September 18, 2012

Hello friends!!

Now the time has come (although, of course, it may have come earlier) to write a continuation of the article about potatoes. Why now?? Simply because in Siberia, or more precisely for our family, the time has come to dig those same potatoes that we planted in the spring and which I told you about in vivid colors.

But today I want to talk about why . Well, as I wrote in the previous article, the most important thing is great content The starch in potatoes has a high glycemic index and helps increase blood sugar. Harvard scientists have also established the fact that too overuse Potatoes may contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes in women. The research was carried out for approximately 20 years and involved about 85 thousand women. At the end of the study, the authors suggested that women still limit their consumption of this product and pay more attention to legumes and whole grains, as well as all products containing fiber.

Nutritionists do not recommend eating potatoes with meat (although almost none festive table can’t do without this dish)… The reason is that this combination of foods is difficult to digest, so you should eat the meat separately or replace it with fish.

I would like to devote a separate paragraph to potato chips...

What could happen to lovers of this tasty and unhealthy potato food, to those who cannot drink beer without them, for example, or simply “pamper” their children with them? Crispy potatoes are not good for the body at all, this has already been proven by doctors. Not only does this product contain , but the smallest packet also contains approximately 30 grams of hydrogenated fat. At daily use the risk of increased cholesterol levels increases and, as a result, atherosclerosis and other dangerous diseases.

I will also note that only some manufacturers make potato chips, but they often turn out to be genetically modified. As for production, the cheapest way is to prepare chips from large cabbages using cheap oil, which will not have high quality indicators. Also, long-term processing of potatoes at high temperatures (or rather, frying them), with irregular oil changes, does not leave any nutrients, which potatoes are so rich in. Also, the breakdown of fats is accompanied by the formation of carcinogenic acrolein, which in turn has mutagenic properties.

I note that even cooking potatoes at home in low-quality oil or in a very hot frying pan can lead to the formation of another carcinogen - acrylamide, which, like glycidamide (these carcinogens are “relatives”), which, in turn, is found in most chips, contributes to the provocation of oncology and disruption of DNA structure.

The least harmful can be considered the so-called puffed chips, only for the reason that their heat treatment takes no more than 15 minutes. But, again, not everyone makes potato chips, replacing it with various mixtures and additives, which contributes to a decrease in quality both in terms of health and taste.

What are chip lovers hiding from us? These people usually suffer from heartburn and often have a condition such as gastritis. They also necessarily have increased salt levels in their blood, which leads to metabolic disorders. And that’s not all... And yet, all chip eaters, knowing all the consequences of “chip delicacies,” still buy them and crunch them with pleasure.

Also, I want to draw your attention to other harmful potato dishes. About chips, which, by the way, occupy an “honorable” first place in this harmful list. To all of the above, I will add that the calorie content of chips is 500-550, there is zero benefit, and at the same time, after eating 5 packages of 50 grams, you will get zero useful and approximately 3000 calories, plus merciless thirst (which additives will also cause).

Second place goes to French fries, the calorie content of this delicacy is 400. I’m glad that, unlike chips, at least some of the healthy stuff is retained here, but(!) this only applies to potatoes that you cooked yourself, because bistro fries usefulness is again zero and again you will only get carcinogens from it.

Potatoes are the most common vegetable in our country, we eat them all year round, at the same time it is also the most affordable.

Healthful composition of potatoes.

Squirrels. Potatoes have greater biological value compared to onions, tomatoes, radishes, and cabbage. But his amino acid composition not ideal. Potatoes contain everything essential amino acids in small quantities and their ratio is not ideal for complete protein absorption. The missing amino acids in potatoes are methionine and cysteine. For better absorption The protein of this vegetable must be eaten together with foods high in methionine and cysteine. Therefore, potatoes cannot be a complete source of protein.

Vitamins. Potatoes contain vitamins: riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin B6, biotin, pantothenic acid, folacin.

Minerals. The vegetable contains the minerals sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and iron.

1. 68% potassium.
2. In magnesium by 17%,
3. In phosphorus by 22%,
4. In Manganets by 25%,
5. In Iron by 15%,
6. In Molybdenum by 34%
7. In Chrome it's 60%.

As you can see, potatoes are rich in minerals. But during cooking certain part minerals goes into solution, that is, into the water with which we cook potatoes. To avoid loss useful substances, it is better to bake or stew potatoes, then the loss of minerals will be insignificant, no more than 7%.

Another useful substance in potatoes is According to reference data, its content in 100g of vegetable is 1g. Fiber lowers blood cholesterol and promotes intestinal motility.

What diseases are potatoes good for?

