Eating a boiled potato raises blood sugar levels higher than eating the same amount of calories from table sugar.Because potatoes are mostly starch, they can be rapidly metabolized to glucose.

• 吃水煮马铃薯使血糖浓度提高的幅度，比起吃下相同热量的蔗糖还要高，因为马铃薯几乎全是淀粉，可以迅速地分解为葡萄糖。