How to eat sweet potatoes

I believe that friends who love sweet potatoes will feel very familiar with small sweet potatoes. There are many kinds of potatoes, among which small sweet potatoes are one that many people like to eat. This kind of potato is relatively small, with red skin, but bright yellow inside. It may not be very obvious when it is raw, but after being cooked, the inside will be an attractive bright yellow. Small sweet potatoes are not only attractive in color, but also taste good. You will smell a sweet smell during the cooking process. So how to eat small sweet potatoes? Let’s take a look at it below:

Mini sweet potatoes, a fine variety of sweet potatoes, are popular in Japan and were later introduced into my country. It has not been long since my country introduced and developed mini sweet potatoes, and high-quality varieties have been successfully cultivated. Only a few areas such as Zhejiang and Hunan have small-scale plantings.

This delicious sweet potato variety is the most popular among consumers. It is rich in dietary fiber, mucus protein, minerals, vitamin A, sugar and other nutrients. When eaten with coarse grains, eggs, milk and meat, it is beneficial to physical health and longevity.

[Ancient records of the nutritional value of sweet potatoes]

Traditional medicine believes that sweet potatoes are sweet and mild in nature, and have the functions of nourishing the spleen and stomach, nourishing the mind, and eliminating sores and swelling. Li Shizhen recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that sweet potatoes have the effects of "replenishing deficiency, increasing energy, strengthening the spleen and stomach, strengthening kidney yin, growing muscles, and beautifying the face". There is also a saying that "sweet potatoes can be steamed, cut, dried, harvested, and used as food to make people live longer and have fewer diseases."

[Modern scientific research on the nutritional value of sweet potatoes]

Modern scientific research shows that sweet potatoes have many health functions. Scientists have discovered that sweet potatoes contain various active ingredients such as mucus protein, anthocyanins, flavonols, etc., which have health functions such as anti-mutation, anti-cancer, beauty, weight loss, longevity, lowering blood lipids, and improving the body's immunity.

Anti-cancer: The World Health Organization announced in 2006 that sweet potatoes are the number one anti-cancer food. The National Cancer Prevention Institute of Japan ranked vegetables with significant anti-cancer effects, among which cooked sweet potatoes and raw sweet potatoes ranked first and second.

Beauty: Sweet potatoes contain a large amount of white serous mucus protein, which can prevent arteriosclerosis and anti-aging, enhance the elasticity of blood vessel walls, enhance skin elasticity, and reduce wrinkles.

Weight loss: In the "2007 Global Healthy Food Ranking" released by the World Health Organization: sweet potato is not only the best anti-cancer food, but also a very good weight loss food, and is the champion of 13 best vegetables.

Prolonging life: The mucus protein in sweet potatoes can repair cells, enhance the vitality of the body, and prolong life vitality.