1. During treatment gastrointestinal diseases. This vegetable has an anti-inflammatory effect due to the presence of polysaccharides.
2. Red potato varieties are used in the treatment of kidney failure.
3. Juice from raw potatoes is drunk for headaches; it is good for the stomach, intestines, circulatory system. Rinse your mouth with juice if your gums are bleeding.

Potatoes are harmful to the human body.

Are potatoes really harmful to the body and have contraindications?

Let's figure it out in order.

1. The composition of potatoes depends on many factors: the variety, growing and storage conditions. It is necessary to hill up the potatoes so that they do not turn green, since green potatoes contain poisonous substance- solanine. For the same reason, vegetables should not be stored in a bright place. The longer potatoes are stored, the less vitamins they contain.
2. Fried potatoes are harmful to the body. This dish will increase the risk of diseases of the stomach, kidneys, gall bladder, and liver.
3. Another disadvantage of potatoes is that they have a high glycemic index, which means that when potatoes are consumed, sugar (glucose) is released into the blood. The body's response to increased blood sugar is the production of insulin. Insulin distributes some of the sugar throughout the blood and stores the other part in fat. This leads to obesity, subsequently to diabetes.
4. Potatoes, compared to other vegetables (pepper, cucumber, tomato, radish, beets, carrots), have a high calorie content. The energy value of 100g of potatoes is 80 kilocalories. But if you compare the calorie content of potatoes with legumes, then beans are 292 kcal, and peas are 73 kcal.

Potatoes are a very controversial vegetable; on the one hand, they have a number of useful substances, and on the other hand, they can be dangerous for the body. Therefore, the question about the benefits and harms of potatoes arises among those who love this product. Lovers of delicious food see more benefits in it, and nutritionists warn.

Tips for potato lovers.

1. You can’t eat potatoes often and a lot. Daily norm consumption should not exceed 300g.
2. You can't eat potatoes with fatty foods: fried or add butter, especially lard.
3. You should not eat green potatoes that contain solanine.
4. Bake potatoes with their skins on to preserve them as much as possible. beneficial properties and add a salad of raw vegetables to it to reduce the glycemic index of the dish. In soups, potatoes can be replaced with beans. Beans are full product by protein content.

Eat right and be healthy!!!

Everyone loves potatoes. It makes delicious and satisfying dishes. For centuries, this vegetable has occupied one of the main places on our table. Scientists have been studying potatoes for a long time. But there is still controversy surrounding the simple but reliable tubers. And until now, for example, nutritionists have not come to a consensus on what the true benefits and harms of potatoes are. Try it and you can form your own opinion about it.

Chemical composition of potatoes

Potatoes are biologically valuable product from the point of view of one group of nutritionists. Its tubers contain water, proteins, a small amount of fat, carbohydrates, potassium, B vitamins, vitamins A, C, E, H, PP, minerals, iodine and starch. It is precisely because of the high starch content that the second group of nutritionists consider potatoes to be harmful.

Starch is a supplier of carbohydrates for the human body. And carbohydrates, when in excess, contribute to the accumulation of fat and the development of obesity. Therefore, potatoes are practically not present in any of the weight loss diets.

Healthy product potatoes

If it is not recommended to eat potatoes when losing weight, then for therapeutic diets he is simply irreplaceable. Potatoes are useful for gastritis, arthritis, diseases of the liver and gallbladder, pancreas, and cardiovascular diseases.

Another obvious benefit of potatoes is that they contain a large amount of fiber. Plant fibers stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, remove toxins from the body and are an excellent preventive measure for diseases of the digestive system.

Due to their high potassium content, potatoes are of great benefit to people suffering from heart disease.

Potato juice is a strong anti-inflammatory agent. It is indispensable for the treatment of stomach ulcers and duodenum. Moreover, life-giving moisture is used to combat cancer.

Raw potatoes

Grate potatoes and you have an excellent remedy for treating burns, bruises and bruises. Spread the raw mass on gauze folded in several layers and then apply to the affected area. Keep the lotion for 20-40 minutes. Repeat the procedure several times and you will see a positive result.

Raw grated potatoes are also successfully used to relieve swelling. Apply the mixture on gauze to your eyes for 10-15 minutes. Instead of grated potatoes, you can use sliced ​​and cooled mugs for these purposes. Potato juice is used to treat boils, eczema and abscesses, and an infusion of sprouts is used to improve vision (a handful of sprouts are infused for 12 hours in 200 ml of water and taken 20-30 minutes before meals).

Baked Potato

Baked potatoes are not only very tasty, but also no less healthy. It is recommended for use for heart disease and obesity. And baked potatoes in their skins can increase potency.

