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According to the 11 Food Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDG) of South Africa, we are advised to make starchy foods the basis of most meals, and as an one-stop supply of starch, it is hard to beat the potato. Approximately 100 grams of boiled, fresh potato with its skin provides as much as 354 kilojoules of energy. The starch in potatoes is digested to glucose in the gut and is absorbed as such. The glucose travels to the liver and from there to all body cells where it is metabolised so that the energy is extracted from it. This glucose is metabolised for use by our muscles as well as our nervous system, thus contributing to both physical and mental performance.
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