Wanna build your muscle? Include potato in your daily diet, say researchers. Potato can be a source of high-quality protein, which could help build your muscles and maintain strength.
Potato freaks rejoice: Eating potato puree is just as effective as carbohydrate gels for boosting exercise performance in trained athletes, reveals a new study.
Glycoalkaloids are found higher in green, germinated, damaged potatoes and potato peel. Ingestion of glycoalkaloids may cause symptoms such as nausea, stomach-ache, vomiting, and diarrhea and increase the risk of glycoalkaloid poisoning.
Acrylamide, a natural by-product formed when certain starchy foods are heated at high temperature, can cause cancer in humans, though not proven.