Did you know that frying starchy foods can produce a cancer-causing substance? Me neither. It turns out that when starchy foods such as potatoes are cooked at high temperatures acrylamide is created. So when you fry, bake, grill, or roast potatoes you could be generating potentially harmful carcinogens.
A British study reveals that simply soaking potatoes can greatly reduce acrylamide and any subsequent health issues it could cause. Specifically, if the potatoes are washed the levels were reduced by as much as 23%. If soaked for 30 minutes, levels decreased up to 38%. And the decrease rose to 48% when the potatoes were soaked for two hours.
Martha recently showed us why potatoes don't really deserve their bad rep. If you want to create a healthy potato side dish, try some of these recipes from Prevention.
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浸泡土豆
你知道油炸、富含淀粉的食物会释放致癌物吗？我也并不知道。事实证明诸如土豆这样的含有淀粉的食物，在高温加热时会产生丙烯酰胺。因此当你油炸、烘烤、烧烤或者炒土豆时，有可能会产生有害的致癌物。
英国的一项研究表明简简单单地浸泡一下土豆在很大程度上能减少丙烯酰胺和随之而来的健康危害。尤其一点是，如果冲洗土豆，危害程度将减少23%，如果浸泡30分钟，将减少38%，如果浸泡至两小时，那么将减少48%。
最近，Martha给我门指出了为什么实际上土豆并不象它们外表上那样无害。如果你想做出健康的土豆配菜，就试试这些菜普，避免不健康的做法。