20 of the best good news stories from 2022 – The Week UK

Some rare good news for potato lovers came in November: spuds can help you lose weight. Tubers have long been considered too starchy to be a diet food. But a new, small study in the US showed that they can help people lose weight without spiking glucose levels.

Researchers recruited 36 people, aged 18 to 60, who were either overweight, obese, or resistant to insulin. The participants were put on diets rich in vegetables, and with 40% of the meat in a typical US diet replaced with peas and beans or potatoes (in a variety of forms, including roasted wedges). After eight weeks, the potato eaters had lost roughly the same amount ofweight as the pea and bean eaters (and both showed reduced insulin resistance).

Acrucial factor seemed to be that the spuds were so filling, people often didnt finish meals. People tend to eat the same weight of food regardless of calorie content in order to feel full, co-author Dr Candida Rebello told reporters. By eating foods with a heavier weight that are low in calories, you can easily reduce the number of calories you consume.

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