What Can Potatoes Do to Your Health?

Last week, my middle finger was swollen like a carrot due to the infection from the fingernail, I cut it too short. I ignored it for a few days, but my middle finger was keeping growing horizontally and was painful, so I decided to put a potato poultice on it and the healing result was amazing!

Potatoes may have had bad names in the past, they are actually an amazing healing food. Now, it is time to reclaim them. Potatoes are gluten-free, they fill you up quickly, and are easy to prepare. One thing to keep in mind is that potatoes are one of the most contaminated foods with pesticides, it is so easy and cheap to grow your own. Spring is here, and it is a great time to start. Potatoes don’t need lots of care from you but return much more back to you. As we know that all the plants have consciousness just like us. When you grow your own food, the love and care you put into the food you grow will return to you with the most nurturing nutrients for your body because the food you grow can read your unique energy field and synchronize it. In the end, they return the love and care back to you with much more.

Potatoes are brain food, and the most optimal fuel for your brain is high-quality glucose and oxygen. Potatoes not only provide high-quality glucose for your brain, but they are also loaded with nutrients and antioxidants such as flavonoids, carotenoids, and phenolic acids that suppress the growth of cancer cells in the liver and colon and reduce the risks of heart disease. Potatoes also contain resistant starch that can help stabilize blood sugar. They are one of the best foods for those who suffer from digestive issues such as food sensitivity, gut issues, and poor digestion, they go through your digestive tract smoothly without irritating your intestine lining. Potatoes provide the fuel for the beneficial bacteria in your gut flora. They convert it to the short-chain fatty acids that reduce inflammation in the gut, such as colitis, IBS, etc. Even the potato skin is loaded with nutrients, such as potassium and fiber.

Here are a few examples of the amazing health benefits of potatoes.

• They are a brain food with high-quality glucose and alpha-lipoic acid, a co-enzyme presented in the potatoes that can help boost overall cognitive health.
• Potatoes are alkalizing and anti-inflammatory, they soothe stomach and duodenum ulcers and reduce acid reflux.
• Tryptophan and potassium in potatoes can promote restful sleep.
• Potatoes help strengthen bones with rich content of calcium and phosphorous.
• Skin Beauty: The antioxidant-rich peels can be applied to the skin to exfoliate the skin, also help remove dark cycles around the eyes and rejuvenate your skin.
• Potatoes contain a special type of starch known as resistant starch that can improve your blood sugar control and weight management.

Have you heard about potato poultices? They have many amazing healing applications. When you apply a poultice, you not only get the benefits of the ingredients that are used but also the method itself. The warm poultice increases blood flow to the area, which is an important part of healing.  Potatoes poultices have been used for hundreds of years to draw out infection and relieve inflammation. They heal cuts or bites that have become infected, particularly infections around or beneath the nails. Potato poultices are a great remedy for wound healing, minor skin irritations or cuts, abscesses, infections, and swelling. How to make a potato poultice? peel and shred some organic potato pulp, fold cheesecloth over twice to create a pack and place the pulp in the center, place the pack on the affected area and wrap with a piece of plastic to prevent leaking, you will also need a cloth or bandage to hold it in place. The amount of pulp you need depends on the treatment area. You can keep the potato poultice on your skin for a couple of hours or overnight and replace it with fresh potato pulp daily until the skin is healed. It can heal your skin quickly without drug intervention, it is simple and effective.

With the price of our food supplies keeps climbing up, it is easy and practical to grow some potatoes, especially now, what do you think? For more information on holistic health and nutrition tips, please visit https://optimalhealthsolutions.ca.