Sweet potato is a coarse grain.
Coarse grains correspond to fine grains, fine grains refers to the amount of processed finished products, such as rice, flour, and coarse grains is not processed grain, which coarse grains include whole grains, mixed legumes and tubers three kinds, and the sweet potato belongs to a kind of tubers, so sweet potatoes are coarse grains.
And sweet potato contains starch, amino acids, vitamins A, B, C and fiber are higher than rice and white flour, but also rich in essential iron, calcium and other minerals, is a strong sense of satiety and nutritional food.
2 sweet potatoes can do staple foodsweet potatoes can do staple food, but it is not recommended to do staple food for a long time.
Although sweet potatoes are sweet and filling, and nutritious, but sweet potatoes are not suitable as a single staple food to eat, because sweet potatoes are high in starch, easy to eat gas, for some people with gastrointestinal discomfort is not suitable for eating as a staple often, and if you eat a lot of sweet potatoes every day, it is easy to stimulate the stomach and intestines caused by discomfort.
And eat more sweet potatoes will also lead to excessive carotene intake, triggering discomfort, it is recommended not to take sweet potatoes completely replace rice as a staple food, it is best to occasionally eat some sweet potatoes, reduce the amount of rice and other fine grains for consumption.
3 How much sweet potato is suitable to eat every day100 to 200 grams or so.
Every 100 grams of sweet potato has about 99 calories, caloric value is slightly lower than a bowl of rice, if the sweet potato meal, a meal can eat about 100 grams, that is, the amount of a medium-sized sweet potato, a day to eat 100-200 grams is appropriate, up to 300 grams.
Tips: sweet potatoes are rich in starch and dietary fiber, eat sweet potatoes if there is bloating, you can walk or do some gentle exercise to help digestion.
4 sweet potato which people can not eat 1, bloating peopleBecause sweet potato starch content is high, eat a strong sense of satiety, and is relatively indigestible, such as eating before the phenomenon of their own bloating, it is to avoid eating sweet potatoes, otherwise it will aggravate the burden on the intestines and stomach, triggering gastrointestinal discomfort, it is recommended that during the period of bloating stop eating for a period of time to allow gastrointestinal function to recover, and then eat some fruits and vegetables to help digestion is appropriate.
2, diabetic patientsDiabetic patients can not eat sweet potatoes and the high sugar content, about 100 grams of sweet potatoes containing about 20 grams of sugar, if diabetic patients insist on eating, remember to calculate the sugar intake of the day, diabetic patients with excessive sugar intake will be detrimental to the health.