Bord Bia promotes potatoes as fuel for active lifestyles this National Potato Day

Today, Friday 2nd October, is Bord Bia’s National Potato Day - the annual celebration of one of Ireland’s favourite foods, the versatile and delicious potato! With Irish potato sales up 24% since March, there has never been a better time to celebrate one of our most important crops.

Dietitian Orla Walsh has worked with Irish athletes in the lead up to the Rio Olympics and Paralympics in her role as Performance Nutritionist with Athletics Ireland. Orla believes that potatoes are an excellent natural ingredient for a nutritionally complete diet to fuel active lifestyles and she highlights ten key ways they contribute to sports performance.