1, anti-cancer, effectively inhibit the occurrence of colon cancer and breast cancer.

2, laxative weight loss, eating sweet potatoes can effectively prevent sugar from turning into fat, which is conducive to weight loss and bodybuilding. Sweet potato contains a lot of dietary fiber, which can not be digested and absorbed in the intestine. It can stimulate the intestine, enhance peristalsis, relieve constipation and detoxify, especially for senile constipation.

3, improve immunity, sweet potato leaves have health care functions such as improving immunity, stopping bleeding, lowering blood sugar, detoxicating, and preventing night blindness.

4, anti-aging, inhibit the production of melanin, prevent freckles and age spots. Red can also inhibit skin aging, maintain skin elasticity and slow down the aging process of the body.

Harm of eating too much sweet potato

Sweet potato contains an oxidase, which easily produces a large amount of carbon dioxide gas in human gastrointestinal tract. If sweet potato is eaten too much, it will make people bloat, burp and fart.

Sweet potato has a high sugar content. Eating too much can produce a lot of stomach acid, which makes people feel "heartburn". The stomach is stimulated by acid, and the contraction is strengthened. At this time, the cardiac muscles at the junction of the stomach and the esophagus are relaxed, and the acid in the stomach flows back to the feeding tube, and people spit sour water.

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The best way to eat sweet potatoes

1, sweet potatoes should not be eaten raw.

First, avoid eating raw. Sweet potatoes are popular in many places in the south. Sweet potato contains a lot of starch, so it is difficult to digest it raw, and it is best to cook it. High temperature heating can also make soluble fiber easy to digest, shorten its sugar chain and increase the sweetness of sweet potato.

The second is to avoid eating alone. Sweet potatoes should be eaten with other cereals. If you eat it alone, because of the low content of protein, it will lead to unbalanced nutrition intake. Therefore, it is actually more scientific to cut the sweet potato into pieces and cook it with rice.

2. Sweet potatoes are best eaten together.

Sweet potatoes can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as boiling, steaming, roasting, eating raw, and processing into powder to make steamed bread or noodles. The Compendium of Medical Forest says that eating raw sweet potatoes "quenches thirst, sobers up, benefits the lungs and calms the heart", while cooked food can "replenish qi and satisfy hunger". But the most common thing is to cook and eat. Sweet potato lacks protein and lipid, so it should be eaten with vegetables, fruits and protein food to avoid nutritional imbalance.

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