Yes! And can be part of a healthy menu and lifestyle. In truth, potatoes are a rich source of fiber, vitamins C and B6, and the minerals manganese and potassium.
When you eat potatoes, especially those that you’ve allowed to cool after cooking, a small part of their starch passes through your digestive tract unchanged or “resistant” to digestion. This type of starch is called resistant starch, which functions similar to soluble fiber having lots of health benefits including improved insulin sensitivity, lower blood sugar levels, reduced appetite and various benefits for digestion.
And since resistant starch cannot be broken down by the digestive enzymes produced by your body, it travels all the way to your large intestine where it feeds your gut microbiome. Voila! That’s our goal. A healthier gut.
