Fibroids in the uterus: potatoes and fibroids
I love my food, always have, and had said for years that I would never give up meat and go vegetarian. Well, life has a way of changing the way we think and react and it also has a lot to do with our lifestyle and life in Western society.
White potatoes have been a major player in my diet – until recently! I love roast potatoes so every weekend I cooked them as part of my Sunday dinner and I also loved roast potatoes for lunch. Suffering from fibroids and not being able to open my intestines regularly, I never would have thought that potatoes and fibroids had any correlation. Doctors could not diagnose this; I had to visit my nutritionist, who gave me a diet sheet to follow (which I had a hard time adjusting to) and I realized that omitting white potatoes, rice, bread and pasta from my diet made a dramatic change in my daily life!
I couldn’t believe that I no longer felt lethargic after having lunch, I didn’t feel uncomfortable in the intestinal area because it wasn’t that bloated. Instead of eating white potatoes, now I love eating sweet potatoes and I no longer have that bloated or achy feeling that I used to experience every time I ate potatoes. Now I can eat sweet potatoes and I love them. I eat roast potatoes with stuffing, I eat them with salads; However, I used to eat white potatoes, now I substitute sweet potatoes for them and they have certainly contributed more to my healthier eating habits.
Nutritionally, sweet potatoes are an excellent source of vitamin A (in the form of beta-carotene), a very good source of vitamin C and manganese, a good source of copper, dietary fiber, vitamin B6, potassium, and iron.
Sweet potatoes are a great addition to your healthy diet if you don’t already enjoy such a wonderful vegetable.
