Potatoes: Friend or Foe? Ayurvedic Coach Reveals Best Way to Eat Without Gaining Weight

• Ayurvedic health coach Dimple Jangda explains potatoes are neither good nor bad; their effect depends on preparation.
• Boiled or mashed potatoes with ghee and digestive spices are therapeutic, grounding, and vata-pacifying.
• Fresh, warm potatoes with cumin and carom seeds can nourish tissues, soothe nerves, and reduce inflammation.
• Fried potatoes (fries, chips, tikkis) cooked at high temperatures in reused oil are "Sanskar Viruddh" (incompatible processing).
• Fried potatoes produce acrylamide, oxidized fats, and "ama" (toxins), weakening Agni and causing health issues.