Eating Potatoes May Increase Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes.

“Eating potatoes may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and replacing them with whole grains may lower this risk,” a study published online Dec. 17 in Diabetes Care suggests. The study, which “combined data from three US cohort studies on 70,773 women from the Nurses’ Health Study (1984–2010), 87,739 women from the Nurses’ Health Study II (1991–2011), and 40,669 men from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986–2010),” revealed that people “who ate french fries had a higher risk of type 2 diabetes (pooled HR for every three servings/week, 1.19) than those who ate baked, boiled, or mashed potatoes (same HR, 1.04), respectively.” However, “replacing three servings per week of potatoes (regardless of type) with whole grains would decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes by 12%,” the study found. https://login.medscape.com/login/sso/getlogin?urlCache=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tZWRzY2FwZS5jb20vdmlld2FydGljbGUvODU2NDQ1&ac=401