What are the benefits of eating more potatoes and what are the harms on the human body?

Introduction: Potato is a vegetable that can be used both for growing grain and vegetables, and its scientific name is Ma Ling, which is known as the world's five major crops together with rice, wheat, corn and sorghum. In France, potatoes are known as the "apples of the earth".

Potatoes have complete nutrients and are easy for the human body to digest and absorb, and enjoy the title of "second bread" in Europe and the United States. Efficacy: Potato starch is slowly attracted in the body, will not cause blood sugar to be too high, and can be used as a dietary therapy for diabetics.

The crude fiber contained in potatoes has the effect of promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis and accelerating cholesterol metabolism in the intestines, has the effect of laxative and cholesterol-lowering, and can prevent habitual constipation and increase in blood cholesterol. Potatoes are low-calorie, high-protein, and contain a variety of vitamins and trace elements, making them ideal foods. It has been scientifically proven that foods high in potassium can reduce the incidence of stroke.

Potatoes contain up to milligrams of potassium per gram, and experts believe that eating potatoes per week can reduce the chance of stroke. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that potatoes are flat and sweet, and have the effects of regulating the stomach, invigorating qi and strengthening the spleen, strengthening the body and kidneys, reducing inflammation, invigorating blood and reducing swelling, etc., and can assist in indigestion, habitual constipation, fatigue, chronic stomach pain, joint pain, eczema and other symptoms. Potatoes have a special effect on indigestion, and are good medicine and high-quality health food for patients with stomach and heart diseases.

Suitable for: Everyone can eat. People who want to ** should especially eat.

People often put sliced potatoes and shredded potatoes in water to remove excess starch for cooking. But be careful not to soak it for too long and lose nutrients. Potatoes with blue or sprouted skin should not be eaten to prevent solanine poisoning.

High starch content can easily cause high blood sugar.

Benefits: If potatoes are used as a staple food, the loss of B vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber can be reduced, because potatoes are rich in dietary fiber, vitamins A, B, C and minerals, high-quality starch, and a large amount of lignin, etc., which have higher nutritional value for the human body.

Potatoes will not lose a lot of nutrients during processing, and the rich starch can provide the calories needed by the human body, enhance satiety, and is known as the "second bread", and there are three major staple foods that do not have nutrients - carotene.

Disadvantage: Potatoes are difficult to dehydrate if they are stored as adults, and they are very easy to spoil. The "deterioration" here is, on the one hand, mildew, and on the other hand, germination.

Potato sprouting produces large amounts of solanine, which is a toxic substance. Therefore, if the potatoes are not stored properly, it is easy to go to waste.

In terms of nutrients, potatoes are a staple food and there is no problem, but the storage cost is risky. Therefore, as a common person, if you can easily buy fresh potatoes, you can use them as a staple food.

Potato contraindications explained

1. Avoid eating with skin.

Potatoes contain a toxic substance called solanine, which can cause acute poisoning if ingested in large amounts. This toxic substance is mostly concentrated in its skin, red skin or purple skin is more than yellow skin, and the light makes the skin color blue and increases with the color dark, so it must be peeled when eating.

2. Spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should avoid eating too much.

Potatoes have a downward effect, and those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold and diarrhea should eat less or no food.

3. Pregnant women should avoid eating.

Pregnant women often consume potatoes with high solanine content, which may lead to fetal malformations due to accumulation in the body, so it is better to eat less. Pregnant women, in particular, should not eat sprouted potatoes that have been stored for a long time to prevent miscarriage due to poisoning.

4. Avoid freezing.

Potatoes should be stored in a cool place, not exposed to the sun, not frozen, frostbitten potatoes should not be eaten.

1. Beauty. Potatoes have a good effect on caring for the skin and maintaining the complexion. Fresh potato juice is applied directly to the face and has a significant whitening effect. People's ** is easy to be sunburned and tanned in the hot summer, and potato juice has an obvious effect on removing pigmentation.

Potatoes also have a significant beautifying effect on the eye area**. Slice cooked potatoes and stick them to your eyes to reduce puffiness under your eyes. Cut potatoes into slices and apply them to the face, which has a good effect on beauty and skin care and wrinkle reduction.

Young people** have strong oil secretion, often suffer from pimples and acne, and smearing the affected area with cotton dipped in fresh potato juice can solve this problem.

2. Improve mental state.

Potatoes contain vitamin C. Office workers living in modern society are most susceptible to negative emotions such as depression, discouragement, and insecurity, and potatoes can help you solve this problem. Food can affect people's mood because the minerals and nutrients it contains can act on the human body and improve the mental state.

3、**。You don't have to worry about excess fat when eating potatoes. Eating more potatoes every day can reduce fat intake and allow the body to gradually metabolize excess fat. Potatoes have a wonderful effect on the human body.

4. Anti-aging.

It is rich in vitamins B1, B2, B6 and pantothenic acid and a large amount of high-quality fiber, as well as trace elements, amino acids, proteins, fats and high-quality starch and other nutrients. People who eat potatoes regularly are healthy and age slowly.

Disadvantages: no matter how high the nutritional value of potatoes is, from the perspective of nutrition, you can't eat all of them, the essence of nutrition lies in balance, the balance of food, the balance of nutrients, first, the nutrients in potatoes are not enough for your daily nutritional intake, second, the protein of potatoes is not easy for your development, and the protein in potatoes does not belong to high-quality protein.

The disadvantage of eating potatoes is that you must control your intake when eating, otherwise it will cause excessive energy due to excessive carbohydrate intake, which will increase the burden of metabolism. The benefits of eating potatoes are as follows:

1. It can supplement the body with rich carbohydrates, and the benefits are very obvious in relieving fatigue and enhancing physical fitness;

2. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine diet therapy, it can be healthy in the stomach, for people with spleen and stomach deficiency, shortness of breath and fatigue, proper consumption of potatoes has good benefits of stomach health and digestion.