🏥 Health Apr 9, 2026 · Michael Greger M.D. FACLM

Why Cooling Potatoes Lowers Their Glycemic Load

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Why Cooling Potatoes Lowers Their Glycemic Load
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If you eat potatoes when they’re cold, as in potato salad, or chilled and reheated, you can get a nearly 40% lower glycemic impact.
If you systematically pull together all the best studies on potato consumption and chronic disease risk, an association is found for the risk of type 2 diabetes and hypertension—but that’s for French fries. Consumption of boiled, baked, or mashed potatoes was not associated with the risk of high blood pressure, but there was still a pesky link with diabetes. Overall

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