. Therefore, patients with poor heart function, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and other patients can properly eat more potatoes, good for cardiovascular health.

Potatoes are best eaten steamed to maximize the retention of nutrients, including vitamin C, and the starch particles are fully pasted, easier to be digested and decomposed, helping to reduce the gastrointestinal burden. It is not recommended to eat potatoes as a dish to avoid excessive intake of carbohydrates.

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