Guest blogger Frances Flannery - Nutrition Tips, Potatoe

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." – Albert Einstein

Today I post an article from guest blogger Frances Flannery which is a Nurse Trained Therapists.  Frances found interest in my blog because of the good content I provide for a good and healthy lifestyle. She wanted to be a part and share information that is beneficial to my readers and give the opportunity to connect with her working place and I loved the idea . Sharing good knowledge is high priority for me as my goal is to give you good information to live a good life! 

Frances article tell us how a simple food as the potatoes, which people may over look today, has amazing benefits for health. What else is that this edible tube is available for most and all the year and is a budget friendly food!
Enjoy the reading. 

- Irenee Alma

Article by Frances Flannery 

WHAT HAS THE POTATO EVER DONE FOR US?

Today I wanted to take some time out to give you some top tips on nutrition. Here is a focus on the common potato, a food which many take for granted. But despite being an excellent source of carbohydrate, which we all need a little of, what else has the potato ever done for us?
For anyone planning to get healthier and improve your nutrition this year, I wanted to take time out to discuss the health benefits of a top and tasty favourite superfood.  Its  I'm going to take you through the benefits of eating of one of the very best providers of Vitamin C in the natural world. You can bake it, chip it and even juice it and its one of the best sources of fibre around. You guessed it, the humble Potato!!

Potatoes – Raw

80 calories per 100g, Potatoes are high in fibre, B Complex vitamins and enough Vitamin C to fight scurvy. Raw potato contains less energy than other raw cereals and legumes. Raw potato is less well digested compared to cooked potato. This is due to its starch content which is readily digested by adult humans and begins as soon as it makes contact with amylase in the form of human saliva.  Ingesting raw potato on its own is therefore unusual except for health reasons. The most palatable way to digest it would be to combine it with more pleasant tasting vegetables in the form of juicing. 



The benefit of eating raw potato appears to relate to its ph level. It has the ability to neutralize acid conditions such as arthritis as it is alkaline. Naturopaths have identified raw potato as a super food which is highly successful for the treatment of stomach ulcers and osteoarthritis. They are also rich in fibre and vitamin C.   


Potatoes – Cooked

As before cooked potatoes contain 80 calories per 100g and are high in fibre and vitamin C and even when baked or boiled contain good levels of vitamin C. Potato protein can be compared to soya bean which makes them a beneficial to any diet.  They often mistake to be a “fattening food” but that ultimately boils down to how they are presented or cooked.  Baked potatoes are considered nutritionally superior as they contain

important nutrients in their skins. One such nutrient to note is potassium.  Another is for their fibre content which keeps the bowel moving and ultimately protects the body against colon cancer and constipation.  Another is for their vitamin C content which is one third of the RDA.  Cooked potatoes are very easy to digest due to their start content. This makes them ideal for anyone who has digestive issues, anaemic, chronic fatigue and for weaning infants .


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