Sweet potatoes are also known as white potatoes, sweet potatoes, groundnuts, yams, sweet potatoes and so on, and their official name in botany is sweet potatoes. Sweet potato is sweet in flavor, rich in nutrients, and easy to digest, and can supply a lot of calories, so some regions use it as a staple food.

Effectiveness: sweet potato protein quality is high, can make up for the nutritional deficiencies in rice and white flour, regular consumption can improve the body's utilization of nutrients in the staple food, so that a person's health, prolong life. Sweet potato contains more fiber, to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation is very beneficial, can be used to treat hemorrhoids and anal fissure. It also plays a role in preventing rectal and colon cancer. Dehydroepiandrosterone is unique to sweet potatoes, this substance is not only cancer prevention and life, is a kind of adrenal gland secretion of hormones similar to steroids, foreign scholars called "fake hormone". It can effectively inhibit the occurrence of breast cancer and colon cancer. Sweet potato has a special protective effect on human organs, can inhibit the deposition of cholesterol, maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, prevent the connective tissue in the liver and kidney atrophy, prevent the occurrence of collagen disease. It is also an ideal diet food, its calorie is only 1/3 of rice, and because it is rich in cellulose and pectin, and has the special function of preventing the conversion of sugar into fat.

Applicable to people: It can be consumed by the general public.

Applicable amount: 1 piece (150g) per serving.

Warm tips: sweet potatoes contain "gasification enzyme", sometimes after eating heartburn, spit acid water, bloating and exhaust phenomena. As long as you do not eat too much at a time, and with rice and noodles with food, and with salty dishes or drink some vegetables, so gastric ulcers and patients with excessive stomach acid should not be eaten. Rotten sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes with black spots) and sprouted sweet potatoes can be poisonous and should not be eaten. Sweet potatoes and other root vegetables contain a lot of starch, can be processed into vermicelli to eat, but the production process will often add alum. If too much consumption will lead to aluminum accumulation in the body, is not healthy.