Potato is one of the popular vegetables. People often do many experiments with potatoes. Many people like to enjoy its flavour with green vegetables and some like to enjoy it with non-veg. But with time, potatoes have also made a special reputation for themselves in the society.
Potatoes are rich in carbohydrates and starch. One thing that is often said about potatoes is that apart from increasing blood sugar, it also increases weight. According to ‘US Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health’, "Potatoes and similar fast-digesting, high-carbohydrate foods are linked to an increased risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. But what about a recently published report suggesting that eating more potatoes may actually reduce the risk of mortality?
Researchers included more than 77 thousand people in this
According to a report published in the Journal of Nutrition, eating potatoes reduces the risk of heart disease. It also reduces the risk of death. This special research was conducted on a large group of Norwegian people for more than three decades from 1974 to 1988. Researchers collected data on 77,297 adults and included them in undergoing three health checkups. They collected information about their dietary intake to understand the amount of potatoes they eat.
Erik Christopher Arneson, who led the study, and his team found that people who ate the most potatoes – 14 or more per week – had a slightly lower risk of all-cause death than those who ate the fewest – 6 or fewer per week. The researchers found that higher potato consumption was also associated with a slight reduction in the risk of death from heart disease, coronary artery disease (a type of heart disease) and heart attack.
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