Lower Blood Sugar Effects Of Potatoes
Posted by Solitary Dancer on July 5, 2006
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“Healthy” and “potato salad” can go hand in hand.
Unfortunately, everyone’s favorite summer side dish can send blood-sugar levels soaring, thanks to all the high-carb starch in spuds. Here’s how to fix that: Boil the potatoes ahead of time and refrigerate overnight. The next day, make the dressing with vinegar and olive oil — not mayo — and mix with the potatoes. Both chilling and using vinegar neutralize starch’s blood-sugar effects.
Do you believe this? I don’t know.
Here’s a link to the study they quote in this article.
Tip References: Vinegar dressing and cold storage of potatoes lowers postprandial glycaemic and insulinaemic responses in healthy subjects. Leeman, M., Ostman, E., Bjorck, I., European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2005 Nov;59(11):1266-1271.
