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Annual herb of the genus Solanum, family Solanaceae. Also known as potatoes, potatoes, yam eggs and so on. Tubers can be eaten, is an important food, vegetable dual-use

crops. Perennial herb, but for annual or biannual cultivation. Underground tubers are round, egg, oval and other shapes, with bud eyes, skin

red, yellow, white or purple. Aboveground stems are prismatic and hairy. Oddly pinnately compound leaves. Cymes terminal, flowers white, red or purple. Berry

Fruit spherical, green or purple-brown. Seeds reniform, yellow. Mostly propagated by tubers. Can be used as medicine.

The First Potato Eater

In Gothenburg, Sweden, in a small square in the center of the city stands a bronze statue; this is one of Gothenburg's famous sights, popularly known as the Potato Eater's Statue. Like the American known as Uncle Sam, this is a typical Svensson (Swede). He is bland, thick-boned, shy, and has a very nasty cleft in his chin. Though dressed in aristocratic attire, he was as quiet, introverted, and composed as a potato. He is Jonas Alstruma, the famous potato eater.

Nutritional Analysis

1. Neutralizing and nourishing the stomach, strengthening the spleen and promoting dampness: potatoes contain a lot of starch as well as protein, B vitamins, vitamin C, etc., which can promote the digestive function of the spleen and stomach.

2. Laxative: potatoes contain a lot of dietary fiber, can broaden the bowel and laxative, help the body to excrete metabolic toxins in a timely manner, to prevent constipation, to prevent intestinal diseases

3. Lowering of glucose and lipids, beauty and skin care: potatoes can supply the human body a large number of mucus proteins with a special protective effect. Can promote the digestive tract, respiratory tract and joint cavity, plasma membrane cavity lubrication, prevent cardiovascular and systemic fat deposition, maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, is conducive to the prevention of atherosclerosis. Potato at the same time is an alkaline vegetable, is conducive to the body's acid-base balance, and the body after metabolism of the acidic substances, so that there is a certain beauty, anti-aging effect

4. Supplemental nutrition, water swelling: potatoes are rich in vitamins and calcium, potassium and other trace elements, and is easy to digest and assimilate, nutrient-rich, in Europe and the United States, especially in North America, potatoes have long been the second staple food. Potatoes contain potassium can replace sodium in the body, while sodium can be discharged from the body, is conducive to hypertension and nephritis edema patients' recovery.

5. Antihypertensive effect: potatoes have a weight loss, maintain vascular elasticity, sodium and potassium, etc., on the high blood pressure patients.

The balance of potassium and calcium in potatoes has a significant effect on the contraction of the myocardium, which can prevent hypertension and maintain the health of the myocardium.

Suitable for people

All people can eat. Diabetic patients should not be overconsumed.