Diet tuber The potatoes are wrongly considered as fattening

Low calories: Potatoes are not really fatteners
Potatoes are frowned upon by many people as dummies. The tuber fruit, however, has this reputation wrongly, their calorie content is moderate. The fact that potatoes can thicken, depends mainly on the preparation.

Potatoes have moderate calorie content
Most Germans love potatoes. However, the tuber fruit is frowned upon by many as a fad. The lean tuber has this reputation, however, wrongly. The calorie content of potatoes is moderate. They can provide obesity, especially if they are consumed in the form of fries, chips and co. Properly cooked, on the other hand, potatoes are a very healthy food.

Despite their moderate calorie content, potatoes are considered a fad in many people. Properly prepared, the tuber is a very healthy food. (Image: dmitriygut / fotolia.com)

Healthy tuber
Although the proportion of protein in potatoes is low, this is particularly high quality. In addition, the tuber has a significant proportion of B and C vitamins and complex carbohydrates. And also various minerals and trace elements are included.

How healthy potatoes can be has also been scientifically proven. So US researchers have found that blue potatoes can lower blood pressure. This was shown in a study in which the participants suffered from hypertension.

The special potatoes are now also available in Germany in the trade.

"Probably more than any other vegetable, the potato has an undeservedly bad reputation, which has led to many health-conscious people canceling it from their diet," says study author Dr. Joe Vinson from Scranton University, Pennsylvania.

It depends on the right preparation
Very important, however, is the right preparation. For example, those who eat only fried and fried potatoes harm their health.

Because when frying and deep-frying at high temperatures, trans fatty acids can arise, which have negative effects on the metabolism and thereby increase the risk of a lipid metabolism disorder.

The risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) also increases with an increased intake of trans fatty acids.

Preparing potatoes carefully and with a shell
Dagmar von Cramm, an oecotrophologist and author of numerous cookbooks, explains in a report by the news agency dpa that potatoes do not make you fat - unless they are fried with butter and co.

According to the expert, you only about 70 kilocalories to eat, if you prepare 100 grams of solid potatoes gently and low in fat. That's less calories than a comparable amount of rice.

The tubers should be prepared gently and with shell, so that the nutrients do not evaporate.

Von Cramm recommends baking potatoes with some olive oil and rosemary or mashed potatoes with buttermilk. "These are certainly no fattening."

If you are looking for ideas for potato recipes, you will find them on various websites. (Ad)