Every one wants to keep themselves young and beautiful and they make a lot of efforts in this aspect as well as many people change their appearance through using cosmetics. However, these chemical ingredients contained in the cosmetics are harmful for our body and many foods in daily life can help us to change our facial appearance and even make us own better life status. Potatoes are among them and worthy of your attention as well as the health maintenance effects of potatoes is abnormally obvious. Next let me keep you informed of the health maintenance effects of frequently eating potatoes as much as i can.

First of all, help to lose weight. The heat quantity of potatoes is very low and fat content of potatoes is a little as well as dietary fiber content is a lot in the potatoes. Besides, dietary fiber contained in the potatoes can promote the gastrointestinal motility and decrease the conglutination of fat in the intestines and stomach. Meantime, carbohydrate can lower body blood sugar content, so frequently eating potatoes can reach the purpose of losing weight.

Secondly, lower blood pressure. Potassium element content in the potatoes can not be exceeded by many vegetables and dietary fiber content of potatoes is also very high as well as all of them can effectively suppress the cholesterol in the blood and have certain promoting effect of lowering blood pressure. Therefore, frequently eating potatoes can help us to lower blood pressure.

Thirdly, relieve constipation. Abundant dietary fiber contained in the potatoes can promote the gastrointestinal motility and can decrease the occurrence of constipation after being absorbed by body. Thus, frequently eating potatoes can relieve constipation and here i suggest people who have habitual constipation should eat more potatoes as often as they can, especially eating potatoes at night will not only make the effect of treating constipation more obvious, but also can promote sleep.

In addition to the all above points, there are also other health maintenance effects of frequently eating potatoes worthy of attention, such as lowering blood fat, prolonging life and so on.