Potatoes 'can be part of healthy diet,' help with weight loss, study says

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The study found that participants who ate a diet rich in beans and potatoes — based on their personalized caloric needs — experienced reduced insulin resistance and weight loss.

thanks to their soluble fiber. Previous studies have also shown that eating both beans and peas can improve blood glucose levels in individuals with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, the authors of the new study noted.

To increase the dietary fiber of the potatoes, they were boiled with the skin intact and then refrigerated between 12 and 24 hours, the researchers said. Potatoes were incorporated into the main lunch and dinner entrées, such as shepherd’s pie and creamy shrimp and potatoes, and served together with sides such as mashed potatoes, oven-roasted potato wedges, potato salad, and scalloped potatoes with lunch and dinner entrees.

The researchers compared a diet with potatoes to a diet with beans and peas and found them to be "equal in terms of health benefits."

 

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Where was this healthy talk during the Pandemic? IT was only mask up, stay separated and get your vaccine! Shameful!

Mmmmmmmmm, potatoes and beans, , yummymmmmmm. A-10

Finally, a study I can get behind. Mmmmm 🤤

Two of my favorites

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