Science has proven that potatoes can lose weight

You can eat potatoes and lose weight, but only as long as the watch for the total number of calories in the diet. K This conclusion was American scientists from the Institute of Technology of Illinois.

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Researchers from the US invited volunteers They were divided into three groups. The first people sat on a diet low calories and high glycemic index, the second received products with a low glycemic index, and the third control group Participants had no restrictions on calories, not on the index. Wherein All three groups ate potatoes in amounts of from five to seven servings per week.

After 12 weeks, it was found that without exception, study participants lost about the same amount of weight. Instead cause weight gain, eating potato   help slim . experts say. In a medium-sized potato contains only 110 calories and half the daily dose of vitamin C, between the as recommended the number of calories for an adult male from 2000 to 2500, and for women from 1 500 to 2000 per day.

Glycemic index, defined on a scale from 0 to 100, is the rate at which the sugar produced in the bloodstream after consuming carbohydrates. Foods with a high glycemic index, such as white bread and white rice, causing a sharp increase in blood sugar, followed by a similar sharp drop that creates the sensation of hunger, and often leads to overeating. Products with low glycemic index, which include bread from wheat flour, brown rice and porridge, broken down slowly, so use them people keep their sense of satiety.

AT study involved 90 men and women with excess weight. true it should be noted that the research was funded National Association US potato producers representing more than 2,500 companies involved the cultivation and processing of root crops. But these studies published in the prestigious scientific journal Journal of the American College of Nutrition, so that they should be considered objective. (READ MORE)

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