Nutrition psychology #3. Potatoes: The case for Reward sensation, GI/GL and Welfare diseases.
On February 6, Dr Rebecka Earle presented the lecture – Potatoes and the Pursuit of Happiness - at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS). Dr. Earle told how various potentates around Europe marketed the potato, the consumption of which was assumed to be associated with experiencing the psychological phenomenon of happiness (happiness) which is also expected to be the same as well-being (Well-being). The potato was introduced in Sweden in the middle of the 17th century, and was planted in Uppsala University's medicinal garden, now known as the Linneträdgården. The potato's Glycemic index (GI) is between 63-78. Above 70 are considered high. Its Glycemic load (GL) is ~20. This indicates that consumption of large quantities of potatoes may result in welfare diseases. What people in the 18th century and onward assumed was about the experience of happiness was probably in fact about a reward experience that was explained by blood sugar going through the ceiling after they had m...
