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Sweet Potato used to be poor people food, but not anymore. Sweet potato is better known as ’super food’ nowadays with its high nutrition( load with various of minerals and low sugar, low calories…

Potent Antioxidant Effects

Recent research studies on sweet potato shows that sweet potato have antioxidant capacities- glutathione — one of the body’s most impressive internally produced antioxidants. Although future studies are needed in this area, count on these root proteins to help explain sweet potatoes’ healing properties.

An “Antidiabetic” Food

Sweet potato has been labelled as antidiabetic food because of some recent animal studies in which sweet potato helped stabilize blood sugar levels and lowered insulin resistance. Sweet potato have high level of carotenoids. Research has suggested that physiological levels, as well as dietary intake, of carotenoids may be inversely associated with insulin resistance and high blood sugar levels. Once again, more research is needed in this area, but the stage is set for sweet potato to show unique healing properties in the area of blood sugar control.

Nutrition Food

This root vegetable qualified as an excellent source of vitamin A (in the form of beta-carotene), a very good source of vitamin C and manganese, and a good source of copper, high in dietary fiber, vitamin B6, potassium and iron. Low in glycemic index (The glycemic index is a measure of how quickly glucose is absorbed after a person eats, how high glucose rises, and how quickly it returns to normal. A low glycemic index is desirable and is characterized by slow absorption, a modest rise in blood glucose, and a smooth return to normal).

The best way of eating sweet potato:

Wash the sweet potato and peel of the skin (you can eat with the skin if the sweet potato are orgically grown).

Cut into cubes and soaked them with salt water for 20 minutes.

Steam for 10 minutes and it is ready to be served!!!