Potato Council
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Potato Nutrition
These values represent an average 175g serving of boiled new potatoes in their skins.
Pick up a potato and you're holding an amazingly nutrient dense food! Calories in potatoes are low, they're naturally fat-free, bursting with vitamins and minerals, contain absolutely no cholesterol and when served with their skins are a great source of fibre.
Independent nutritionists and dietary researchers recommend potatoes as the perfect base for a balanced diet. Because potatoes are packed full of nutrients for your brain and body, they can make you look, feel and even think great!
Potato Nutrition Facts click below to find out what vitamins and nutrition you get from a potato:
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin B
- Vitamin B6
- Folate (Folic Acid)
- No cholesterol
- Potassium
- Magnesium
- Fibre
- Carbohydrate
- Copper + Zinc
- Low in fat
- Low in calories
Small amounts of fat in our diet are healthy for us. The problem comes when a lot of fat is consumed, making it a major source of energy. Along with sugar it’s the worst source of energy because it brings with it very few nutrients. Even a little fat puts far more energy inside you than other sources. If it’s not used up through exercise it’s stored and you become overweight. It’s not just that your clothes don’t fit – it is proven to be a prime cause of many common, life-threatening diseases.
(source: www.bbc.co.uk)
There is a lot of media coverage of the Atkins diet at the moment. It has encouraged people to try a deliberately unbalanced diet, cutting out carbohydrates and raising their fat intake. However, the British Nutrition Foundation says one of the keys to healthy weight-loss is to eat “more carbohydrate-rich foods such as bread, potatoes, rice and pasta” and that “success is more likely if... the diet is balanced and varied”.
(source: BNF site)