Purple potatoes can lower blood pressure Obesity People

Health for human | Consumption of two servings of potato purple in the daily diet for 1 month was found to lower blood pressure in people who are overweight or obese. Purple potatoes can also stop the weight gain. This is a new research results. Will be undertaken by experts examined 18 people with more weight Greenworld.

About 14 of the 18 study participants had high blood pressure and almost all of them taking drugs for high blood pressure even during the study. Decrease in blood pressure even in small numbers, can help reduce the risk for heart disease.

"Purple potato is an effective agent for reducing blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke in people with high blood pressure without weight gain".

Although people who ate potatoes take more calories than adults who do not eat potatoes, do not change their weight. In Korea, potatoes purple regarded as a traditional medicine to lose weight.

"Vegetables have a lot of purple pigment of plants that is as good for health like purple fruits. Vegetables and fruits are rich in purple antioxidants such as anthocyanins, carotenoids, and phenolic acids, which can reduce the chronic inflammation associated with heart disease and stroke, "researchers said.

Pigmented potatoes also have high amounts of chlorogenic acid. Chlorogenic acid is a substance that shows it can be to reduce high blood pressure in animal studies.

Eating purple potatoes with the skin is one of the best ways to get the most effective antioxidant. Americans eat an average of around portions are potatoes a day.

Purple potatoes are good sources of vitamin C and potassium, and if you eat them with the skin, it will be able to add more fiber in your diet everyday.

The researchers do not know if white potatoes, which have fewer plant pigments and antioxidants, will have the same beneficial effect with purple potatoes. The results of these studies have been published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.