Questão 86 - UFG 2012/1

Potatoes Can Reduce Blood Pressure

 

Just a couple of servings of potato a day can reduce blood pressure in obese or overweight people with high blood pressure, calling into question the lowly spud's current reputation as a fattening, unhealthy food, according to new research presented at a conference in Denver, Colorado, USA, on Wednesday.

“The potato, more than perhaps any other vegetable, has an undeserved, bad reputation that has led many healthconscious people to ban them from their diet, “said Dr Joe Vinson, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, who led the research that was presented at the 242nd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

But before you go out and order French fries, the preferred way of eating this most consumed of all vegetables in the US, consider this: the research was done with purple potatoes cooked in the microwave oven, with no oil or fat whatsoever.

Disponível em: <http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/233690.php>. Acesso em: 1º set. 2011.

The potato's current reputation is bad, though it might change after Dr Joe Vinson's research. Which item below also has a bad reputation?