1, sweet potato is an alkaline food, and like many fruits and vegetables, it is the most rare. General foods are acidic, such as grain, chicken, duck, fish and so on. The PH value of human body is 7, so eating sweet potato is beneficial to the acid-base balance of human body.

2. Eating sweet potatoes at the same time can reduce blood cholesterol and prevent "modern diseases" such as sub-health, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. ?

3. Sweet potato contains dietary fiber, carotene, vitamins A, B, C and E, as well as potassium, iron, copper, selenium, calcium and other trace elements 10, which has high nutritional value and is called the most balanced healthy food by nutritionists.

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Edible taboo

(1) Eating cold sweet potatoes is easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Sweet potato produces acid in the stomach, and patients with gastric ulcer and hyperacidity should not eat it.

(2) Rotten sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes with dark spots) and germinated sweet potatoes can make people toxic and inedible.

(3) Root vegetables such as sweet potato contain a lot of starch, which can be processed into vermicelli for eating, but alum is often added in the production process. Excessive consumption will lead to aluminum accumulation in the body, which is not good for the body.

(4) Sweet potato contains "gasification enzyme". Don't eat too much at a time. Eat it with rice flour, pickles or vegetable soup to avoid heartburn, acid water spitting, abdominal distension and exhaust.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-sweet potato

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Baidu encyclopedia-alkaline food