Healthy Lifestyles – The Alliance for Potato Research & Education

Benefits For Potatoes

Potatoes and Childhood Nutrition

Potatoes can be an optimal first food for infants. As children grow, potatoes continue to be an affordable and accessible source of essential nutrients, helping to improve children’s overall nutrient intake and diet quality.

Potatoes and Women of Childbearing Age

Potatoes can help to improve the nutrient intake and diet quality of women of childbearing age.

Potatoes and Physical Performance

Potatoes provide the energy, high-quality carbohydrate and potassium that can fuel optimal performance in athletes.

Recent Research

April 2022

Potato Protein Ingestion Increases Muscle Protein Synthesis Rates at Rest and during Recovery from Exercise in Humans

Pinckaers, Philippe J.M.; Hendriks, Floris K.; Hermans, Wesley J.H.; Goessens, Joy P.B.; Senden, Joan M.; van Kranenburg, Janneau M.X.; Wodzig, Will K.H.W.; Snijders, Tim; van Loon, Luc J.C.

August 2021

Neither Beetroot Juice Supplementation nor Increased Carbohydrate Oxidation Enhance Economy of Prolonged Exercise in Elite Race Walkers

Louise M Burke, Rebecca Hall, Ida A Heikura, Megan L Ross, Nicolin Tee, Georgina L Kent, Jamie Whitfield, Sara F Forbes, Avish P Sharma, Andrew M Jones, Peter Peeling, Jamie R Blackwell, Iñigo Mujika, Karen Mackay, Marta Kozior, Brent Vallance, Alannah K A McKay

March 2021

Sustained Exposure to High Carbohydrate Availability Does Not Influence Iron-Regulatory Responses in Elite Endurance Athletes

Alannah K.A. McKay, Peter Peeling, David B. Pyne, Nicolin Tee, Marijke Welveart, Ida A. Heikura, Avish P. Sharma, Jamie Whitfield, Megan L. Ross, Rachel P.L. van Swelm, Coby M. Laarakkers & Louise M. Burke

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