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Why it is Healthier to Consume Raw Potatoes than Cooked One
Consuming raw potatoes has more health benefits than cooked one. Because of its
high content of potassium, sulphur, phosphorus, and chlorine, undiluted raw
potato juice is proven to be effective in clearing up skin blemishes. However,
you can get this potato benefits only if you consume potato as raw food because
these powerful minerals are converted to inorganic atoms when potatoes are
cooked. And, the best way to consume it raw is by taking it as juice. Fresh raw
undiluted potato-carrot juice is so nutritious. A cup or two of potato-carrot
juice a day is a great help to health problems like skin blemishes and high
blood pressure.
Potatoes may help fight against high blood pressure, prevent heart attack,
protect against stroke, prevent kidney damage due to high blood pressure,
controls appetite and could protect you from certain cancers due to its
potassium and vitamin C content. You could get all these benefits when you
consume raw potato as juice or just steam the potato.
Potato is still healthy to be consumed as baked, boiled and mashed one but its
healthy effects is much lesser than consuming it raw and the easily digestable
sugars in raw potatoes are converted to starches upon cooking. Potatoes are not
good to be consumed as chips and fries because of acrylamide formation. Please
checkout Acrylamide, what is it? for more info.
I got some small facts about potato, did you know that combination of cooked
meat and potatoes strengthen the solanin poison of the potato? Solanin is an
alkaloid poison that is predominant in potatoes too green in color. I’ve been
given an info too that potato is not good for those who are suffering from
venereal but I do not know yet its significance behind. And, did you know that
consuming sweet potato is much more beneficial compared to Irish potato? Sweet
potatoes has one-third more carbohydrates, three times more calcium, twice more
sodium and silicon, and more than four times chlorine than Irish potatoes.
If you have not tried drinking potato-carrot juice yet now is the right time to
do it. Remember, you could get the full health benefits of potato if you consume
it raw.
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