Potatoes aren't always bad for you — it's all in the preparation, new study indicates - Fox News

A caller survey shares immoderate sympathy for a much-maligned vegetable: the potato.  

It recovered that the mode the murphy is prepared — including what radical adhd to it — is what's associated with Type 2 diabetes, alternatively than the "humble" rootlike itself. 

The survey was published successful Diabetes Care, a peer-reviewed diary by the American Diabetes Association for wellness attraction providers.

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Previous probe had shown an relation betwixt diabetes and full murphy intake.

A squad of Australian researchers, led by Dr. Nicola Bondonno from Edith Cowan University’s Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute, explored the narration of rootlike intake and the incidence of Type 2 diabetes. 

Participants successful a caller survey filled retired a 192-item "food frequence questionnaire" astatine the commencement of the study. Researchers looked astatine the narration of murphy depletion and the incidence of Type 2 diabetes. (iStock)

The researchers besides examined the narration of murphy depletion and the incidence of Type 2 diabetes.

Over 54,000 participants, ages 50-64, were recruited from the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health cohort, which examined the narration betwixt dietary components and the incidence of cancer and different chronic diseases. 

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The participants filled retired a 192-item "food frequence questionnaire" astatine the commencement of the study.

Those who took portion noted however often they ate a peculiar nutrient for the past 12 months, said co-author Pratik Pokharel, a PhD campaigner who worked connected the investigation for the paper. 

"The intake of foods and nutrients were past estimated utilizing modular recipes and the bundle FoodCalc," Pokharel told Fox News Digital.

Eating much vegetables whitethorn adjacent a little hazard of diabetes

The researchers recovered that those with the highest full rootlike intake had a 21% little hazard of processing Type 2 diabetes — compared to the radical with the lowest intake of vegetables, aft adjusting for manner and demographic confounding variables.

Freshly harvested potatoes are shown covered successful soil. Plain boiled potatoes were not associated with a higher hazard of diabetes, according to a caller study.  (Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images)

They besides recovered that participants with the highest murphy depletion had a 9% higher hazard of Type 2 diabetes, compared to the radical who ate the lowest regular amount. 

Boiled potatoes are key

"When we separated boiled potatoes from mashed potatoes, fries oregon crisps, boiled potatoes were nary longer associated with a higher hazard of diabetes. They had a null effect," Pokharel said successful a property release. 

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The survey recovered that those who ate the astir potatoes besides consumed much butter, reddish nutrient and brushed drinks, which are known to summation the hazard of Type 2 diabetes.

"When you relationship for that, boiled potatoes are nary longer associated with diabetes," added Pokharel successful the property release.

"It’s lone fries and mashed potatoes, the second apt due to the fact that [they're] usually made with butter, pick and the like."

Most radical don’t devour capable vegetables

Approximately 90% adults don’t meet fruit and rootlike recommendations, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s latest dietary guidelines. 

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The guidelines urge that astir adults devour 2 "cup equivalents" of fruits and two-and-a-half "cup-equivalents" of vegetables daily.

An array of fruits and vegetables are shown. The American Heart Association suggests fruits and vegetables should capable fractional the sheet for each meal.  (iStock)

Experts suggest aiming for 4 half-cup servings of effect and 5 half-cup servings of vegetables each time to enactment these recommendations into practice. 

The American Heart Association suggests fruits and vegetables should capable fractional the sheet for each repast to conscionable these goals.

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"One cupful of earthy leafy vegetables oregon a baked murphy should beryllium astir the size of a shot oregon average-sized fist," the relation added connected its website.

We request to diversify our diet

Pokharel recommends eating a assortment of foods.

"It is bully to regenerate achromatic atom and pasta with boiled potatoes, arsenic potatoes person fiber, vitamin C and different nutrients — and murphy is inactive a vegetable," helium said. 

"We get [certain] nutrients from potatoes that we bash not find successful achromatic atom oregon pasta," co-author Pratik Pokharel, a PhD candidate, told Fox News Digital. (Getty Images)

"We get different nutrients from potatoes that we bash not find successful achromatic atom oregon pasta," helium besides said.

Refined grains are debased successful definite nutrients, specified arsenic fiber, truthful they tin pb to nutritional deficiencies, helium said. 

Know the study's limitations

The survey had definite limitations, including that the participants' diets were self-reported and that the researchers lone measured their diets astatine 1 constituent successful time. 

Pokharel said repeated measurements of dietary intake would springiness a much close estimation of a implicit diet.

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He besides said the survey is lone a prospective survey — truthful it cannot found a causal nexus betwixt rootlike intake and diabetes, specified arsenic noting that eating little vegetables really causes diabetes.

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"People devour nutrient seldom successful isolation," Pokharel said.

"We should look astatine the bigger representation portion assessing the narration betwixt dietary intake and disease incidence," helium added.

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"It is important to look astatine the underlying dietary signifier and nutrient processing method to spot what different culprits are alternatively than blaming connected 1 food," helium besides said.