POTATO, BEHIND ITS DELICIOUS TASTE

We may be so familiar with potato, or in Latin name called Solanum tuberosum. Although many people believe that the origin of this kind of vegetable is from Andes plateau in the US, potato can now grow and be found almost everywhere in this earth.  In the form of fries, potato even is much popular in today’s fast-food restaurants. However, few people know what is behind the delicious taste of potato.

As other kinds of vegetable, potato contains many elements, which some are good for people’s health and some others are bad.  Based on many researches, potato is good to control sugar in our blood, to prevent us from hypertension, to slow down the growth of cancer, and to beautify our skin. On the contrary, if treated improperly, potato is so dangerous since it can become a toxic.

Potato is always not good for our health because this vegetable contains an element called alkoaloid solanin. This element normally exists when potato is harvested earlier before time or if kept in a long period in open air. The existence of alkoaloid solanin can be seen from its color. If the greenish color reaches its flesh, it means potato is in a state of containing very high alkoaloid solanin, which can cause diarrhea if cooked and eaten. Even, for a pregnant woman, alkoaloid solanin is so risky for the health of her baby.

To reduce the amount of alkoaloid solanin element in potato, we can keep it in a cold place, like in a refrigerator, which is always on. Thus, never let our electricity cuts off for a long time when we have potato in the keeping-media unless we have to bear the risk of alkoaloid solanin inside the potato.  As being healthy means we have be careful in choosing daily food, preventing such a toxic enter our body is good natural way to follow.