Sweet potato is a vegetable.

I. Sweet potato:

Chinese name, sweet potato. Also known as sweet storage, sweet potato, Zhu yam, golden yam, Fan Ru, red yam, jade pillow potato, yam, groundnut, yam, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, a goose, moe sweet potatoes. Annual herbs.

Two, vegetables:

Refers to a class of plants or mushrooms that can be cooked and cooked into food.

Taxonomy of edible organs:

(1), root vegetables

The vegetables with fat roots as product organs belong to this category.

①, fleshy roots - to the seed embryonic root growth of the fat main root as a product, such as turnips, carrots, root mustard, turnip greens, rutabaga, turnip, horseradish, ? American windbreak, etc.

②, tuberous roots - to hypertrophied lateral roots or nutrient buds occurring root expansion as products, such as burdock, jicama, sweet potato, kudzu and so on.

(2), stem vegetables

Vegetables with fat stems as products.

①, fleshy stems - to fat above ground stems as products, lettuce, wild rice, stem mustard, bulbous kale (skillet), etc..

②, young stems - to sprouting shoots as products, such as stone diao cypress, bamboo shoots, parsnips and so on.

③, tubers - to fat tubers as products, such as potatoes, chrysanthemums, grass stoneworms, silver-striped vegetables, and so on.

④, rhizomes - to fat rhizomes as products, such as lotus root, ginger, Xianghuo and so on.

⑤, bulbs - to the underground bulb as a product, such as tzatziki, taro, water chestnut and so on.

6, bulb class - by the leaf sheath base expansion to form bulbs, such as onions, garlic, bearded onions, lilies and so on.

(3), leafy vegetables

Vegetables with fresh leaves and petioles as products.

①, ordinary leafy vegetables - cabbage, leaf mustard, ursi, carex, kale, caper, spinach, amaranth, fenugreek, leafy beets, lettuce, chrysanthemum, celery, etc..

②, ball leafy vegetables - ball kale, cabbage, ball lettuce, cabbage mustard, etc..

③, pungent leafy vegetables - scallions, leeks, scallions, fennel, coriander and so on.

(4), cauliflower

The flower vessel or fat and tender flower branches as products, such as goldenseal, artichoke, cauliflower, purple cabbage shoots, kale and so on.

(5), fruit vegetables

To fruit and seeds as products.

①, gourd fruit - pumpkin, cucumber, winter melon, squash, bitter gourd, snake gourd, Buddha's hand melon and so on.

②, berries - tomatoes, peppers, eggplant.

③, pods - kidney beans, cowpeas, cutter beans, peas, broad beans, hairy beans, etc.

4. Miscellaneous fruits - sweet corn, loosestrife, okra, etc.

Expanded

Sweet potatoes are recognized as "champion vegetables"

Sweet potatoes are rich in dietary fiber, potassium, iron and vitamin B6 and other nutrients, and very low calorie. Sweet potatoes belong to the same sweet potato category as purple potatoes. Sweet potatoes can be divided into red, yellow, white and purple heart varieties, which do not differ much in nutritional value except for a slight difference in color and taste.

The most important feature of sweet potato is that it contains rich and excellent dietary fiber, which is conducive to gastrointestinal peristalsis, enabling people to defecate smoothly, and is also conducive to the elimination of persistent feces. According to Western medicine, smooth defecation is conducive to digestion, absorption, and the enhancement of immunity.

Red and yellow sweet potatoes have a sweeter flavor, so they are popular. The white heart has a relatively higher starch content and a slightly drier texture, which is preferred by people in colder regions. Purple sweet potatoes, which have become more popular in recent years, are favored by women and children because of their high content of the antioxidant anthocyanin and their special taste.

Unlike other vegetables, sweet potatoes also contain more starch and a certain amount of high-quality protein, which can be absorbed and utilized by the body, even as a wrap. Because of this, many women take it as the preferred food for weight loss.

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