Study finds potatoes reduce blood pressure withoutweight gain.
研究发现土豆有降低血压的功效，而且不会对你的体重构成压力。 Potatoes get a bad rap. Between potatoes' high carbohydrate count and how most of usprepare them (fried, buttered or highly salted in a chip), it's to be expected. But when preparedin a healthy way, spuds can be a super nutritious food. In fact, new research presented at the242nd National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society has found that just acouple servings of potatoes a day reduces blood pressure without causing weight gain.
Researchers took 18 overweight and obese patients and had them eat six to eight small purplepotatoes twice a day for a month. By the end of the study, the average diastolic blood pressuredropped by 4.3 percent and the systolic pressure decreased by 3.5 percent. Not one subjectgained weight during the study. While the researchers studied just purple potatoes, theybelieve that red and white skin potatoes would do the same. Like other vegetables, potatoescontain phytochemicals, along with other vitamins and minerals that are beneficial to thebody.
So how can you put this new info to good use in your healthy diet? Start eating potatoes!According to the researchers, the key is to microwave them. Frying and cooking them at hightemperatures seems to destroy the healthy benefits.
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