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varieties of poatatoes

03 Oct 2024

4,000+ Types Of Potatoes? Discover The Secret To This Mind-Blowing Diversity

The diversity of potatoes can be attributed to centuries of selective breeding and cross-pollination. Early farmers noticed that potatoes naturally vary in color, shape, size, and taste. Selective Breeding in Early Agriculture Ancient Andean farmers were among the first to engage in selective breeding of potatoes, cultivating varieties suited to the high altitudes and tough conditions of the Andes. Over generations, this resulted in hundreds of unique types of potatoes.

Things not to keep in refrigerator

04 Sep 2024

Keep it Cool? Not Always! Foods You Should Never Refrigerate

You may enjoy these meals to the fullest by preserving their original flavors and textures by keeping them out of the refrigerator.

coronavirus lockdown

05 Jul 2020

Potatoes invade French woman's home in her absence during lockdown, see pics

The woman reportedly bought some potatoes in March but after the lockdown was announced in France, she moved out of her home. In her absence, the potatoes decided to grow and invade her flat.

07 Dec 2017

Potatoes worth crores being dumped on streets across Uttar Pradesh

Farmers say they are not even able to recover input costs by selling potatoes - let alone pay rent for storing them in cold storage facilities. Owners of such facilities too are left with little choice other than dumping the produce on the streets.

25 Sep 2017

Purple potatoes may slash colon cancer risk: Study

In the study, pigs that were served a high calorie diet supplemented with purple-fleshed potatoes had less colonic mucosal interleukin-6 (IL-6) compared to a control group.

13 Jun 2017

Eating crispy 'french fries' may double the risk of death

Researchers have found that eating french fries may increase the risk of death.

21 May 2017

Consuming potatoes, tomatoes and cucumber in excess not a good idea – Here's why

Dr Steven Gundry, a heart surgeon and cardiologist from California said that he found a link between memory loss and lectins, which are found in cucumbers, tomatoes, whole grains, soy, grains, peppers, sprouted grains and some dairy products.

08 Jan 2017

How did potatoes, tomatoes evolve? Let a 52-million-year-old berry fossil explain!

The researchers from Pennsylvania State University in the US examined two fossil lantern fruit collected in an area in Argentina that was temperate rainforest when the plants grew, 52 million years ago.

06 Jan 2017

Potatoes, bananas can do wonders to your health – Read

Researchers examined the potential health benefits of resistant starch, a form of starch that is not digested in the small intestine and is therefore considered a type of dietary fibre.

18 May 2016

Eating potatoes four times a week can cause high blood pressure!

The study showed that participants who consumed four or more than four servings a week of boiled, baked or mashed potatoes, are at an increased risk of hypertension.

15 Jan 2016

Bizarre! Haryana farmer claims potatoes, tomatoes growing on same plants

The fruits have sour taste and look like tomatoes, Ranbir said, adding that on lifting the plants, potatoes were found in bunches of four to six.

13 Jan 2016

Pre-pregnancy potato consumption may boost diabetes risk: Study

Eating lots of potatoes -- especially chips or crisps -- is linked to a higher risk for women of developing a type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy, a study said Wednesday.

Growing potatoes

22 Dec 2015

Scientist to grow potatoes on Earth under Mars conditions

The increased levels of carbon dioxide will benefit the crop, whose yield is two to four times that of a regular grain crop under normal Earth conditions.

29 Nov 2015

Cauliflower, potatoes, onions cut stomach cancer risk

You may want to start eating large amounts of white vegetables as scientists have found that they keep stomach cancer risk at bay.

29 Nov 2015

Eating potatoes may cut stomach cancer risk: Study

Having 50mg of vitamin C daily, approximately two potatoes' worth, brought the risk down by 8 per cent.

14 Oct 2015

Six amazing health benefits of eating potatoes!

Though potatoes are a high-carbohydrate food, eating them in moderate quantities won't make you fatter.

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