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DESCRIPTION: Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties of white compared to yellow and purple potatoes. Purple potatoes may also help lower high blood pressure. For more on anti-inflammatory foods, see Garden Variety Anti-Inflammation ( and Anti-Inflammatory Antioxidants ( For more on choosing the foods with the most antioxidant power, check out Antioxidant Power of Plant Foods Versus Animal Foods ( Then for other foods that may help tame high blood pressure, Hearts Shouldn’t Skip a Beet ( and Fill in the Blank ( What about the Toxins in Cooked Potatoes ( Sweet potatoes are indeed better, and purple sweet potatoes are the best of the best. These are the only ones I’ve tried, but they are fantastic. I have some videos on purple sweets coming up, but in the meanwhile feel free to browse the hundreds of other videos on more than a thousand subjects at
We know plant-based diets decrease markers of inflammation, but do all these anti-inflammatory plant foods actually have an impact on inflammatory disease mortality? Stay tuned for Monday’s NutritionFacts.org video-of-the-day Fighting Inflammation in a Nut Shell (
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