re: the potato

March 29, 2004

> It is interesting to know that Ayurveda belives in "what you eat so

> you become" Thus if you eat long slender vegetables, you will also

> become slender. On the other hand, if you eat round and heavy

> vegetables/fruits, you will also become curvy. Brinjal for instance,

> is believed to cause obessity. So is Pottato. But let me pose a

> question. Many of us know that a boiled and smashed potato pulp is

> used to grow micro organisms in Laboratories. Though potato is liked

> so much by these organsims, none of them do not touch it when not

> harvested, lying inside the soil. In fact, Potato does not need any

> pesticide. It is most unattacked food. And the only way it becomes

> unusable is when due to hot environment, it sprouts in the storage.

> It is so full of fertilization power that it sprouts rapidly. Hence,

> it is liked by everyone all over the globe. Potato, good when boild

> with skin and eaten without frying. It does not cause any obessity,

> contrary to thing by most.

any starchy food consumed to excess will promote obesity - period

frying them in oils causes the peroxidation of the oils, which become

free-radicals and carcinogens (ama)

in contrast to your statements Dr. Bhate, potatoes are a heavily

sprayed crop

in North America there probably isn't a commercial farm that hasn't

been impacted by pests like the wireworm, potato beetle, aphids etc.

of course this is much a statement upon modern agriculture than

anything else, but proper sustainable organic agriculture can limit the

effect of pests in all vegetables

in my humble opinion, the only benefit to the potato is its skin, which

can be prepared as a wonderful mineral rich broth for detoxification

i have cured patients of chronic digestive disorders simply by

eliminating potato from their diet

this I learned from my Ayurvedic teachers, who did not think highly of

the potato

Caldecott

phyto

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