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The diversity of potatoes can be attributed to centuries of selective breeding and cross-pollination. Early farmers noticed that potatoes naturally vary in color, shape, size, and taste. Selective Breeding in Early Agriculture Ancient Andean farmers were among the first to engage in selective breeding of potatoes, cultivating varieties suited to the high altitudes and tough conditions of the Andes. Over generations, this resulted in hundreds of unique types of potatoes.

You may enjoy these meals to the fullest by preserving their original flavors and textures by keeping them out of the refrigerator.

The woman reportedly bought some potatoes in March but after the lockdown was announced in France, she moved out of her home. In her absence, the potatoes decided to grow and invade her flat.

Farmers say they are not even able to recover input costs by selling potatoes - let alone pay rent for storing them in cold storage facilities. Owners of such facilities too are left with little choice other than dumping the produce on the streets.

In the study, pigs that were served a high calorie diet supplemented with purple-fleshed potatoes had less colonic mucosal interleukin-6 (IL-6) compared to a control group.

Researchers have found that eating french fries may increase the risk of death.

Dr Steven Gundry, a heart surgeon and cardiologist from California said that he found a link between memory loss and lectins, which are found in cucumbers, tomatoes, whole grains, soy, grains, peppers, sprouted grains and some dairy products.

The researchers from Pennsylvania State University in the US examined two fossil lantern fruit collected in an area in Argentina that was temperate rainforest when the plants grew, 52 million years ago.

Researchers examined the potential health benefits of resistant starch, a form of starch that is not digested in the small intestine and is therefore considered a type of dietary fibre.

The study showed that participants who consumed four or more than four servings a week of boiled, baked or mashed potatoes, are at an increased risk of hypertension. 

The fruits have sour taste and look like tomatoes, Ranbir said, adding that on lifting the plants, potatoes were found in bunches of four to six.

Eating lots of potatoes -- especially chips or crisps -- is linked to a higher risk for women of developing a type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy, a study said Wednesday.

The increased levels of carbon dioxide will benefit the crop, whose yield is two to four times that of a regular grain crop under normal Earth conditions.

You may want to start eating large amounts of white vegetables as scientists have found that they keep stomach cancer risk at bay.

Having 50mg of vitamin C daily, approximately two potatoes' worth, brought the risk down by 8 per cent.

Though potatoes are a high-carbohydrate food, eating them in moderate quantities won't make you fatter.