The benefits of sweet potatoes for health
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Sweet potatoes are a food source that is not alien to most of Indonesia society. The ease of making the community to acquire it like eating a sweet potato-based food. It feels too good.
In some areas, the sweet potato is often made into a source of staple food or snacksthat accompany while drinking tea, coffee or bajigur beverages in the evening. For snacks, sweet can be steamed, fried, or made assorted hors d'oeuvre, which must be very delicious.
Unfortunately, meals of sweet potato is not a favorite food of most people. There are still many who think poorly of sweet potatoes. "Too cool and relatively Less," so the reason.
However, behind it, a lot of the benefits that can be gained from this sweet potato.One example, sweet potatoes are rich in antioxidants. This content the higher the color when sweet potato is increasingly concentrated.
On the market can be found sweet potato variety of colors, ranging from white, pale yellow, Orange, and purple. With this diverse colors, plus the benefits to health, there is no harm in making sweet potatoes as a substitute for Your snacks.
If it is still reluctant to eat sweet potatoes, try to check out a number of other benefits obtained from sweet potatoes.
1. Help your immune
In addition to rich betakaroten, sweet potatoes also contain other nutrients such as vitamin C, B complex, iron and phosphorus also. "This makes the sweet potato became a great immune booster," said Emilia Achmadi, MSc.
2. Resolve inflammation
Although not included in the families of ordinary bulbs, sweet potatoes have anti-inflammatory effects. Supported betakaroten, vitamin C and magnesium, sweet potatoes are very effective in curing internal and external inflammation.
3. Pick your bronchitis and asthma
According to Emilia, who is also an expert in nutrients, vitamin C, iron, and other nutrients in sweet potato efektis help cope with bronchitis. Not only that, sweet potatoes are believed to help warm the body also has the ability to help cope with bronchitis. The typical scent of the sweet potato is effective in overcoming the clogged nose and help relieve asthma.
4. Relieve arthritis pain
Composition betakaroten, magnesium, zinc, and vitamin B complex to make sweet potatoes can be optioned in overcoming arthritis. How, compress the parts that are experiencing pain due to arthritis with water boiled sweet potatoes.
5. Good for digestion
Fiber content in sweet potato is also relatively high. Higher than the type of potatoes. Despite the relatively high content of fibers, the sweet potato belongs to the food sources that are easy to digest. "So it's good for the stomach and the intestine," saidEmilia.
In addition, vitamin B complex, C, betakaroten, potassium, and calcium on sweet potatoes are very effective in helping to relieve inflammation of the stomach. "Fiber that contained the sweet potato was also able to prevent the occurrence of constipation and acid build up," added Emilia. Doing so will help lower the possibility of inflammation of the stomach. Potent anti-inflammatory and calming content of sweet potato can also reduce the pain and inflammation of the stomach.
6. help overcome cancer
The presence of betakaroten, which is an antioxidant and makes the colors on the sweet potato, as well as vitamin C, is becoming an important component in helpingovercome cancer. Especially for cancer of the colon, intestine, kidney, prostate, andother cancers.
7. Keep the water balance
Fiber is found in sweet potatoes will help retain water. This will maintain fluid balance in the body.
8. source of carbohydrates diabetesi
Diabetesi usually have strict rules in managing food court. Choosing a good meal and as far as possible reduce the sugary food. A number of sources of carbohydratesare also noteworthy.
Well, sweet potato, so far still can be consumed by diabetesi because it is effective in regulating blood sugar levels by helping the secretion and function of insulin. Sweet potatoes can be used as a selection penggantu rice or other carbohydrate sources.
It's just that, by no means diabetesi could eat sweet potatoes as you wish without rules. Asupannya should still be balanced.
9. Gain weight
It is very easy to understand by looking at the content of nutrients in it. Carbohydrates contained in sweet potatoes can be used as an energy source.
10. Other advantages
In fact, the sweet potato is also effective in helping to stop dependency onsmoking, drinks, as well as certain types of narcotics. In addition, it is also very goodfor the health of blood vessels are veins and arteries. A high concentration of betakaroten and phosphorus are very good for eye health and cardiovascular.