Potatoes Help with Hepatitis B

[Quincyw33]

Chlorogenic Acid kills hepatitis-B virus. Potatos are packed with Chlorogenic Acid. Expecially the potato skins. Eating Potatoes will help you alot. Regular/ordinary potatos with the skin is what we are referring to. Sweet potatoes do not have chlorogenic acid.

A quote from one of the papers:
"The fresh pulp and skin of potatoes contain 30 to 900 mg/kg and 1000–4000 mg/kg, respectively of chlorogenic acid and minor amounts of other phenolic acids between 0 and 30 mg/kg (Lewis, Walker, & Lancaster, 1999)"


Here are some references:

-Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Activity of Chlorogenic Acid and Its Related Compounds by
by Jianping Zuo, Wei Tang, Yibin Xu

-Anti-hepatitis B virus activity of chlorogenic acid, quinic acid and caffeic acid in vivo and in vitro
by Gui-Feng Wang, Li-Ping Shia and others.

-Beneficial phytochemicals in potato — a review
Rajarathnam Ezekiel a, Narpinder Singh b,⁎, Shagun Sharma b, Amritpal Kaur b

[mcw0089]

Coffee also contains the same compounds and is widely known to help hepatitis B

[GuitarRox]

Interesting.  I know some foods do have properties that help us but I think it is just part of the whole picture rather than being the whole picture itself.  

[FingHb]

Good, I like to potato chips!

[GuitarRox]

I'm not sure these are going to count!  But I like them too!

[Quincyw33]

Potato chips is not what I am talking about. I am talking about the potato that you boil and cook. Potato chips have been processed and may not have much of the nutrients.