What are the benefits of eating potato peels for the elderly?

　　Potatoes are a well-known vegetable that many people like to eat. But most of them are peeled and eaten. Eating it with the skin on can help lower blood pressure. elderly You can keep the potato skins when serving.

　　Everyone knows that potatoes are a good food that not only helps control weight, but also reduces the risk of high blood pressure and stroke. But many people like to peel off the skin when eating potatoes, but this wastes the most heart-protecting part.

　　The dark skin of potatoes is rich in vitamins and potassium. Peeling and eating will lose nutrients. Research shows that the vitamin content in the lower part of the potato skin is as high as 80%, which is much higher than the meat inside the potato. Potassium is the nemesis of sodium. It can prevent the increase in blood pressure caused by high salt intake and has a significant antihypertensive effect.

　　However, if the potato skin turns green, it means that the content of the toxin solanine is high. You must be careful when eating potatoes at this time. Not only do you need to peel them, but you also need to cut off more of the pulp and completely remove the green part. If the green part of the potato skin is large or sprouts have sprouted, do not eat such potatoes, otherwise it is easy to get food poisoning.

　　In addition to potatoes, many foods are rich in potassium, especially most fresh fruits and vegetables, such as sweet potatoes, asparagus, mushrooms, cabbage, persimmons, peaches, apples, mangoes, papayas, pomegranates, etc.

　　However, if you are a patient with high blood pressure and diabetes, you should control your intake of fruits with high sugar content, and fungus, kelp, and seaweed are more suitable for patients with high blood pressure and diabetes.