Health Benefits of Sweet Potato

1. The effect of heart protection

Sweet potato is rich in five components: potassium, folic acid, β－Carotene, vitamin C and vitamin B6, which help prevent cardiovascular disease. Potassium not only contributes to balancing the body fluid and the electrolyte, but also helps to maintain normal blood pressure and heart function;β－Carotene and vitamin C can resist fat oxidation and prevent atherosclerosis; Folic acid and vitamin B6 help to reduce the content of homocysteine in blood, avoid damaging arteries and vessels, and eliminate the risk factors of cardiovascular disease.

 

2. The effects of cancer prevention

Sweet potato contains the most anticancer nutrients β－Carotene (vitamin A precursor), vitamin C and folic acid, and the above three nutrients are rich in sweet potato. Rich lysine and carotene, can promote the normal maturation of epithelial cells, inhibit the abnormal differentiation of epithelial cells, eliminate carcinogenic oxygen free radicals, prevent the combination of carcinogens with proteins in the nucleus, and promote the enhancement of human immunity.

 

3. The effects of weight loss

Sweet potato is an ideal diet food which contains low calories, only one-third of the calories produced by the same weight of rice, and it does not contain fat, so eating sweet potatoes is beneficial to human health and has a certain weight loss effect.

 

4. The effects of helping gastrointestinal peristalsis

Sweet potato contains a large amount of cellulose and pectin that are not easily destroyed by digestive enzymes, which can stimulate the secretion of digestive juices and gastrointestinal peristalsis, thus playing a laxative role.

 

5. Nourish the liver and kidney and help the body recover its function

Sweet potato can improve the function of digestive organs, nourish the liver and kidney, and has a recovery effect against the weakness of the human body. It can effectively treat hepatitis and jaundice.

  

6. Increase resistance, promote sexual desire and delay aging

Sweet potato contains a special performance of vitamin C and E, that is, only the vitamins C and E contained in sweet potato will have the special performance that will not be damaged under high temperature conditions. Vitamin C can significantly enhance the body's resistance to several viruses, while vitamin E can promote sexual desire and delay aging.