potato -Fattening or not?

As we hear the name potato we picture french fries but fear to eat them. Potatoes are considered to be the reason of obesity.

Not only this when we talk about potatoes we do not talk about numerous nutritional advantages it has but only about our misconceptions of potatoes being fatty 

On their own potatoes are not really fattening.They are like any other vegetable Let us talk about some of the misconceptions we have about potatoes 

It is said that potato cause a spike in blood sugar level .but the fact is that potatoes have a medium glycemic index, so they do not raise blood sugar level insanely. GI of potato if 56 which is moderate. 

It is often advised to have potatoes only once in a month also. Anyone can have 1 medium sized potato daily. Moreover number of potatoes One can eat Really depend on their physical activity, nutrition and overall diet it is also often believed potatoes have very high number of calorie but that is not the fact calories from potatoes are moderate and they have 21% of carbohydrates calories from potato will only make you fat if you eat potato daily in large quantity how you cook potato matter a lot best preparation for baked or steamed 

Frying potato is definitely not a good option. If we consume the same amount of potato in the form of french fries and the same amount of potato in the form of baked potato these are two different things and their consequences on our health and weight will be different.

Eating potato prepared in a healthy way like boiled, steamed or roasted is the way  to go and not a threat to your weight loss regime at all .

Indian potato based curry is a great way to have potatoes in a healthy way but one has to be sure that,potato in curry are not deep fried like dum aalu. It is advisable to cook potato with their skin on .As it adds many advantages because the skin is rich in fibre, potassium , Vitamin C and iron

leaving the skin on helps to lock the nutrients of potato in them so we can say that it is not fattening but we have to be cautious about the fact that  we have to adopt new method of cooking potatoes without much oil unlike frying.