A Potato a Day

Potatoes are not only fat-and cholesterol free, but high in potassium and vitamin c, and is an great source of fiber with the skin on. Being delicious and at the same time very nutritious, potatoes are versatile. It can be served with fish, beef, or chicken. On their own it can be an easy vegetarian meal. You can mash, bake or microwave it for a tasty side dish. Eating a potato with the skin on will give you more vitamins, minerals and lots of fiber.

VITAMIN C

With potatoes being rich in vitamin c it produces the collagen that help hold bone tissue together.

FIBER

One medium potato with skin contains about three grams of fiber that reduce the risk of some cancers and possibly heart disease.

ANTIOXIDANTS

Potatoes contain glutathione, an antioxidant that also help protect against some cancers.

POTASSIUM

Potato offers 21 percent of daily value for potassium that reduce the risk of high blood pressure.

HEALTH TIP(GASTRIC ULCER)

If you are suffering from a gastric ulcer you can do the following:

1. Boil the skins of six medium potatoes in a sauce pan until the skins become soft.
2. After boiling let it cool down, then drink one glass of the water that you used to boil the skins in.
3. The remaining water you can store in the refrigerator.
4. Drink one glass of potato juice three times per day.

You may not like the taste, but let me assure you this will heal your ulcer within a week. My wife had a gastric ulcer and it worked for her and many other people that I had given the same advise to. This advice was given to use by an old man that we met many years ago. My wife had used many man-made medicines before and though it was very expensive it did not work. You see what the potato juice does is to form a protective layer over the lining of the stomach and stabilise the acidic digestive juices and at the same time starts the healing process of the hole in the lining of the stomach. After your ulcer has healed you may drink half a glass per day, or if you feel that your stomach acids are to high you may drink more.