Eating potatoes can actually help people lose weight, according to a new study. Scientists say spuds are in fact are packed with important nutrients and can be part of a healthy diet.
The starchy staples have been linked to an increased risk of type two diabetes and people with insulin resistance have been told to avoid them but the new findings suggest they do not in fact raise that risk. Researchers in the US have found people tend to feel full once they have consumed a certain amount of food, regardless of the calorific content of it.
Potatoes help fill a plate with food which may otherwise be much higher in calories, which in turn helps people shed the pounds. The study’s co-investigator Professor Candida Rebello from Pennington Biomedical Research Centre in Baton Rouge, Louisiana explained: “People tend to eat the same weight of food regardless of calorie content in order to feel full.
