In general, the leaves of many vegetables can be eaten, such as lettuce, sweet potato and so on. The leaves of sweet potatoes contain a lot of nutrients and have good food value.

What are the benefits of eating sweet potato leaves

Sweet potato leaves are rich in mucin, which improves human immunity, enhances immune function and promotes metabolism; carotenoids in sweet potato leaves have the effect of preventing and treating night blindness, and maintaining healthy eyesight; often eat sweet potato leaves and lowering blood sugar, preventing hardening of the arteries, and anticancer effects.

Detoxification

Sweet potato leaves are rich in chlorophyll, which can "purify blood" and help detoxification.

Anti-cancer

Sweet potato leaves are rich in polyphenols, which can prevent cell cancer.

Enhance immunity

Sweet potato leaves are rich in mucin, but also contains a flavonoid compound, which can help the body resist free radicals, enhance the antioxidant capacity, enhance immune function, and improve the body's ability to resist disease.

Maintaining healthy eyesight

Sweet potato leaves have a high content of carotenoids, which is three times higher than that of ordinary carrots. Carotenoids are a good source of vitamin A, which can help the eyes synthesize the light-sensitive substance retinal in the visual cells, improve night blindness and vision loss caused by vitamin A deficiency, and maintain vision health.

Preventing anemia

A daily intake of 300g of sweet potato leaves can replenish the body's one-day need of iron and vitamins A, C and E.

Preventing high blood pressure

Sweet potato leaves are rich in potassium, which can help to control blood pressure and prevent hypertension.

Laxative and slimming

Sweet potato leaves are rich in fiber, only 30 calories per 100 grams of sweet potato leaves and 3.1 grams of dietary fiber. This low-calorie, high-fiber vegetables eaten in moderation is not only a strong sense of satiety, but also to enhance the role of gastrointestinal motility, detoxification, so as to achieve the purpose of slimming.

Beauty and skin care

Sweet potato leaves are rich in vitamin C, vitamin C is a highly effective antioxidant, can help remove free radicals in the body, inhibit the formation of tyrosinase, so as to achieve whitening and lightening, delaying the aging of the skin, the effect of skin care.

Promoting milk secretion

Sweet potato leaves contain flavonoids and other substances that can promote milk secretion.

Improve menopausal symptoms

Sweet potato leaves are rich in phytosterols, which can achieve the effect of regulating body functions similar to that of hormones.

Maintaining the body metabolism

Sweet potato leaves are rich in vitamin B2, the lack of vitamin B2 will affect the body's bio-oxidation, so that the metabolism of obstacles to the human body's mouth, eyes and genital parts of the occurrence of inflammation, eat more sweet potato leaves, can ensure that the normal metabolism of the body, to avoid the occurrence of such diseases.

Supplementation of trace elements

Sweet potato leaves are rich in calcium, iron and other trace elements, and oxalic acid content in the sweet potato leaves is low, on calcium, iron absorption of the impact of less. Eating sweet potato leaves regularly can supplement the calcium and iron elements needed by the body, safeguard the development of bones and teeth, and prevent iron deficiency anemia.