Topically baked potatoes are used to treat skin inflammation and boils. Apply the crushed warm mass together with the peel in the form of a compress to the inflammation for 10-15 minutes.

Bronchitis and colds go away quickly if you use hot potato broth in the form of inhalations, and crushed tubers in the form of compresses on the chest.

New potatoes

Young potato tubers contain a lot of vitamins, minerals, organic acids and fiber. It has high taste qualities and brings invaluable benefits body after a long cold winter. How delicious new potatoes are, sprinkled with green dill and flavored with butter!

Potatoes in cosmetology

Mashed potatoes are often used in the form of masks to rejuvenate, nourish and soften the skin of the face and neck. For these purposes, potato mass is combined with sour cream, cream, milk, egg yolk or vegetable oil. After this procedure, the skin becomes fresh, velvety and elastic.

A decoction of potato tubers and a starch solution are used in the form of baths for hands and feet to cure dry, flaky skin. Warm mashed potato wraps are an excellent remedy for deep cracks in the toes and heels.

So are potatoes harmful?

Undoubtedly, potatoes fried in oil or lard, potato pancakes with sour cream, pies and pies are very, very tasty, but high in calories. Roast potatoes with meat does not fit into the canons of separate and low-calorie nutrition. However, it should be noted that mashed potatoes contains much fewer calories than pasta and all kinds of pastes. But Russian cuisine has always been famous for its delicate, airy puree, complemented by fresh, crisp salad. This healthy food It is still popular among sensible and food-savvy people. For comparison: pasta is filled with sauce containing more than 300 kcal calories per 100 grams. This means that the choice in favor of boiled potatoes and vegetables is obvious.

But even mashed potatoes should be approached with caution when it comes to losing weight and staying slim. Sometimes you can allow yourself this pleasure surrounded by juicy and sweet tomatoes, the delicate foam of the freshest salad and the delicate greens of a cucumber. The final chord of this story will be delicious splashes olive oil with sharp inclusions lemon juice. But don’t become trivial and don’t make puree from a plastic cup with a flavor enhancer. This way you will maintain your health and self-esteem.

We should not forget that potatoes are not very useful for people suffering from pancreatic dysfunction and low tolerance to carbohydrates. All of them are at risk of developing diabetes.

Potatoes can be tricky. During long-term storage and when stored in the light, the strong poison solanine accumulates in it. Everyone has probably seen green tubers. Eating such potatoes is strictly prohibited. Solanine can cause severe poisoning. A for pregnant women it is doubly dangerous, as it contributes to the development of heart defects in the fetus.

The benefits of potatoes are obvious. And although in his biography there is dark spots, still positive aspects more. And when proper storage and there is no harm in cooking the tubers at all. Only at the table should you show moderation and foresight.

Potatoes help with gastritis, peptic ulcer stomach and duodenum, hypertension, angina pectoris, atherosclerosis, edema of renal and cardiac origin, disorders heart rate, upper cathars respiratory tract, eczema and burns, as well as for digestive disorders (heartburn, bitterness in the mouth, belching, nausea and vomiting).

Potatoes are contraindicated for diabetes mellitus and obesity, as well as low acidity gastric juice!
When purchasing, pay attention to its color. The fact is that potato treatment contains solanine is a toxic substance , which may cause severe poisoning. IN large doses solanine depresses the central nervous system and damages blood elements. Manifestations of solanine poisoning: vomiting, shortness of breath, palpitations, convulsions. IN severe cases Possible short-term loss of consciousness. A large amount of solanine is found in potato peels, as well as in unripe green tubers. If potatoes quickly darken in the air after they are cut, it is undesirable to eat them: they will not bring any benefit, but they can cause allergies, especially in children.

Medicinal recipes

Treatment of alcoholic intoxication with potatoes:

Angina

Leave fresh potato juice for 1 hour, carefully drain, combine with cranberry juice and drink 1/2 cup 3 times a day.

Take small potatoes (tubers with sprouts and even potato peelings are suitable). Wash the tubers thoroughly and cook in a large quantities water so that the steam comes from the potatoes, and not from the water, until a typical potato smell appears. Inhale the steam through your nose and mouth for 10-15 minutes (you can add 2 validol tablets). After inhalation, you should immediately go to bed to avoid hypothermia. If inflammatory processes are particularly acute, procedures can be carried out in the morning and evening.

Arrhythmia

Periodically spend “potato days”, drinking mainly potato juice, potato water or baked potatoes.

Arthritis

Drink potato decoction in the morning on an empty stomach, then during the day and before bed. It is also recommended to eat 1 - 2 potatoes - raw, finely chopped on a grater along with the peel.

