Not only safe for blood sugar, potatoes are also efficacious for patients with hypertension. Good news for you lovers of potato snacks. Because the professor Joe Vinson from Scranton University proved that people with excess weight who ate potatoes month experienced a decrease in blood pressure and does not create weight gain. Vinson study contradicts the study done at Harvard School of Public Health that mention potatoes as the main perpetrators of weight gain, more than red meat and soft drinks.
But Vinson think that the research conducted at Harvard is less accurate because it combines the nutritional value of potatoes fried with boiled potatoes. Researchers think that chemistry is an important antioxidant present in the potato will be damaged when fried. Meanwhile, potatoes cooked in a microwave still contain vitamins and polyphenols.
Vinson subjects involving 18 people with a number kosumsi with microwave baked potatoes twice a day for a month. The result, diastolic blood pressure dropped an average of 4 mercury, or about 4.3 percent. The reason the researchers chose potatoes because they contain clorogenic acid - the main bioactive that is widely available in coffee - in high quantities. In addition, the potato has also been widely used by diabetics as a substitute for rice. Sugar content in potato proved to be effective in regulating blood sugar levels by helping insulin secretion and function.
"Now my biggest question is whether the research results will also be the same when using different types of potatoes," said Vinson on Shots. He did not examined the nutritional difference between one type of potato and others. But clearly, all the potatoes contain vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, and iron.
Well, now you can try an experiment potato lovers Vinson and prove themselves without fear of fat or sugar content harmful to your fear.
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