Sweet potato also has another name: sweet potato.

Sweet potato was originally called sweet potato, and is commonly known as sweet potato in the south. In Northeast China, it is also known as red potato, red taro, white potato, anise taro, purple potato, sweet potato, red potato, golden potato, etc. It is also known as sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, white taro, etc.

Sweet potatoes are mainly distributed in Beijing, Shandong, Henan, Tianjin, Hebei, the three northeastern provinces, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hubei, Gansu, Anhui, Fujian, Shaanxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and other places.

The main production areas across the country are: Anhui Sixian (the hometown of Chinese potato), Hebei Lulong, Fujian Liancheng, Henan Shangqiu, Dengzhou, Shandong Sishui, Sichuan Nanchong and other regions.

Nutritional value of sweet potato Sweet potato is a complete and rich natural nourishing food, containing protein, fat, polysaccharide, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, carotene, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and 8 kinds of

Amino acids.

According to scientists' analysis, its protein content is 7 times more than that of rice; its carotene content is 3.5 times that of carrots; its vitamin A content is 100 times that of potatoes; its sugar, calcium, vitamin B1, and vitamin B2 contents are all higher than those of rice and

flour.

Each 100g edible portion of fresh potato cubes contains 29.5g of carbohydrates, 0.2g of fat, 20mg of phosphorus, 18mg of calcium, and 0.4g of iron.

These substances play an important role in promoting the activity of human brain cells and secreting hormones, enhancing the body's disease resistance, improving immune function, and delaying mental decline and body aging.

The Ministry of Health of Japan has listed it as an important food for dietary therapy.

Sweet potatoes have an extremely low fat content (0.2%), which is unmatched by other foods.

The content of unsaturated fatty acids is very rich.

Take it as a staple food and insist on eating it for one meal a day. Its rich fiber makes people feel "full" and relaxed in the stomach.

At the same time, it can not only prevent the absorption of fat and cholesterol in the intestines, but also decompose cholesterol in the body and promote lipid metabolism. It can effectively prevent overnutrition in the human body and resist the occurrence of obesity, thereby achieving the purpose of weight loss.