Apply whole potato tubers to the sore joints, and if the joints of the fingers are swollen, then roll the potato in your hand like a ball, and at night put a glove with a potato on your hand or tie the potato to the sore joint.

Varicose veins

Soak areas with swollen veins several times a day with fresh potato juice or apply bandages soaked in this juice. It is good to combine this procedure with drinking potato juice.

High temperature

Grate 2 raw potatoes on a coarse grater. Pour 1 tablespoon of vinegar into the resulting mass and place it on a clean cloth or gauze folded in several layers. The cloth should be wide enough to wrap the mashed potatoes in. Apply the finished compress to the forehead, and after a while change it by preparing a fresh one. In the same way, a potato compress is prepared for a sore throat. Place the potatoes wrapped in cloth on your throat. Wrap your neck well with a scarf or handkerchief.

Haemorrhoids

Drink raw potatoes fresh juice 1/2 cup 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

To relieve pain and relieve inflammation, it is recommended to use potato suppositories. Before the procedure, you can sit for 30 minutes in a warm bath, then insert into anus potato candle, cut from raw peeled potatoes, the size of a finger (6-8 cm). To facilitate the procedure, you can lubricate the potato candle sunflower oil. You can leave it on all day - it does not interfere with walking. If you need to go to the toilet, the candle should be thrown away, and after cold washing the anus (or better yet, cold douching of the rectum with a small enema of 1/2 cup of water), insert a fresh candle. If you carefully and carefully apply this method, then hemorrhoids will disappear in a few days, but the procedure should be done within 10 days. If necessary, the course of treatment is repeated after 1-2 months.

Grate a raw potato, squeeze the juice into 1 tablespoon and use a small syringe to insert into the anus overnight. This procedure should be carried out for 10 days. Be sure to squeeze juice from whole potatoes (with skin).

Fill a 3-5 liter saucepan with potato peelings, add water so that the peelings are just covered, and boil. Pour all the contents into a suitable vessel such as a chamber pot and, sitting on it, take steam “inhalation” for 15-20 minutes. To reduce heat transfer to environment and keep the steam in this way longer, place the vessel with cleaning in a basin with hot water. In this case, after defecation, you should definitely wash yourself with cold water.

Treatment of hypertension with potatoes:

Take 14 days in a row on an empty stomach 30 minutes before meals, monitoring blood pressure, 1 tablespoon of grated raw potatoes or a solution of 15 g of starch in 1/2 cup of boiled water.

Drink a decoction of potatoes boiled in their skins (1 - 2 glasses daily), and also eat baked potatoes in their jackets with their skins.

Drink a decoction or infusion from potato peels: rinse the potato peelings thoroughly, pour boiling water over them, boil for 10 minutes, leave and drink 2 tablespoons 4 times a day before meals. The dosage can be increased.

Drink 1 glass of raw milk daily on an empty stomach. potato juice, after this, do not eat anything for 1 hour, preferably lie down for 30 minutes. The course of treatment is 10 days.

Intoxication

From intoxication caused by salt poisoning heavy metals, radionuclides, industrial poisons, take 150-200 g of raw potatoes 1-2 times a day on an empty stomach.

Potato treatment for cough:

Cut hot potatoes in their jackets and place them on the chest, greased with turpentine.

Boil 4-5 potatoes in their skins, but so that they do not boil. Place several sheets of paper on your chest or back, and place hot potatoes cut in half on them. Wrap yourself up from above. As they cool, remove the sheets of paper. Carry out this procedure in the evenings.

Apply cut hot potatoes to your throat for a throat cough.

Boil the potato pieces (or peel them), drain the water, put them in a double plastic bag, tie them, then wrap them in a linen towel (2-3 layers) and secure them on the chest. Be careful not to get burned. Warm up your chest for 1 hour. Several such procedures - cough and hoarseness disappear. Potatoes “take over” the negative field of the disease, and soft heat promotes good blood circulation in the diseased area. This method is especially good for a child with allergies, for whom mustard plasters are contraindicated.

Runny nose, sinusitis

Boil the potatoes in their skins, drain the water. Wrap yourself up and breathe over the steam of potatoes. The potatoes can be mashed additionally.

Quickly roll a hot potato over your forehead, nose, ears, and then cut it and apply one half to your forehead and the other to the wings of your nose. You can “roll” 3-4 potatoes in this way per day. After the procedure, be sure to wear a bandage made of soft woolen fabric on your forehead.

Frostbite

If the skin of your hands is red from frost, it is enough to hold your hands in warm potato water several times.

