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Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Potatoes have a growing reputation for causing weight gain and increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes. It suggests that there is a
The study, published Nov. 11 in the Journal of Medicinal Food, looked at how a diet containing potatoes affects key health measures. Potatoes are a starchy food that your body breaks down into glucose for use as energy. In addition to starch, the peel contains vitamins, minerals and fiber.
The study included people between the ages of 18 and 60 who were overweight, obese, or had insulin resistance (a health condition in which the body’s cells do not respond well to insulin and glucose does not enter the cells to produce energy). 36 participants participated. Insulin resistance is associated with obesity, hypertension, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes.
Researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, found that potatoes did not increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. Instead, participants who ate a diet rich in beans and potatoes found that they had lower insulin resistance and lost weight based on their individualized caloric needs.
“Contrary to popular belief, potatoes have been demonstrated to have no adverse effects on blood sugar levels,” said Candida Revello, Ph.D., an assistant professor at Pennington Biomedical and a co-investigator of the study, in a statement. “In fact, people who participated in our study lost weight.”
This study was funded by the Alliance for Potato Research and Education and the National Institutes of Health, but the authors noted that the funders “had no role in designing, analyzing, or writing the manuscript. ‘ said.
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Participants were fed controlled diets of beans, peas, meat or fish, or white potatoes and meat or fish. Both diets were high in fruits and vegetables, replacing an estimated 40% of typical American meat consumption with either beans and peas or potatoes.
“People tend to eat the same weight of food regardless of calories to feel full,” says Rebello. “You can easily reduce your calorie expenditure by eating low-calorie, heavy foods.”
Potatoes were boiled with the skin on and refrigerated for 12 to 24 hours to increase dietary fiber. Potatoes are incorporated into main lunch and dinner entrees, such as shepherd’s pie and creamy shrimp and potatoes, and served alongside side dishes such as mashed potatoes, oven-baked potato wedges, potato salad, and scallop potatoes. and served with the main dish of the dinner.
“An important aspect of our study was that the inclusion of potatoes reduced the calorie content, rather than reducing the portion size of the diet,” said Rebello. Although it was tailored to individual calorie needs, substituting some of the meat for potatoes made participants feel fuller, faster, and often unable to even finish their meals.”
Rebello adds:
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Researchers compared a diet containing potatoes with a diet containing beans and peas and found that they were “equivalent in terms of health benefits.”
“People usually don’t stick to a diet that they don’t like or aren’t diversified enough,” Revelo said, noting that potatoes are a fairly inexpensive vegetable to incorporate into your diet.
Christian Morley, a registered dietitian and clinical dietitian at the Nutrition and Diabetes Education Program at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, who was also not involved in the study, noted how the potatoes were cooked.
“One of the interesting details they mentioned in their study was that they cooked and cooled the potatoes before serving them to the participants. This process caused some of the starch in the potatoes to digest more slowly than before. , improve insulin sensitivity, and reduce glucose tolerance when consuming such foods,” Morey told Medical News Today.
“It’s also important to note that other foods, such as protein foods, were taken with the potatoes, which may also improve the glycemic response.”
Dr. John Kirwan, executive director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center and principal investigator of the study, called obesity “an incredibly complex disease.” Kirwan said the center is addressing the issue in a variety of ways, including research that looks at how and why the body responds the way it does, and an individual’s response to diet and physical activity. Research, policy-level discussions, and more. Community programs that promote strategies for living healthier lives.
“These new data on the effects of potatoes on our metabolism are an exciting addition to the arsenal of evidence that we have to do just that,” Kirwan said.
This story was reported from Cincinnati.
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