Health care function of sweet potato:
1, beauty beauty: Mucin contained in sweet potato can keep the elasticity of blood vessel wall and prevent the occurrence of atherosclerosis; Chlorogenic acid in sweet potato can inhibit the production of melanin and prevent the appearance of freckles and senile plaques. Estrogen in sweet potato has the functions of keeping human skin delicate, reducing subcutaneous fat accumulation, moistening skin, and preventing wrinkles and beauty beauty.
2, help to lose weight: Sweet potato helps to lose weight because the dietary fiber in sweet potato helps to promote the discharge of fat and sugar in food, and fat and sugar are the "culprit" leading to obesity. In addition, after eating sweet potatoes, consumers are not easy to feel hungry, which greatly reduces the number of snacks.
3, prevention and treatment of constipation: sweet potato contains a lot of dietary fiber, can not be digested and absorbed in the intestines, can stimulate the intestines, enhance peristalsis, relieve constipation and detoxify, especially for senile constipation.
4. Anti-cancer: Sweet potato contains not only lysine necessary for human body, but also very rich carotene, which can inhibit the abnormal differentiation of epithelial cells, enhance human immunity and prevent carcinogens from combining with protein in the nucleus. In recent years, clinical trials in Philadelphia Hospital in the United States have shown that androsterone extracted from sweet potato can effectively inhibit the occurrence of colon cancer and breast cancer.
Extended information Eating sweet potatoes may cause four hazards:
1, sweet potatoes must be steamed before eating, because the starch particles in sweet potatoes are not destroyed by high temperature and are difficult to digest.
2. Sweet potato contains an oxidase, which easily produces a large amount of carbon dioxide gas in human gastrointestinal tract. Eating too much sweet potato will lead to bloating, burping and farting. Sweet potato has a high sugar content. Eating too much will stimulate gastric acid secretion and make people feel heartbroken. Because the stomach is stimulated by excessive gastric acid, the contraction is strengthened, and the gastric acid can flow back to the feeding tube, leading to acid vomiting. When eating sweet potatoes, it is best to match a little pickles, which can effectively inhibit stomach acid.
In addition, sweet potato contains a lot of sugar, which can't be absorbed by the body for a while, and the rest is easy to ferment in the intestine, making the abdomen uncomfortable. Chinese medicine believes that people with dampness blocking the spleen and stomach, qi stagnation and blood stasis should be careful to eat sweet potatoes.
4. The disadvantage of sweet potato is that it lacks protein and fat, but today people are rich and no longer take sweet potato as their staple food, and their lack of nutrients can be supplemented by other diets.
References:
People's Network-Watch out! Eating sweet potatoes may cause four kinds of harm.