A spud for your blood
Categories: Nutrition & Supplements
I love a good baked potato. But it's not the best around -- sweet potatoes are tops.
Sweet potatoes help stabilize blood sugar and lower insulin resistance, says John La Puma, MD, author of ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine, which makes them an ideal diet item for diabetics -- unsteady blood sugar is a big risk for these folks.
So, out with the white -- white potatoes can send blood sugar levels soaring and crashing -- and in with the sweet, with their lower glycemic index and carotenoids, which may help you body use insulin better.
More good sweet potato news: The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) ranks the sweet potato number one in nutrition of all vegetables due to its fiber, naturally occurring sugars, complex carbohydrates, protein, vitamins A and C, iron, and calcium. Sweet!
Sweet potatoes help stabilize blood sugar and lower insulin resistance, says John La Puma, MD, author of ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine, which makes them an ideal diet item for diabetics -- unsteady blood sugar is a big risk for these folks.
So, out with the white -- white potatoes can send blood sugar levels soaring and crashing -- and in with the sweet, with their lower glycemic index and carotenoids, which may help you body use insulin better.
More good sweet potato news: The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) ranks the sweet potato number one in nutrition of all vegetables due to its fiber, naturally occurring sugars, complex carbohydrates, protein, vitamins A and C, iron, and calcium. Sweet!
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anne winters 9-09-2008 @ 8:16AM
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy:For this recipe you need three pounds of medium potatoes, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, three tablespoons all-purpose flour, 1/8 teaspoons flour, 1/3 cup fat-free milk, four teaspoons of butter-flavored sprinkles, half a cup of water, and twelve ounces can evaporated low-fat milk. I read about this at http://www.projectweightloss.com/index.php.
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