According to scientific research, eating sweet potato will not make people fat. On the contrary, sweet potato is an ideal diet food. Its calorie content is very low, much lower than ordinary rice, so you don't have to worry about getting fat after eating it, but you can lose weight. Sweet potato also contains a substance similar to estrogen, which has a certain effect on protecting human skin and delaying aging. Therefore, many foreign women regard sweet potato as beauty food. Sweet potato is crisp and sweet when eaten raw, which can replace fruit; Cooked food is sweet and soft, eaten in the mouth and sweet in the heart. It can be used as both a staple food and a vegetable. There are many ways to steam, boil, fry and fry, and once cooked skillfully, it can also become a delicacy on the table.

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Precautions:

First, it is best to eat at noon.

As far as the time of day is concerned, it is best to eat sweet potato at noon, because after eating sweet potato, it needs to be absorbed in the human body for 4-5 hours. At the same time, the afternoon sun exposure can just promote the absorption of calcium. Eating sweet potatoes at night has too much sugar, which can't be absorbed by the body for a while, and it is easy to swell up.

Second, don't eat with sweets.

Sweet potato can't be eaten with something too sweet, because sweet potato itself is sweet. If you eat it with sweets, it will increase the possibility of gastroesophageal reflux.

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