A potato compress is used to treat frostbitten areas of the skin on the face. The tubers boiled in their skins should be quickly mashed and immediately, while the puree is hot enough, applied to the affected area on a piece of gauze or cloth. Hold the compress until it cools down, and then wipe the frostbitten area several times with cotton wool dipped in lemon juice diluted with water.

Burn

Grate the peeled potatoes. Apply the resulting mass onto a gauze napkin folded 4-5 times and bandage it to the affected area of ​​the skin. After 2 hours, remove the potato mixture and replace it with fresh one.

Immediately after a burn with boiling oil or a hot frying pan, as well as after scalding with boiling water, apply fresh potatoes to the sore spot. The potato should be cut lengthwise and applied to the burn site. Apply new potato slices every 2-3 minutes until the pain subsides. Thanks to potatoes, blisters will not even appear at the burn site, the pain will be softened, and the wound will be covered with a protective layer of starch. Apply the pulp of grated raw potatoes to the affected area, slightly squeezing it and wrapping it in cotton cloth. This procedure should be carried out several times a day and at night, combining lotions and compresses with ingestion of raw potatoes.

Moisten the burn area several times a day with fresh potato juice or apply bandages soaked in this juice. It is good to combine this procedure with drinking potato juice, taking part of the juice from the portion to lubricate the burn.

Sprinkle the burn with potato starch mixed with baking soda in a 1:1 ratio.

Apply a compress of cooled water to the affected area. oatmeal jelly, mixed with potato starch.

For a burn of the esophagus caustic substances It is necessary to prepare potato juice as soon as possible (in a juicer or meat grinder) and drink 1/2 cup immediately and after 30-40 minutes - another 1/2 cup.

Osteochondrosis

Take grated raw potatoes and honey in equal proportions, put the paste on a napkin and apply to the spine for 2 hours. The pain goes away.

Edema

Apply compresses of grated raw potatoes or thinly sliced ​​raw potato slices to swollen areas.

Reduced potency

Renal colic

Whenever renal colic The patient benefits from a warm bath for 20 minutes. After the bath, go to bed and put a poultice of mashed, boiled potatoes in their skins on your stomach.

Pneumonia

Wash 4 medium potatoes, cut out the eyes, but do not peel them, but cut them into cubes, add 2 tablespoons of flax seeds, a head of garlic crushed into pulp, add 1 liter of water and cook in a sealed container over low heat for 20 minutes. After cooling to a temperature of 30 ° C, use the decoction for enemas. Give an enema 2 times a day until complete recovery.

Cold

Do inhalations over boiled potatoes. Place potato peels in a saucepan with water, cook and breathe over the steam for 10 minutes. Carry out the procedure daily 1-2 times a day until cure.

At high temperature Apply a potato compress to your forehead - the heat will subside within 1 hour. The compress is prepared as follows: grate 2 raw potatoes with skins on a coarse grater, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar, wrap the resulting mass in a clean cloth or gauze.

Treatment of rheumatism with potatoes:

Grate 1 kg of raw potatoes (preferably pink). Fold the linen fabric in half, spread potato pulp in the middle, fold, wrap sore spot. It’s good to tie something warm on top. Cover the patient with a blanket all night. Apply compresses every other day. At the same time, take 5 drops of aspen tar, diluted in 1/4 cup of vodka, daily orally at night. Drink for 1.5 months. Used for rheumatic pain.

A good effect is obtained by combining the external use of potatoes with the intake of raw potato juice - at least 1/2 glass per day. The course is 1 month, sometimes to consolidate the treatment repeat course after a week's break.

Boil broth from potato peels, drink it and apply compresses to sore spots.

Erysipelas

Apply a compress of potato starch on cotton wool to the affected areas.

Decreased vision

Pour 1 tablespoon of potato sprouts, sprouted in the cellar, with 1 glass of vodka. Leave for 1 week. Take 1 teaspoon 3 times a day.

Stomatitis

Apply raw potatoes, mashed into pulp or cut into slices, to the inflamed gums.

Convulsions

Painful muscle cramps occur due to the loss of potassium, so you need to include more potatoes in your diet (preferably baked potatoes), which are rich in this element.

Chronic tonsillitis

Boil 1 tablespoon of potato flowers in 1 glass of water. Gargle with this decoction 3 times a day for 10 days. Take a break for 1 month and repeat the course.

Pulmonary tuberculosis

Eat potatoes cooked whole with their skins on, and also drink raw potato juice from July to February.

Insect bites

Apply a slice of raw potato to the bite site; the itching from the bite will soon go away.

Furuncle

Apply to the boil one at a time baked onion and baked potatoes - to ripen the boil.

