Purple potato eater

The UK Mail reports that purple potatoes, and other colorful fruits and veggies, contain chemicals that help protect you against cancer, especially bowel cancer. Probably the anti oxidants in the food.

'For example, white potatoes may have helpful compounds, but the purple potatoes have much greater concentrations of these anti inflammatory, anti oxidant compounds,' he said.

The article then goes on to note that societies that eat lots of fruits and veggies have less bowel cancer.

Problem? This is probably related to fiber. This is not true in societies that eat white rice: bowel cancer here is common.

And of course, when they point out the problem of cancer, diabetes and other modern diseases, remember: they ignore the flip side of the good old days: malnutrition, and a higher death rate from simple infectious diseases.

another day, another health fad for first world types who want to live forever.



At least these are easily grown in your garden... or in a pot