Sweet potatoes are one of the healthiest known vegetables.
Toxins in Sweet Potatoes?
What about sweet potatoes? Bad, eh, or good? They’re not good; they’re great! Ranked as one of the top ten healthiest foods on the planet by Mayo Clinic.
So, sweet potatoes good; white potatoes bad. If you insist on continuing to eat white potatoes, peel them, as that removes about three-quarters of the toxins.
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What about sweet potatoes? Bad, eh, or good? They’re not good; they’re great! Ranked as one of the top ten healthiest foods on the planet by Mayo Clinic.
So, sweet potatoes good; white potatoes bad. If you insist on continuing to eat white potatoes, peel them, as that removes about three-quarters of the toxins.
To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. This is just an approximation of the audio contributed by veganmontreal.
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