Emphysema

Grate the green potato tops and squeeze out the juice. Drink juice, starting with 1/2 teaspoon and increasing to 1/2 glass.

Peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, headache, spastic constipation treatment with potatoes:

Grate raw potatoes, squeeze out the juice. Drink 1/2 cup 1 hour before meals, then lie down without getting up for 30 minutes. The course of treatment is 1 week, then take a break for 1 week and drink the juice again for a week.

Drink 1/2 cup of potato juice with 1 tablespoon of honey in the morning on an empty stomach and at night (also on an empty stomach) 3/4 cup of potato juice with honey.

Peel the potatoes, cut into cubes and boil without salt. Drink 1/2-1 glass of decoction 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

Inhale fumes from jacket potatoes.

Apply cut, boiled potato tubers to the chest, greased with turpentine or goat fat. Cosmetic recipes

Warts

Cut a raw potato in half and apply the cut side to the wart, then connect both halves together and bury them, but bury them so that the potatoes do not germinate. Some modern healers recommend not burying potatoes, but putting them in the freezer. In a few days the wart will disappear.

Burr

If the torn hangnail begins to tear, then you should take potato peelings and apply the white side to your finger, tying it. Change the potato wrapper several times a day.

Bags under the eyes

Apply a warm potato cut in half, boiled with peel, to your eyes. Keep for 30 minutes. It is advisable to lie down at this time.

Calluses

You can get rid of old calluses by applying a paste of raw grated potatoes to them for a week.

Wrinkles

A mask of mashed potatoes mixed with boiled beans helps remove wrinkles around the eyes.

At early wrinkles neck, it is recommended to add 1 teaspoon of liquid honey to 2 tablespoons of soft warm mashed potatoes and mix quickly. Place on a piece of cloth and wrap around your neck. Cover with wax paper and bandage or bandage with a scarf. Keep this compress for at least 30-40 minutes, then rinse with water at room temperature. The compress can be used 2-3 times a week.

Boil a large tuber in its peel, peel and mash. Add 1 tablespoon to warm mashed potatoes warm milk. Heat the resulting mass in a water bath. Apply a thin layer of the hot mixture onto your face, cover with a thick napkin or towel and leave for 15-20 minutes. After the procedure, if the skin is dry, carefully remove the mask with a linen cloth moistened with hot (40-45 ° C) milk, if oily - cool boiled water. Apply a nourishing cream that matches your skin type. After this potato mask the skin becomes elastic, smooth, soft, wrinkles disappear.

For aging, dry, flabby, flabby skin, add 1 yolk and 1 tablespoon of milk to warm mashed potatoes. The mask is applied to the face and neck and then washed off with an infusion of mint and linden flowers, taken in equal parts.

Grate raw potatoes, mix them in equal parts with wheat flour and milk and apply to the skin of the face and neck. This mask is used by many American actresses who want to avoid even minor signs of skin aging.

Despite the popular belief that potatoes contain only starch of little use, this product is rich in microelements. Tuber proteins contain amino acids, many of which are essential for human body. In addition, potatoes contain carbohydrates, phosphorus and amino acids. Vegetable fiber does not irritate the mucous membrane intestinal gastric tract Therefore, boiled root vegetables can be consumed even with peptic ulcers.

Vegetable tubers are a storehouse of pectin, vitamin PP, B1, B2, contain large quantities of vitamin C, as well as many mineral components. In addition to potassium salts, it contains elements such as magnesium, sulfur, iron, chlorine, sodium, manganese, zinc, calcium, silicon, bromine, cobalt, boron, copper and iodine. Distribution minerals unevenly, so their highest content is observed in the peel, and the lowest in the core. In other words, beneficial substances are concentrated in the skin and pulp near it.

Micro and macroelements have an easily digestible form and are also found in the form of alkaline salts, which help regulate alkaline balance blood. MirSovetov will share what diseases can be cured with potatoes.

Useful properties of potatoes

The vegetable has a complete and balanced composition with high energy value. By eating potatoes, you can support your body with all necessary elements and calories. Like bread, tubers do not become boring and can be identified by their level of usefulness. In addition, the fruit has a high protein content and if we take chicken meat as the standard for protein content - 100%, then in wheat there will be 64%, and in potatoes the volume of the component will be 85%. Let's consider in what other cases it is useful to eat vegetables:

• the potassium content allows you to remove water from the body and reduce swelling, so the product should be included in the mandatory diet of people with kidney diseases;
• the starch contained in the product helps reduce cholesterol levels, i.e. it provides anti-sclerotic properties;
• potatoes are able to neutralize excess acids that accumulate in the body over time;
• the vegetable has pronounced antispasmodic qualities;
• raw potato juice helps eliminate the symptoms of gastritis, duodenal ulcer and;
• due to the high content of potassium salts, potatoes are indicated for consumption by patients with diseases of the cardiovascular system;
• the root vegetable has diuretic properties;
• helps to remove external manifestations and bacteria for skin diseases such as eczema and dermatitis;
• reduces swelling of the respiratory tract, eliminates inflammatory manifestations in the nasopharynx.

