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Candida Rebello

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
70 total appearances

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The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

which is needed.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

More is needed, but there are some studies now showing cause and effect, and there is no cause.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

Potatoes don't cause weight gain and they don't cause type 2 diabetes.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

And there was no difference between the groups.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

There was no statistical difference between the two groups, the group that ate potatoes and the group that ate beans.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

And we gave them a large amount of potatoes.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

We gave them anywhere from 200 to 400 grams of potatoes a day.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

But they didn't gain weight and they actually lost weight in both the groups.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

They lost approximately 5% of their body weight in eight weeks.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

and their blood glucose response improved.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

So in the context of a healthy eating plan that's low in energy density, potatoes are a good food.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

Right.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

There's no harm in eating fried, but moderation is the key.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

Fried potatoes can be a part of your diet, but it's not the sole way that you eat potatoes.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

And actually, as a matter of fact, potatoes contain a host of nutrients, potassium and dietary fiber.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

But if you eat the potatoes with their skins, that increases the dietary fiber component.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

Secondly, potatoes have a kind of starch that is resistant to digestion.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

When you

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

potatoes, that starch becomes more available to your body.

The Documentary Podcast
Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

But if you cook the potatoes, say boil them, you cool them for 24 hours and then use the potatoes, those starches which had opened up with the