Potatoes can be made healthier by zapping them with electricity. Researchers have revealed that by giving an electric shock to vegetables can make them more nutritious. The electricity ploy potatoes into producing a rush of antioxidants accredited with keeping the body and brain healthy.
By scaling up to an industrial level it seems that an inexpensive process could provide potatoes a whole new image. The other trail of the same study showed that using ultrasound on potatoes had a correspondingly beneficial effect. Antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables are measured to be of nutritional significance in the prevention of chronic diseases.
Entire potatoes were curved in salty water that help them demeanor electricity then potatoes are zapped with a small charge for half an hour. Succeeding tests discovered that antioxidant levels had increased by sixty percent. Five minutes of ultrasound had a similar effect, heard an American Chemical Society.
The non destructive treatment was a simple and inexpensive way of making one of the favorite foods more tempting. The potato is one of the most significant crops, ranking fifth in terms of human consumption and fourth in worldwide productions, said Dr. Kazunori Hironaka from Japan’s Obihiro University.
Boiled and baked potatoes can be even more attractive substitute for health conscious people but chips will still likely be bad for the waistline. In the meantime, potatoes with colored flesh are higher in antioxidants, especially purple potatoes. All potatoes are a healthy and tasty choice. They unsurprisingly fat free, a source of vitamin C, vitamins B1 and B6 and foliate.