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The Incredible Edible Potato - Is Nutritious
Provides many RDA's of Nutrition
Inside its red, yellow, white or brown skin, a potato can provide many of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of a number of vitamins and minerals.
For example: Potatoes contain about 620 mg of potassium-that's more than a banana.
Potassium is essential to the body because it helps to attain a high level of muscle performance and improves the nerves' response to stimulation.
Since Potatoes grow under ground it is no surprise they contain minerals like Iron...
Iron is essential in helping the body convert food to energy as well helping us to resist infection.
However they also get sunshine nutrients.....
Vitamins - such as vitamin C, the sunshine vitamin.
Vitamin C is essential in maintaining healthy connective tissue and heal wounds. (Got aches from arthritis? Increase your C, another reason for a potato...)
Varieties of potatoes are also good sources of B vitamins
B vitamins help the body make healthy red blood cells and amino acids.
Potatoes contain no fat or cholesterol and minimal sodium. (so get out the Mrs. Dash and leave the extra salt behind!)
Potatoes contain natural fiber in the skins
After a good scrub, those skins are delicious with a little olive oil on them, making them tender and easy to eat.
Protien Packed Potatoes 1 six-ounce potato contains 3 grams of highly digestible protein. That is almost as much as half a glass of milk.
Because of the variety of potato colors, shapes, sizes and textures and their versatility as recipe ingredients, why not include them for any meal?
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Carb Facts Although diabetics need to watch the carbs very carefully here is a few facts about Carbs...
Carbohydrates DO NOT cause weight gain and obesity
Carbohydrates DO NOT automatically cause blood sugar "spikes" and insulin "surges"
Carbohydrates DO NOT cause diabetes, heart disease or cancer
Carbohydrates are the body's primary fuel source.
Muscles prefer them and the brain relies on them. Carbohydrates are so vital to the body that if you severely cut them from your diet, your body will begin to breakdown muscle and other protein-containing tissues - such as your heart and other essential organs - in order to make them.
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