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The nutrient-dense potato

The potato has been criticized for being “just a starch”. The potato is actually a nutrient-dense food. It provides good nutritional return for the calories. Why is nutrient density important? Our need for calories has probably decreased by one-third since the turn of the century because we aren’t as active. But in general we still need about the same amount of nutrients as we did then. This means that in order to get all the nutrition we need without consuming too many calories, we must include many nutrient-dense foods like potatoes in our diets.

A medium size potato (one-third pound or 150 grams) has only about

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