Many people know from the course of history that for the first time the emperor Peter I introduced potatoes to Russia. If earlier potatoes were an outlandish vegetable, then nowadays it is simply impossible to imagine the Russian table without this universal fruit.
Potatoes contain a wide variety of vitamins of different groups and ascorbic acid. We can say that this wonderful vegetable contains 1 of the entire chemical table of elements. The benefits of potatoes are enormous and help with the healing of burns, help increase the level of hemoglobin, stabilize the work of the digestive tract, improve the work of the potassium metabolic process, stabilize blood pressure, and also help with stressful situations and nervous disorders.
Potatoes are not considered a dietary product due to their high calorie content and starch content. Therefore, people suffering from excess weight should either exclude potatoes from the diet, or eat them in the morning.
Cosmetologists also could not ignore the beneficial properties of potatoes. For dry skin type, a mask is made using mashed potatoes with the addition of egg yolks. The effect is noticeable after 3 treatments.
And the salvation from flaky heels will be a bath based on a decoction of potato peel. And raw tubers will help to cope with burns after long exposure to the sun.
Few people know that all valuable substances accumulate in the skin of a potato. The peel can help with hypertension, heart problems, or allergy sufferers. Also, potatoes help to cope with inflammation.
Few people know, but under the peel itself there are certain enzymes that help with the absorption of starch. Therefore, it is better not to remove the peel from the potato. Peeled potatoes, for example, on a fire or in a uniform, are an ideal dish for the digestive system.
Baked potatoes are considered the healthiest. You can grease half a potato with iodine and see the blue color of the inside, but the peel will remain the same color. The change in the color of potatoes is nothing more than the reaction of iodine with starch. Therefore, this experience proves the undeniable benefits of the peel.
After February, many doctors advise to give up potatoes because of a substance that is produced at this time of the year in young tubers and can cause serious poisoning. But if there are loyal fans of such a vegetable, then the harm of the produced substance can be easily reduced to a minimum by cutting off the peel with a thick layer.
From sprouted potatoes, drenched in alcohol and infused for a couple of weeks, you get an excellent remedy for joint problems. Infusion is supposed to be rubbed into problem areas.
