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!!!
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7 Responses
durianberry
May 12th, 2007 at 9:16 am
1Yummy! I love sweet potato. Cooked as a dessert tong sui with sago pearls or steamed and eaten as it is. But this looks like Japanese sweet potato, is it? Good to know it has antioxidant properties
malaysianfoodguide
May 19th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
2Durianberry:Yes, it is Japanese sweet potato, local one has the same nutrition effect…and much more cheaper.
Jian
May 21st, 2007 at 6:35 pm
3“Wash the sweet potato and peel of the skin (you can eat with the skin if the sweet potato are orgically grown).”
Did you mean eat it raw? I only tried raw corns and raw pumpkin. How does raw potato taste like? I saw some tv series where the farmer wash the potato, break into half and munch on it!
Jian
May 21st, 2007 at 6:37 pm
4oppz haha sorry, i missed the last 2 lines….=.=” din see it
lightfl
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:25 am
5Jian, it is ok…:) I never eat them raw…lol
sweet
September 17th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
6realy nice how can something healthy tast so good.
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