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Dictionary » P » Potatoes Potatoespotatoes solanum tuberosum, one of the annual, herbaceous, poisonous solanaceae or its non-poisonous tubers which are highly nutritious as food crops of the temperate regions. The plant yields starch and other nutrients, a number of enzymes, alkaloids, and lectins; the berries are very toxic. ![]()
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Results from our forumRe: Fitness and Diet... fruit, vegetables, nuts and high fibre starch foods. At least five different ones each day. When hungry, fill up on the high fibre starches. And potatoes are a good food, as long as they are not cooked with saturated fats. Ditto for corn. Potatoes have a lot of undigestible starch which performs ...
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Fitness and Diet... been focusing on lots of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains supplemented by meat for proteins. I've been trying to avoid high-starch foods like potatoes and corn, and also staying away from anything fried. I've developed a real addiction for spinach, celery, bananas, and orange juice. I'm also ...
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Re: Sugar Allergy... find that diabetics can have all sorts of things he could never even touch one spoon ful of or one taste of! He can have things like bread, rice, potatoes with no effect. But give him something sugar free or a fruit or something and he is sick for 2 days! THe problem is the doctor told him recently ...
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Porous potatoes - OsmosisHi Potatoes are not made exclusivety of water of course. Solutes moves via facilitated diffusion through chanels oriented by gradient of concentration.
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Re: Porous potatoes - Osmosishi!... i understand that water moves from the potatoe and into the high soloute concentration via osmosis, but is there any salt in the potatoe? if so does it move in or out via diffusion or facilitated diffusion? thanks!
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