What are the benefits of raw potatoes?

New potato juice helps relieve symptoms and. In addition, it helps to cope with diabetes, which ranks third in prevalence after cancer and heart disease. To prevent rapid damage to teeth, it is recommended to rinse sore gums 2 times a day with freshly squeezed juice.

This effective remedy It also helps with periodic periods because it contains acetylcholine. Fresh potatoes help overcome gastritis, reduce stomach acidity, eliminate heartburn, etc. But its main benefit is the healing of peptic ulcers.

Grated raw potatoes are often used in dermatology, curing purulent eczema, dermatitis and others. skin diseases. To do this, you need to grate fresh tubers and spread them in a thick layer on the affected areas of the skin. Maintain in this state for 4 hours, covered with a napkin. Several similar compresses can permanently eliminate the problem of the dermis.

Useful properties of jacket potatoes

Eating potatoes boiled with their skins on is much healthier than traditionally prepared potatoes. The peel contains essential vitamins and microelements that do not lose their qualities even with heat treatment.

The steam of hot and mashed potatoes is useful to inhale for diseases of the upper respiratory tract, as well as catarrh. However, its use in cooking is no less effective. Baked unpeeled potatoes are indicated for consumption by patients with kidney diseases, heart and gastrointestinal problems. At the same time, nutritionists recommend preparing red ones.

Harmful properties of potatoes

When potato tubers are stored for a long time, a toxic substance, solanine, gradually accumulates in the peel. It is easily recognized by its pronounced green tint. Eating vegetables with solanine causes illness, which is often mistaken for seasonal hypovitaminosis. Manifestations of poison intoxication look like dizziness, fainting, abdominal pain, vomiting, disturbance nervous system, cramps and nausea. Pregnant women need to exercise extreme caution, since solanine acts as a powerful teratogen - harmful substance, provoking birth defects fetus In order to avoid unpleasant consequences, it is necessary to peel off the sprouts, the dense layer of peel and all green areas of the pulp.

The harmful qualities of the vegetable are also due to the presence of chlorophyll, which is formed under the influence of sun rays and is not destroyed during heat treatment. Therefore, it is recommended to store the tubers in a cool and dark place, at an optimal temperature of 2 to 6°C.

Nutritionists and specialists do not recommend consuming the vegetable for people suffering from and, since potatoes cause an increase in blood sugar. In addition, fried tubers contain hydrogenated fats, making their consumption in food undesirable.

Choosing the right potatoes

When choosing a ripe vegetable, you should be aware of the main criteria that experienced housewives focus on:

1. Tubers should not have greenish areas on the surface. This is the first sign that the vegetables were stored in direct sun and toxic poison has accumulated in the fruits.
2. The potatoes themselves should be dense, juicy, firm and have no sprouts on the skin. Otherwise, this means that it has been stored for too long, and it is undesirable to purchase such a vegetable.
3. Use your fingernail to lift a small piece of the vegetable. If juice begins to actively secrete in this place, this root crop has been treated with nitrates.
4. If you choose young tubers, make sure that the skin does not peel off on them. It should be easy to remove and thin. If such criteria are not noticed, it means that the vegetable is not yet ripe.
5. Try to choose medium or small-sized tubers, since large potatoes contain 1/3 less nutrients.

Summarizing all of the above, it is worth noting that potatoes today are the most common vegetable brought to our homeland from America. It has firmly taken its position as the main nutritional component of our diet, due to the variety of preparation methods and many beneficial properties.

One can argue for a long time about the benefits or harm of potatoes, but in this article I will not defend potatoes, but will warn about the dangers of potatoes.

Many who remember me at my former high weight ask what I eat and what I don’t. Of course, I answer questions with desire, but not everyone is ready to actually hear the answer. “How come you don’t eat potatoes? What then is there?” This is the most common thing I hear in response to the fact that my family has not had potatoes for two and a half years now. Really, traditional food It’s hard to imagine without the usual potatoes. However, not all traditions are so harmless.

Let's weigh what is more important - to hide behind supposed traditions (by the way, there were no potatoes in Rus' before; let me remind you that it was actually Columbus who brought them from America to Europe, and then they came to us) or what is more important - your own health?

