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You love eating potatoes but try to restrain yourself from it because you think that potato is not good for your health. This is so because you are unaware of the lesser known benefits of potatoes. Let us find out the benefits of potatoes so that you can enjoy various preparations of potatoes without any worries.

Nutritional Value Of Potato

Potatoes are stuffed with potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, vitamin B and vitamin C. Very few of us know that potato has maximum potassium content compared to any other fresh vegetables including banana. This potassium is very important for the growth and maintenance of cells in the body. Various other compounds like flavonoids, carotenoids, caffeic acid and phytonutrients are also present in potatoes which are required for healthy body.

1. Potato Is Good For Your Heart
This is one of the lesser known benefits of potato but it is true that potato is good for your heart. Vitamin B6 in potatoes converts the potentially dangerous homocysteine into another harmless substance. In this way potato lowers the risk of heart diseases and protects your heart.

2. Potato Facilitates Digestion

Potato is easy to digest because of large carbohydrate content in it. Since it is very easy to digest and also contains mild roughage, it forms an excellent energy rich diet for diarrhea patients and babies as they are not able to digest hard food.

3. Potato Gives You Unblemished Skin

Benefits of potato have also been observed in skin care. Face pack made from the crushed raw potatoes along with honey helps in curing pimples and spots on the skin. The pulp also has a healing effect on burns. You can even use smashed potatoes as a cleansing agent; it effectively softens and cleans your skin around elbows and back of the palms.

4. Potato Regulates Blood Pressure

If increase in blood pressure is due to tension and indigestion, potato effectively lowers the blood pressure. Fibers present in potato reduce the cholesterol and improves the functioning of insulin in the body. Moreover, a compound called kukoamine has been recently reported in potatoes that help in lowering the blood pressure.

5. Potato Keeps You Away From Scurvy: 

Scurvy is a dreaded deficiency disease which is caused due to lack of Vitamin C. Eating potato can prevent this disease as potato is rich in Vitamin C.

If potato has so many benefits then why is it often avoided to remain healthy? It is so because potato is not bad for our health; it is the topping and preparation method that turns a healthy potato into fatty and salty snack. So, change your preparation method, go for baked potato dishes and enjoy eating healthy potatoes

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