An Aug. 13 symposium on enhancing the essential healthfulness of the very essential potato will kick off the 91st annual meeting of the Potato Association of America when it convenes Aug. 12-16 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Symposium speaker Katherine Beals, associate professor of nutrition at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, says people often underestimate the nutritional density of potatoes.
Symposium speaker Katherine Beals, associate professor of nutrition at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, says people often underestimate the nutritional density of potatoes.
"So often, potatoes are lumped in with starches like pastas, breads and cereals, but potatoes are a vegetable,"she says. "They're full of nutrients. They have 45 percent of your daily value of vitamin C, which surprises a lot of people, and they have 680 milligrams of potassium--more than bananas."They also offer two-and-a-half grams of fiber and small but significant amounts of vitamin B6, magnesium, calcium and iron.
