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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

14 Health Benefits of Potatoes

Potatoes have been so popular in cooking. Potatoes are believed to boost energy, good for heart and energy recovery when have common illnesses. But nowadays people are using potatoes to create lots forms of food like potato chips and oily French fries and are usually mixed with fats such as cheese, butter, bacon and make potatoes contributor to increase the level of cholesterol. So does potatoes good or bad? Below provides clearer information of potatoes and its benefits.
Here are some health benefits of Potatoes
1. Good diet for people who hard to digest but require energy like patient or babies.
2. Good for skin care ( Vitamin C, B-complex and minerals like potassium, magnesium, phosphorus and zinc that are good source for the skin)
3. Rich in carbohydrates and less of protein so it helps to increase body weight
4. Good for brain, because of its many substance like zinc and phosphorus.
5. Relieve both internal and external inflammation such as intestines inflammation and digestive system.

6. Some nutrient can help to reduce rheumatism
7. Rich in Vitamin A and Vitamin C, which can remove free radicals that are chemicals damage cells.
8. Good food for diabetics cause of its help stabilize blood sugar levels
9. Potatoes are high in Vitamin A and that can prevents cancer in gland and organs with epithelial tissue
10. Good for who involved in heavy muscular work because of its load vitamin and minerals
11. May helpful for hemorrhoid
12. Lower the blood pressure
13. Good for ulcers of stomach and inflamed conditions of the colon
14. Good for people who have mouth ulcers
Nutritive Values: Per 100 gm
• Vitamin A: 7,700 I.U.
• Vitamin B : Thiamine .09 mg.;
• Riboflavin: .05 mg.
• Niacin: .6 mg.
• Vitamin C: 22 mg.
• Calcium: 30 mg.
• Iron: .7 mg.
• Phosphorus: 49 mg.
• Potassium: 300 mg.
• Fat: .7 gm.
• Carbohydrates: 27.9 gm.
• Protein: 1.8 gm.
• Calories : 123
There are many kinds of Potato such as Potatoes, sweet potatoes, which is very common in Asia and Asia Pacific, but it’s have the same nutrition. In Cambodia Sweets potatoes is used as vegetable for cooking, as dessert and very often people in the rural like eaten it instead of daily meal as well. By this post, with the clearer of it health benefit of potatoes, you ought to often used it in your dish.

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