February is knowledge as the month of love, and it’s also National Potato Lovers Month. It’s the perfect time to talk about one of the world’s most popular (and Misundstood) Foods. Potatoes often get a bad rap, but new research shows they can actually play a role in weight loss and improving insulin resistance – competely for people.

In this Q & a with Candida J. Rebello, Assistant Professor and Director of the Nutrition and Chronic Disease Program at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, We DIVE DI DIVE Ins Potatoes in the right way, can help people eat satisfying meals while managing their health.

We’ll also clear up somecomon misconceptions about potatoes and explore their surprising nutritional benefits. If you’ve ever doubted potatoes belong in a healthy diet, this research might change your mind.

What is the problem your research is trying to solve?

A Common Disease That Accompanies Obesity is Type 2 Diabetes. The impaired ability to mainTain blood glucose levels starts with insulin resistance. Therefore, my research aims to modulate body weight and the blood glucose response in people with obesity and insulin resistance.

Can you share an overview of your research on potatoes?

Potatoes are low in energy density. The table shows a comparison of potatoes with other cooked starchy Foods,

In our study, we Substated 40% of meat or fish in the original recipes for the main entrée with potatoes to reduce the energy content whose maintenance satifeing sizes sizes. The potatoes were prepared to enhance their dietary fiber content (for example, boiled and cooled for 24 hours before before adding to the dish and cooked with their skins). The meal plan for the day inclined fruits, vegetables, whole grains, dairy products, and the occasional desirting. We found that the average weight loss was 5.6% of body weight or 5.8kg in eight weeks and their insulin resistance improved. Participants reported feeling full in spite of the inadvertent Reduction in Energy (Callories) INTAKE.

What is the impact of this research?

Behavior Change is Hard for Most People. The most promising pathway does not challenge existing formats and hiperchies but makes strategic and incremental changes.

Energy density referrs to the amount of energy in a particular weight of food or the kcal/g of food. Therefore, components such as water (0 kcal/g) and dietary fiber, which is not metabolized, add to the volume of food without contributing energy or calories. (Just drinking extra water as a beverage along with food is not effective in reduction energy into.

We know that people tend to eat a consistent weight of food. Therefore, maintaining the portion sizes that people are accountomed to consuming while Reducing energy content has applicable to a wide range of eating patterns. Calorie Restriction Reduces Food Intake, but powerful internal and external Signals Influence the Regulation of Energy Balance Balance Below Our Conscious Level, and Simple Messages to Eat Lesses to Eat Lesses to Eat Less For Sustained Weight Loss.

With a diet low in energy density, people eat less with conscious calorie restriction. The portion sizes are large and satisfying (foods high in volume), and the diet is more likely to be sustainable over the long term.

How does this Affect People with Type 2 Diabetes?

Approximately 80% of People with Obesity Have Type 2 Diabetes. The diet Reduced Body Weight and Moderated The Blood Glucose Response. Excess body weight and elevated blood glucose are key components of Type 2 Diabetes.

Were there any misconception about potatoes that your research helped to debunk?

Potatoes are one of the world’s most popular foods, providing important nutrients without too many calories. Therefore, using potatoes to expand the concept of meat and encompass non-infused substitutes without affecting the meal portion size appeals to consumers.

Nevertheles, epidemiologist studies have grouped potatoes in the “Less healthy plant food” category and associated their into intake with weight gain. Potato intake is also associated with an elevated risk for type 2 diabetes. Our study showed that a healthy eating pattern, including potatoes, reduces body weight and moderates the blood glucose response.

Many think of potatoes as just carbs. What essential Nutrients do they provide? How does the fiber content in potatoes impact digestion and overall health?

Potatoes have negligible fat and are low in energy density while providing critical nutrients, especially dietary fiber and potassium, designed by the 2020-2025 dieties as beeings ” of Public Health Concern. ” Potatoes are an intake that compasses approximately 30% of the total Vegetable Intake in the United States (US).

Although primarily defined by their starch content, potatoes are a rich source of nutrients and phytochemicals, and their starch have unique functionality for food applications Such as planning, and stabilizing. Moreover, cooling of gelatinized potatoes generates appreciable levels of Slowly Digested Starch tract, so does not contribute any calories).

What is the value of this research for louisiana residences and Around the World?

High energy density and large portion sizes are drivers of excess energy intake. The key to a low energy-dense diet is that it inadverted Reduces Callies. Lifestyle strategies that result in innadverted behavior change has a chance of success of success against the regulation obculation Occurs below the conscious level. Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are highly prevalent in louisiana, but they exist Around the world, and “simple messages to eat less do not see seem to work.”

What is next for the research?

Weight loss results in loss of fat mass as well as lean mass. Preservation of Lean mass is important for mainTaining muscle function and insulin sensitivity. We are now exploring the effect of the diet on muscle mass and function.