Efficacy and function of sweet potato leaves. Sweet potato leaves are a kind of plant that we ate as vegetables when we were young, and now most of them are ground into feed for pigs. Many people don't know that sweet potato leaves are very good for our health. Let's share the efficacy and function of sweet potato leaves.
Efficacy and function of sweet potato leaves 1 in enhancing immunity
Sweet potato stem tips are rich in mucin, and sweet potato leaves contain 5- 10 times more antioxidants than ordinary vegetables, which can improve immunity and prevent colds.
Help detoxify
Sweet potato leaves are rich in chlorophyll, which can purify blood and help detoxify.
Prevention of hypertension
Sweet potato leaves are rich in potassium, which can maintain osmotic pressure balance in the body and help control blood pressure.
Prevention of anemia
Taking 300g sweet potato leaves every day can supplement the iron and vitamins A, C and E needed by the human body for one day.
Improve constipation
Sweet potato leaves are rich in dietary fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, thus preventing constipation and hemorrhoids.
Can fight cancer
Sweet potato leaves are rich in polyphenols and have antioxidant function. Oxidative damage is an important cause of many chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and aging. Therefore, the antioxidant function of polyphenols can prevent these chronic diseases.
Promote milk secretion
Sweet potato leaves contain flavonoids and other substances, which can promote milk secretion.
Improve eyesight
Sweet potato leaves are rich in vitamin A, so they have a good effect on improving eyesight.
Improve menopausal symptoms
Sweet potato leaves are rich in phytosterols, which can achieve the effect of regulating body functions like hormones, thus improving menopause.
Efficacy and function of sweet potato leaves II. Improve eyesight and prevent eye diseases.
Every 100g of fresh sweet potato leaves contains 1 133 and 4 mg of vitamin A, of which carotene contains 6 and 42 mg. Vitamin A plays a great role in human body and is an indispensable vitamin. Common eye diseases such as night blindness, decreased night vision and dry eye are mostly caused by lack of vitamin A. ..
Because sweet potato leaves contain much more vitamin A and carotene than other vegetables, eating sweet potato leaves can effectively supplement vitamin A and carotene, effectively prevent eye diseases caused by vitamin A deficiency, improve night vision and maintain normal visual function.
Enhance physical fitness and prevent hypokalemia.
Sweet potato leaves are also rich in minerals, and the potassium in 100g fresh sweet potato leaves is as high as 508 mg. Potassium is an important factor to maintain the normal activities of human muscles and nerves. The most common symptoms of hypokalemia patients are limb weakness, fatigue and lethargy.
If the potassium ion in the body is not within the normal level range, too high or too low will be harmful to the human body. Too high will easily lead to tachycardia and cardiac arrest, while too low will affect the myocardial conduction velocity.
Proper consumption of sweet potato leaves can effectively relieve symptoms such as qi deficiency, fatigue and listlessness, and can also improve the metabolism of the body, thus promoting the excretion of toxins in the body, enhancing physical fitness and improving immunity.
Improve constipation and prevent cardiovascular diseases.
In addition to these effects, sweet potato leaves are also rich in cellulose, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and effectively improve constipation symptoms. Chlorophyll and potassium contained in it can also help us control blood pressure, reduce blood lipid and prevent cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension.
There are many ways to make sweet potato leaves, which are fresh, sweet and delicious and widely loved by people. The most convenient thing is cold salad. Blanch sweet potato leaves with boiling water once, take them out after scalding, and add seasonings such as old vinegar, sesame oil and Chili oil according to personal taste. Cold salad is very appetizing.
Can also be fried with garlic, or fried with other meat and vegetables, charming aroma, sweet greasy, especially delicious. You can also cook soup or porridge, and finally put the sweet potato leaves in the soup or porridge and cook for a few minutes.
Although sweet potato leaves have high nutritional value and many benefits to human body, they are difficult to digest because they are rich in dietary fiber. Eating too much will affect the digestion speed of the stomach and cause discomfort such as abdominal distension and abdominal pain.
Also, people with high potassium content, kidney is not good or high blood potassium should not eat more, so as not to aggravate symptoms.
Efficacy and function of sweet potato leaves 3 Because people didn't know much about sweet potato leaves before, they used it to feed pigs. But with scientific research, sweet potato leaves have high nutritional value and rich nutrition, some of which are not available in many vegetables.
For example, sweet potato leaves are rich in vitamins A, C, E, carotene, calcium, iron and phosphorus. Studies have shown that eating about 300 grams of sweet potato leaves every day can supplement vitamins A, C and E needed by the human body. In addition, it also contains flavonoids, so it has good antioxidant capacity and can play a role in fighting free radicals.
1, catharsis and detoxification
As we all know, sweet potato is rich in dietary fiber, which can play a laxative role. So are sweet potato leaves. In addition to dietary fiber, it is also rich in chlorophyll, which can help remove toxins from the body and achieve the effect of catharsis and detoxification.
2. Enhance immunity
As we mentioned earlier, sweet potato leaves are rich in vitamin A and vitamin C, in addition to flavonoids, which have a good antioxidant effect, can help the human body improve immunity, and help to eliminate free radicals and achieve anti-aging effects.
3, antihypertensive effect
The reason why sweet potato leaves have the effect of lowering blood pressure is that they are rich in potassium, and the role of potassium is to help enhance the excretion of sodium in urine and soften blood vessels, thus achieving the effect of lowering blood pressure.
Although sweet potato leaves are good, these precautions should be kept in mind.
1, sweet potato leaves are slightly cold, and people with poor stomach or digestive ability should pay attention to eating less sweet potato leaves so as not to increase the burden on the stomach.
2, sweet potato leaves are rich in oxalic acid, which will affect the body's absorption of calcium and zinc, so infants with immature bones should eat less.
3, sweet potato leaves have the effect of lowering blood pressure, so people with low blood pressure should pay attention to eat less.
Attachment: Nutritional eating method of sweet potato leaves
Stewed melon with sweet potato leaves
Ingredients: fresh sweet potato leaves 60g, wax gourd100g.
Practice: Wash the above materials, put them in a pot, add water to stew 1 hour, and finally season.
Efficacy: clearing away heat and moistening dryness, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.