“Potatoes have lots of vitamin C and fiber, two nutritional elements recognized as cancer fighters by the American Cancer Society. The fiber in potato skins also helps lower blood cholesterol, which is good news for your heart. The high potassium content can reduce blood pressure and the risk of stroke” (Waldron 1).
Of course, baking potatoes is only one method of preparing one of man’s most versatile vegetables. Potatoes with the highest levels of starch, such as the Russet, are the variety most suitable to baking. The potato plant grows naturally in the Peruvian Andes, but it was not until the sixteenth century that Spanish explorers introduced the vegetable to Europe. Its cultivation spread rapidly in temperate climates and it was introduced in the United States in the eighteenth century. Baked potatoes have become so popular in the modern diet for their health aspects, but also because of the fact that they are relatively inexpensive, easy to prepare, and very fillin
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