Potato

Potato
Biological name:solanum tuberosum
Family:solanaceae
Other names: बटाटा (marathi). आलू (hindi).
potato is a root vegetable.It is starchy tubers of the plant solanum tuberosum.
Potatoes were introduced to Europe from America in the second half of the 16th century by the Spanish.Potatoes are native from America. And today potatoes are integral part of much of the world's food supply.In India potatoes are mainly used as food sorce and as culinary material.
Potato plants are herbaceous perennial.There are 5000 varieties of potatoes worldwide.3000 of them are found only in Andes ,mainly peru ,Bolivia,Ecuador,Chile,and Colombia.
A study published in 2017,According to The American Journal of clinical Nutrition found that peoples who ate  fried potatoes twice a week saw an increased risk of death.study examined potato intake in 4,400 peoples between the ages of 45 to 79.By the end of eight years study 236 peoples had died.Researchers found that those peoples who ate fried potatoes ,French fries,and other fried potato items were more than twice a week as likely to have died..
Nutritional value of potatoes:
A raw potato is 79% of water ,17%of carbohydrates,2%of protein and aslo contaning fat.
In 100 grams raw potato provides 77 kilocalories of food energy.
Potato rich sorce of vitamin B6 and vitamin C.
Potatoes aslo containing toxic compounds known as glycoalkaloids of which is the most prevalent are solanine and chaconine.
Health benefits and uses of potatoes:
*Potatoes containing phytonutrients which are helps to promote health according to USDA.potato provides carotenoids,Flavonoids and caffeic Acid to body.
*Potato rich source of vitamin C.and we all knows the role of vitamin C in our body,Vitamin C is very good Antioxidant itself .It helps to prevention of damages of body cells.Vitamin C is also essential nutrient for skin. Vitamin C also helps in Digestion process.
*potato also excellent sorce of potassium.potassium is mineral that helps lower blood pressure according to the USDA.
*potato with skin are a good sorce of vitamins and minerals such as potassium and vitamin C.It also containing moderate amount of protein &fiber .
*Potato is very good sorce of vitamin B6
*Potatoes containing starch .these starch are used in various industries.
*Potatoes are rich in fiber and magnesium which is essential nutrients to the body.

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