Do Potatoes Increase the Risk of Diabetes?

Does the link between white potatoes and diabetes extend to non-fried potatoes without butter or sour cream?

This is the first in a five-part series on potatoes. Stay tuned for:
• Do Potatoes Increase the Risk of High Blood Pressure and Death? ( )
• Glycemic Index of Potatoes: Why You Should Chill and Reheat Them ( )
• How to Reduce the Glycemic Impact of Potatoes ( )
• The Healthiest Type of Potato ( )

Interested in a sampling of diabetes videos? Check out:
• Diabetes as a Disease of Fat Toxicity ( )
• What Causes Diabetes? ( )
• Plant-Based Diets for Diabetes ( )
• Turmeric Curcumin for Prediabetes ( )
• Eggs and Diabetes ( )
• Fish and Diabetes ( )
• Diabetics Should Take Their Pulses ( )
• Can Vinegar Help with Blood Sugar Control? ( )
• When Drugs and Diets Don't Lower Diabetes Deaths ( )
• Reversing Diabetes with Food ( )
• Diabetes Reversal: Is It the Calories or the Food? ( )
• How Not to Die from Diabetes ( )
• Is Ginger Beneficial in a Diabetic Diet? ( )
• Benefits of a Macrobiotic Diet for Diabetes ( )
• Does a Ketogenic Diet Help Diabetes or Make It Worse? ( )

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