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[posey]

Shocking News About Potatoes!

Reported August 25, 2010

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There are two new ways to improve the nutritional content of one of the Western world's favorite side dishes. Scientists are zapping spuds with electric shocks, and with ultrasound, high frequency sound waves to make the potato healthier.

"We found that treating the potatoes with ultrasound or electricity for 5-30 minutes increased the amounts of antioxidants -- including phenols and chlorogenic acid -- by as much as 50 percent," Kazunori Hironaka, Ph.D., of Obihiro University in Japan was quoted as saying. "Antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables are considered to be of nutritional importance in the prevention of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, various cancers, diabetes and neurological diseases."

The ultrasound treatment consisted of submerging whole potatoes in water and subjecting them to high frequency sound waves for five to ten minutes. To implement the electric shock treatment, researchers immersed the potatoes in a salt solution and zapped them with electrical charges for ten, 20 and 30 minutes. The treatments increased polyphenol levels by 1.2 times and other antioxidants by around 1.6 times.


SOURCE: The 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society

Shocking News About Potatoes! | Medical News and Health Information

[sojii]

Prob'ly not, but I bet they could get the same effect only safer by exposing the potatoes to classical music for awhile...better sound waves and they'd enjoy it a whole lot more...

[posey]

[JimDoe]

Originally Posted by posey

Shocking News About Potatoes!

Reported August 25, 2010

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There are two new ways to improve the nutritional content of one of the Western world's favorite side dishes. Scientists are zapping spuds with electric shocks, and with ultrasound, high frequency sound waves to make the potato healthier.

"We found that treating the potatoes with ultrasound or electricity for 5-30 minutes increased the amounts of antioxidants -- including phenols and chlorogenic acid -- by as much as 50 percent," Kazunori Hironaka, Ph.D., of Obihiro University in Japan was quoted as saying. "Antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables are considered to be of nutritional importance in the prevention of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, various cancers, diabetes and neurological diseases."

The ultrasound treatment consisted of submerging whole potatoes in water and subjecting them to high frequency sound waves for five to ten minutes. To implement the electric shock treatment, researchers immersed the potatoes in a salt solution and zapped them with electrical charges for ten, 20 and 30 minutes. The treatments increased polyphenol levels by 1.2 times and other antioxidants by around 1.6 times.


SOURCE: The 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society

Shocking News About Potatoes! | Medical News and Health Information

Maybe it would improve my inner nutritional value if they just ultrasounded me and gave me shock treatments. Might at least improve my appitite.

[kckc]

I've heard of people 'zapping' their food.... it kills any unwanted bacteria/parasite living in/on your food.
Love, kc

[belle9]

I have plenty of appetite. I just can't eat anything that tastes good. Sojii, loved the comment) I needed that laugh!

[sojii]

kckc,
Ultrasound zaps parasites?? I got ultrasound pulse treatment at PT last Friday for a shoulder problem. I've got 10 more weeks of it. Maybe we should all be faking injuries. Since so many of us are boomers, nobody'd suspect thousands of us coming in for pulled muscles and stained rotator cuffs.