interesting fact for potato lovers

i was at the my GI the other day and we were chatting about foods...  (as u do)...

and he gave me this printout of a bunch of medical study articles on "Dietary Factors in the Modulation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity"

I tried to go to the site http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/553039 but you need to be a doctor to sign up for these...

so i typed out the part on POTATOES.  (cuz i noticed on lots of other posts, a lot of us love potatoes even though they cause problems)

for all of you (like me) who absolutely can't do without potatoes... here is a reason why they hurt us so bad.  i don't know about you, but im still gonna eat them. i just can't help myself.

here it is:

Epidemiologic studies have indicated that the prevalance of IBD is directly correlated to consumption of fried potato products.

Altered intestinal permeability is believed by some to play a key role in the initiation and propagation of the inflammatory process. It is thought that bacterial products or even bacteria themselves may penetrate this altered epithelial barrier, activating the intestinal immune system. Potatoes have a high concentration of glycoalkaloids, specifically alpha-solanine and alpha-chaconine. These molecules "permeabilize cholesterol-containing membranes" and this is believed to alter the intestinal epithelial barrier. These glycoalkaloids are concentrated when potatoes are fried.

These molecules are present in potato as a sort of defense mechanism for the potato plant, playing a key role in defending the plant against fungi, bacteria, and parasites. However, these molecules have been shown to adversely affect the permeability of epithelial cells in the intestine, and this may aggrevate IBD. These compounds have been shown to adversely affect the intestine permeability in an IL-10 deficient mice model of colitis, but not in normal mice, suggesting that those patients with IBD may be predisposed to this adverse effect.

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so, there you go..  just an interesting article to share..and a bit of a bummer.

**oh, and another quick note... omega-6 fatty acids are bad for IBD.  Omega-3's are good.

sources of omega 3's include: fish, fish oil, algae, walnuts, leafy green vegetables, flax and canola oils.

sources of omega 6's include: corn, soy, primrose, sunflower and safflower oils, red meat and borage.

(omega-6 fatty acids are the precursor to sythesis of arachidonic acid, which is degraded into powerful mediators of inflammation by phospholipase A2 in the colon)  so in other words, don't eat omega-6 fatty acids.

 

thats a pretty interesting article. thanks for sharing

no one is saying that is "contributes significantly to the pathogenesis of IBD"... just an article on how potatoes might aggrivate the colon of people with IBD when they eat them. i think your reading a bit too much into it mate.

kazygirl said...
no one is saying that is "contributes significantly to the pathogenesis of IBD"... just an article on how potatoes might aggrivate the colon of people with IBD when they eat them. i think your reading a bit too much into it mate.

Your post did to a degree. ;)

"Epidemiologic studies have indicated that the prevalance of IBD is directly correlated to consumption of fried potato products."

I try my best to avoid anything fried.....it seems to make me gassier than usual. If I take 4 Beano pills, I can eat a steak, baked potatoe, a roll or two, and have a glass of unsweetened tea, and have no problems. I rarely eat french fries anymore, and only have homemade pan-fried potatoes every once in a while. I've always thought the starch in the potatoes was what made them bad for IBD'ers.

Potatos don't bother me either nor french fries. Good thing because I LOVE potatoes and everything that can be made from them. Goes to show how individualist we all are.

It's a good article kazygirl because there are many here that can't tolerate potatoes and now they know why :)

Crap, I just ate Hash Browns this morning. Well, we'll see if it rips me up or not.

I had a pretty hard time tonight. I'll blame the taters.

(spoken like carl from sling blade) : I reckin french fried patayters don't bother my bottom much... Mmmhmmmm

It's McDonalds fault!!! Let's sue!
;)

I hear you there. I LOVE McDs.
Funny thought, I ate at McDs all the time during my nine year remission. Not a single bad occurance.

I've 3 bad experiences with McD's. I was pregnant with my son and was going to a comedy concert so we stopped to get a bite to eat. I found a large plastic chunk in my Big Mac - gross! And the other time was when we had to travel to Missouri for my gpa's funeral and I must of got a bad burger or something because I had major major pain that came in waves and massive D. I should've gone to the doctor but I wasn't thinking right because of the grief over losing my grandfather. The pain lasted about a month off and on. Oh and another time we were traveling back from Missouri, later in that year to help move my gma and I had 2 cheeseburgers, went to open the bun to take out the onions and a spider crawled out!

Sherry...why is it you have all the McFun???

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