Eat Potatoes the Right Way: Calm Your Stomach, Curb Blood Sugar Spikes, and Lose Weight

Gentle on the stomach and helpful for weight loss, potatoes are an easy to prepare, healthy food.
Eat Potatoes the Right Way: Calm Your Stomach, Curb Blood Sugar Spikes, and Lose Weight
Skrypnykov Dmytro/Shutterstock
|Updated:
0:00

For anyone with acid reflux and stomach discomfort due to stress and irregular eating habits, a gentle and natural “acid-neutralizing helper” can be found right on our daily dining tables—the humble potato.

Eating potatoes can strengthen the body, making them a gentle and convenient food for those who are overworked and frail. Potatoes are rich in polysaccharides, which can protect the gastric mucosa and reduce the irritation of gastric acid on the stomach wall, making them especially suitable for people with acid reflux or weak digestive systems.
Naiwen Hu
Naiwen Hu
Naiwen Hu is a Traditional Chinese Medicine physician at Shanghai Tong Te Tang in Taipei and a former Stanford Research Institute scientist. Hu has treated more than 140,000 patients, taught at an American university, and hosts a popular YouTube health program with 900,000 subscribers, as well as international wellness roadshows.