Potatoes do not contribute to obesity and diabetes

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Scientists state that eating potatoes as part of a healthy diet can be as beneficial as eating legumes.

The Journal of Medicine Food reported on a study by scientists from the Pennington Center for Biomedical Research. These experts conducted an experiment, after which they drew unexpected conclusions about the health benefits of potatoes. The starchy vegetable, which is high in carbohydrates, is often recommended by nutritionists only in very limited quantities due to the risks of weight gain and problems with high blood sugar.

The authors of the new work concluded that such risks are eliminated if potatoes are included in an overall healthy or dietary diet.

“Potatoes are rich in important micronutrients and do not increase the risk of obesity and diabetes,” the researchers said.

Several dozen people aged 18 to 60 participated in the experiment. All were overweight or obese, and also had insulin resistance. The subjects were divided into groups, and in each group, the participants followed a diet with plenty of vegetables and fruits, as instructed by scientists. But in the first group, 40 percent of the meat in the usual diet for people was replaced with legumes – beans and peas. In the second, meat was replaced with boiled (in the skin) and cooled potatoes.

“The results showed that the potato diet and the diet with a predominance of beans and peas are equally beneficial for the body and actually have no significant difference for health,” the Journal of Medicine Food reported on the results of the tests.

Experts emphasize that the emergence of health problems is not contributed to by the consumption of potatoes as such, but by the fact that its lovers ignore many healthy norms in their diet.