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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which would be the healthiest way of cooking potatoes?
A
Baked jacket potatoes-with skin
B
Deep fried as chips-no skin
C
Oven baked as wedges-no skin
D
deep fried as chips-with skin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Boil potatoes with skin-Boiling potatoes can lower their nutritional content like vitamin C and B vitamins if they are boiled without skin. Boiling them with skin can save nutrients that may lost in cooking water. Try to use minimal water like with steaming.

Detailed explanation-2: -"The healthiest way to eat a potato is baking it with the skin on, ” says Upton. “Baked potatoes add no additional calories like frying or roasting with oil.” Sign up for our newsletter! Leaving the skins on the potato brings extra nutrients to the food.

Detailed explanation-3: -The more color in the potato, the more antioxidants it contains. On top of that, the skin of the potato can have up to 12 times more antioxidants than the flesh. So, don’t be afraid to eat your potato skins. Baked potato skin is a great source of potassium and magnesium.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yes. Eat the skin to capture all the russet potatoes nutrition. The potato skin has more nutrients than the interior of the potato. It has lots of fiber, about half of a medium potato’s fiber is from the skin.

Detailed explanation-5: -Potato skin contains B vitamins, vitamin C, iron, calcium, potassium and other nutrients. Potato skin also provides lots of fiber, about 2 grams per ounce. If you eat a medium baked potato, including the skin, you’ll get nearly 4 grams of fiber, 2 milligrams of iron and 926 grams of potassium.

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