India, July 6 -- For decades, the potato has been cast as the ultimate dietary villain - frequently blamed for weight gain and spiked blood sugar. However, health experts are now calling for a complete rewrite of the narrative. Also read | Chef Kunal Kapur shares easy recipe for aloo shimla mirch ki sabzi: See step by step preparation

Paridhi Garg, a nutritionist specialising in gut health and the founder of The Gut Perspective, took to Instagram on June 17 to lead the charge for potato's 'full rehabilitation'. She said, "The potato has been bullied for decades. I really don't think it deserves it. The potato didn't fail you. The narrative around it did."

According to Paridhi, the common perception that potatoes offer nothing but empty ...