Potatoes are the most popular vegetable. Some even call them the second bread.
Indeed, the root vegetable is very filling and also serves as a basis for preparing a wide variety of treats.
At the same time, many have heard about the harm of potatoes, noting that the vegetable contributes to weight gain.
But here everything depends on the amount eaten, as well as the method of preparing the root vegetable.
Nutritionist Tatyana Meshcheryakova spoke about this, Life reports.
The specialist noted that an adult can eat up to 200 grams of potatoes per day.
The product can be added to the diet no more than three times a week.
Meshcheryakova added that it is better to eat boiled or baked potatoes to get the benefits of the dish and not gain extra pounds. Still, 100 grams of such a portion will contain no more than 80 calories.
People who suffer from diabetes should still avoid this vegetable.
