{"id":65,"date":"2026-06-18T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/?p=65"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:53:40","slug":"potatoes-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/potatoes-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Potatoes 8."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arise my mighty triffids&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>In this latest image, though its not easy to see here. the plants have started to form flower bud so they are now at more or less their full height.<\/p>\n<p>If we continue with our ludicrous humans analogy the guys are now off to college, or looking to get married or something.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-66 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/07-06.jpg\" alt=\"It's a plot of earth with potatoes growing in it.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big huh?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While we are giving out facts about potatoes, here&#8217;s one you might not have heard before&#8230;In their paper &#8220;<em>The Comparative Effects of White Potato and White Rice Consumption on Measures of Cardiometabolic Health in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Features of Metabolic Syndrome<\/em>&#8221; published in <em>Current Developments in Nutrition<\/em> (Vol. 9, Issue 9), The authors (<span class=\"button-link-text-container\"><span class=\"button-link-text\"><span class=\"react-xocs-alternative-link\"><span class=\"given-name\">Neda S<\/span> <span class=\"text surname\">Akhavan et al) reach the conclusion that&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>White potatoes did not negatively affect glycemic indices, vascular health, lipids, or blood pressure compared to white rice and modestly improved body composition and vascular measures.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now you know something you previously didn&#8217;t. You&#8217;re welcome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arise my mighty triffids&#8230;.. In this latest image, though its not easy to see here. the plants have started to form flower bud so they are now at more or less their full height. If we continue with our ludicrous humans analogy the guys are now off to college, or looking to get married or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/potatoes-8\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Potatoes 8.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owlbear.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}