Anti-oxidant Capacity of the Russet Potato

[Drew_ab]

Sometimes the potato gets a bit of a bad publicity, which it does not deserve. I was Wikipedia'ing some information trying to find the name of a certain phytonutrient and came across this chart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_a ... ts_in_food

Take a look at #17 on the chart. The good old russet potato has 1/3 as many anti-oxidants as the legendary blueberry!

It's also interesting to note that 5/20 items on that list are starches.

[Hal]

..Also of note is that three of the top four are varieties of beans. Red kidney beans are way up there.
I'm eating beans and potatoes as i type this..

[healthyvegan]

then take into consideration how many potatoes one can eat vs blueberries vs cost

[Werner1950]

Ha! I will have to encourage all my Chinese friends to eat their red bean desserts after all.