Are Potatoes Healthy? Here's the Science

Are Potatoes Healthy? Here’s the Science Potatoes provide fiber plus vitamin C and B. When you cook and cool them, potatoes become loaded with resistant starch. Resistant starch is a carbohydrate that naturally revs up your body’s fat-burning furnace. Like fiber, you can’t digest or absorb resistant starch. Your body ferments it, which triggers it to burn fat instead of carbs. Despite its accolades, a Harvard study made headlines when scientists found that potatoes (in any form) were linked to weight gain. However, in terms of the health qualities of potatoes, the benefits still seem to outweigh the drawbacks.