YES, "Everyone wants to be Irish on St. Patrick's Day." We put on green shirts, wear a bunch of shamrocks then, go out for joining celebration parades. Enjoying a big dish of corned beef and cabbages or potatoes every year for the celebration is ‘Irish-y’ but do you know these dishes can also make you a happy healthy Leprechaun?
St. Patrick’s Day has been brought to celebrate in the United States by Irish since 1737. Although nowadays both Irish and all American celebrate the holiday with many other people in the world, St. Patrick’s day is still maintaining Irish atmosphere.
To prepare the holiday feast, traditional Irish recipes can provide you original good atmosphere and also good stuffs for your health.
Original Irish meals are mainly made of potato, garlic and beef. The stews, corned beef and potatoes, and many more recipes with potatoes and beef are the traditional main dish in the holiday. However, some families may want to create some other meals which are green and fresh for their health. Having big meat from stews and potatoes may sound too heavy for the health. These people may not realize that the Authentic Irish food can provide much more beneficial effect on health than what they thought. So enjoy the authentic taste and have a good health at the same time without adjust any dishes.
According to a study of Spanish researchers, potatoes have a beneficial effect on the immune system. In potatoes, there are full of vitamin C, B-complex vitamins, minerals like iron, calcium, manganese, magnesium and phosphorus. Also a scientific study shows that the pigs fed by large quantities of raw potato starch (RPS) for more than 14 weeks are found healthier. Besides, the white blood cells of the pigs such as leucocytes and lymphocytes are found lower. The decreasing situation of the leucocytes has a positive effect on the immune system, said Lena Ohman, an expert of the Department of Internal Medicine, Göteborg University, Sweden.
José Francisco Pérez, the researcher from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona also point that raw potato starch can have the effects of a diet high in resistant starch. Boiled potatoes are rich of resistant starch as well. And this starch is believed to lower the risk of large bowel cancer and may have an effect on irritable syndrome (IBS)
The independent Institute of Food Research also report that potatoes contain chemicals which reduce blood pressure. Apart from the blood pressure effect, Kukoamines chemical found in potatoes can heal the sleeping disorder. It is also found that boiled potatoes contains this chemicals more than the fried ones.
So, having roasted potatoes and bacon, corn beef with potatoes, sausage and potato coddle and Irish beef stew recipe with potatoes this coming St. Patrick’s Day will help you enjoy the traditional atmosphere and improve your health.