Harm from potatoes in the form of swelling of the nasopharynx

Do you often complain about nasal congestion? It seems like they caught a little cold, but it didn’t seem to be due to anything... they didn’t seem to have a cold... probably they caught it somewhere? Sound familiar?

Very often, swelling of the nasopharyngeal mucosa is caused by potatoes (and other high-starch foods - pasta, for example). But we would never blame potatoes for harming our nose, would we?

Experiments by one of the ardent adherents of the raw food diet (Valentin, the son of the founder of the method of fasting-dietary therapy, Professor Yu.S. Nikolaev) showed that boiled high-starch foods, such as potatoes, pasta, some cereals (especially millet and rice), as well as bread, with systematic consumption leads to the formation of mucus followed by severe runny nose and even a cough (which is not at all related to a cold). The essence of the experiment was that Valentin’s organism, purified for a raw food diet, reacted to the introduction of one single wrong product into the diet. This is the result. (I gleaned data about this experiment from Tatyana Malakhova’s book “Be Slim!”®).

You may ask why the raw foodist had such a strong reaction, while the ordinary person Are there no such clear manifestations of potato damage? Yes, simply because our slagged body is not capable of producing such vivid reactions to this “fly in the ointment” (and without this it is equally bad). A clean body may react more clearly when exposed to unfriendly products.

Insomnia from potatoes

Yes, and here potatoes also had a hand. Potatoes are a high-carbohydrate product. And carbohydrates in our body are primarily energy suppliers.

If you eat potatoes for dinner, then the energy coming from such “strong” carbohydrates simply needs to be released. And instead of going to sleep, your body continues to not only stay awake, but actively stay awake!

And you're trying to put naughty kids to bed by feeding them potatoes for dinner? Do you wonder why they are capricious and don’t fall asleep? Here is another reason for you to remove from children's diet food harmful potatoes.

The most harmful combinations with potatoes for your figure

Besides the fact that potatoes in themselves are not good for your figure, as we found out earlier, traditional combinations they also carry products additional risk figure.

What do you usually put on the side dish for meat? Most often it is potatoes (or pasta). But it is precisely this combination - meat fat and potato carbohydrates - that leads to direct deposition into fat. Only vegetables can go with meat as a side dish. And cheese and potatoes will be just as detrimental to your figure.

How to replace potatoes

Red lentils taste very similar to potatoes and do not carry the same consequences as potatoes. But, of course, it’s not at all tasty to simply boil lentils. Cook it in a pot with bell pepper, onions and mushrooms. Or make a la “potato” (lentil) casserole with a layer of cabbage, using only the egg white for gluing (to avoid combinations that are not beneficial for the figure, the egg yolk is not appropriate in this case, just like meat).

By the way, my family didn’t even notice that potatoes had disappeared from the diet. I just stopped buying it, and there was always something in the refrigerator to eat besides potatoes. One day, my daughter’s friend asked her “why don’t you even have potatoes?”, and my daughter, puzzled, redirected the question to me: “Mom, how long have we not had potatoes?.. two years?.. I must have, but I didn’t even notice” . So there is life without potatoes, and this life can be very satisfying and tasty!

Give up potatoes forever?

Of course, it’s up to you to decide and weigh the pros and cons. To be honest, I have no plans to bring potatoes back into my life. However, if you really want to, then after the body has withstood the new regime of the pancreas, then potatoes can be partially returned as a “guest” to the diet, but only with safety measures. It is possible (if the pancreas is regulated) from time to time to eat exclusively young potatoes and only boiled ones in their skins. This way it doesn't get too starchy. And, of course, even such potatoes cannot be a side dish for fish or meat dishes and cannot be prepared with cheese or other animal fats. This is already a direct threat to harmony. Besides, you shouldn’t even eat such potatoes in splendid isolation. It's still too starchy and high in carbohydrates. A preliminary salad of raw vegetables will improve the situation.

As for when the very moment will come when the pancreas “comes to its senses,” I wrote about this in the article.

Just keep in mind that if potatoes are too heavy in your diet, then all the work on debugging the functioning of the pancreas will go down the drain. And then the feeling of hunger will return, and the irresistible desire for sweets will also return to your life.

This is how it turns out that, whatever one may say, potatoes have no place on the table of a slender and healthy person. But, of course, if “traditions” are more important to you, then it is, of course, your choice - to accept the harm of potatoes and continue to “observe traditions” or still take a step towards your health and the health of your children by refusing to eat harmful potatoes. Tell your friends about the dangers of potatoes so that their children grow up healthy (social media buttons below).

The article was prepared using materials from Tatyana Malakhova’s author’s system “Be slim!”®

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