Potato Nutrition And Benefits For Health With Video By Sachin Goyal

As we all know that potato is one of the most common but important food sources on the earth which is consumed round the year in all seasons equally. So, let’s read in this post about the potato nutrition and the health benefits (आलू के लाभ) that make it all the more essential as a staple dietary item for much of the world’s population.

Potato is rich in iron, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, vitamin B and C which is a good combination for good health. Read below the nutritional value of Potato.

Potato Nutrition Value (Per 100 gm) :

Energy 321 kJ (77 kcal)

Carbohydrates 17.47 g
Starch 15.44 g
Dietary fiber 2.2 g
Fat 0.1 g
Protein 2 g

Vitamins :

Thiamine (B1) (7%) 0.08 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (3%) 0.03 mg
Niacin (B3) (7%) 1.05 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5) (6%) 0.296 mg
Vitamin B6 (23%) 0.295 mg
Folate (B9) (4%) 16 μg
Vitamin C (24%) 19.7 mg
Vitamin E (0%) 0.01 mg
Vitamin K (2%) 1.9 μg

Minerals :

alcium (1%) 12 mg
Iron (6%) 0.78 mg
Magnesium (6%) 23 mg
Manganese (7%) 0.153 mg
Phosphorus (8%) 57 mg
Potassium (9%) 421 mg
Sodium (0%) 6 mg
Zinc (3%) 0.29 mg

Other constituents :

Water 75 g

Source : Wikipedia

These nutritional and medicinal properties helps potato to fight with many diseases. Read ahead the 5 general health issues which can be treated well with potato.

Potato Nutrition And Benefits For Health : Video

Potato Nutrition And Benefits For Health – 1 : Itching Home Remedy

Potato is one of the cheapest and best natural medicine for itching.

Take 25 ml potato juice.
Add 25 ml water to it and mix it well.

Drink it daily twice a day. It cures almost all kind of itching very quickly.

Potato Nutrition And Benefits For Health – 2 : Knee Pain Home Remedy

Potato is very much beneficial for knee pain and swelling.

Roughly cut 2 potatoes and grind them in a grinder.
A thick paste of potato will prepare.
Apply it over knee for 6 hours and then wash it with tap water.

Potato Paste

Doing it daily once a day cures knee pain and swelling quickly .

Potato Nutrition And Benefits For Health – 3 : Abdominal Pain Home Remedy

Potato peel is also rich in medicinal properties. It is very good for abdominal pain.

Wash 1 potato and peel it. Put this potato skin in 150 ml water and boil it properly.
Then sieve this water.

Boiled water of potato skin

Drink this water hot daily twice a day. It cures abdominal pain very quickly .

Potato Nutrition And Benefits For Health – 4 : Acidity Home Remedy

Potato is alkaline by nature therefore it cures acidity also.

Roughly chop 1 potato and put in grinder. Add some water to it and grind it.
Then sieve it to extract potato juice.
Drink 30 ml of this potato juice daily 1/2 an hour before lunch and dinner.

Potato Juice

It gives instant relief in heartburn and cures acidity rapidly.

Potato Nutrition And Benefits For Health – 5 : Sunburn Home Remedy

Potato has cooling properties which is very much beneficial for sunburn and burnt skin.

Apply it over affected area of sunburn. Leave it for 6 hours and then wash it with cold water.

Grated Potato

Doing it daily cures sunburn very quickly.

We have to remember one thing when using potato, that is, we should avoid contact of oil or clarified butter with potato. We should not eat potato deeply fried in oil or clarified butter because it produces fat in body.
It is best to eat boiled, baked or grilled potato. These cooking methods protect the medicinal properties of potato which gives benefit to our health.

So, all 3 things, i.e. pulp, peel and juice of potato help a lot to protect us from many diseases. Hope you will get benefit by knowing potato nutrition and health benefits.