Sweet potato is a very common food, whether it is in the vegetable market or on everyone's table, it can often be seen. Sweet potatoes are rich in nutrients, and some of these ingredients can even prevent some diseases, which is of great help to human health. So, do you know what the nutritional value of sweet potatoes are?
Is there anything I should pay attention to when eating sweet potatoes?
Sweet potatoes are rich in various natural nutrients. There are many people who eat sweet potatoes. Properly eating some sweet potatoes in daily life can effectively prevent constipation, protect eyes and even prevent cancer.
1. Prevent constipation
Sweet potatoes contain a lot of dietary fiber, which is many times more than other things. Eating sweet potatoes can effectively promote gastrointestinal motility and accelerate the digestion and absorption of food, thereby helping the body to quickly discharge metabolic waste and toxins, clear the bowel and effectively prevent constipation.
2. Protect your eyes
Sweet potatoes are rich in carotene, and carotene converted into vitamin A in the human body and vitamin A plays an important role in maintaining the normal vision of the human body. It can prevent night blindness. Eating sweet potatoes can protect your eyes, and friends with poor eyesight can eat more.
3. Prevent cancer
Clinical studies have shown that the natural ingredient deoxyepiandrosterone contained in sweet potatoes is very effective in preventing colon and breast cancer, and often eating sweet potatoes can also prevent cancer.
The above are the common benefits of eating sweet potatoes. Eating sweet potatoes has many health benefits. If you like to eat sweet potatoes, you may wish to eat more. However, although sweet potatoes are good, everyone should pay attention to some items when eating, otherwise, it may have a negative impact on health.
1. People with poor gastrointestinal function should eat less
The content of sugar in sweet potatoes is still relatively high, so if you eat more sweet potatoes, it is easy to produce gas, which makes the pressure on the stomach too great and puts a burden on the stomach. People who have a bad stomach will easily suffer from heartburn, acid reflux and other physical discomfort when eating sweet potatoes, especially patients with gastric ulcers and gastritis should eat less, otherwise it may aggravate the condition and need attention.
2. Sweet potatoes should not be eaten raw
Sweet potatoes contain a lot of starch. If the cell membrane of raw starch enters the human body without being destroyed by high temperature, it is difficult to be effectively digested and absorbed by the stomach and intestines, which can easily cause indigestion, so sweet potatoes should not be eaten raw. At the same time, it is not recommended to eat sweet potatoes that are not fully cooked. They must be cooked.
3. Do not eat sprouted sweet potatoes
If the sweet potatoes are left for too long, they may germinate. Germinated sweet potatoes are prone to mildew and produce some easily pollutants or even carcinogens. If they are eaten at this time, they may cause some adverse effects on the body. And the nutritional value of sweet potatoes after germination will also be reduced. It is not recommended to eat. Everyone must pay attention to choosing fresh sweet potatoes when eating sweet potatoes. Do not eat sprouted sweet potatoes.
However, everyone should pay attention to the correct way of eating when eating sweet potatoes
I can strongly suggest to stop eating my homies, and that first picture where 1 potato is cut into half made my cry, there is so much pain in this world, and humans are bad they eat and cut everything that wont scream on the pan. The pain that you feel after you eat too much, is the pain of potato you slaughtered before!