The widespread opinion of some experts that potatoes are dangerous to health has not been confirmed. Scientists have found that the potato diet, on the contrary, can be useful.
Potatoes are full of useful nutrients, including vitamins and minerals, but traditional nutritionists for some reason advise eating as few potatoes as possible or completely eliminate it from the diet. This is usually attributed to the fact that potatoes allegedly increase the likelihood of cardiometabolic diseases, that is, cardiovascular pathologies and diabetes.
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But scientists from Boston University in the course of a meta-analysis that covered more than 350,000 people denied this. They investigated how potatoes affect a person's health when they are part of a regular diet. It turned out that potatoes do not increase any risk of cardiometabolic diseases. And both fried and boiled. Moreover, in some cases, the inclusion of potatoes in the diet even brought benefits.
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It turned out that the more often people ate potatoes, the more other fruits and vegetables were in their diet, sometimes 25% more. Consequently, they were more likely to comply with the recommendations issued by nutritionists in their diet. This study began in 1971, so it covered a huge amount of information and is exhaustive. (READ MORE)
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