Sweet potato can lose weight. Sweet potato contains enough dietary fiber, and its calorie value is low. Eating sweet potatoes often can improve the body's satiety and control the intake of calories. Eating sweet potatoes often can promote digestion and reduce the deposition of waste in the body, which is an effective food to lose weight; Sweet potato contains a variety of nutrients, which can accelerate the basic metabolism in the body and promote the digestion of other ingredients.

However, in the case of eating sweet potatoes, you should not eat too much. If you eat too much, you may lose more than you gain. Because cassava starch in sweet potatoes is not easy to digest and absorb, it is very easy to get fat. Therefore, you must eat sweet potatoes properly every time. It is not recommended for people with indigestion to eat sweet potatoes, which may easily cause flatulence and other side effects.

Sweet potato (Latin name: ipmoeabatatas(l .)Lam. Taro is an annual woody plant of sweet potato. It originated in South America and the big and small Antilles, and is widely planted in subtropical and subtropical areas all over the world. [It is more than 2 meters long, lying on the road, and its leaf surface is usually oval, with a length of 4 ~13cm and a width of 3 ~13cm. Corolla pale pink, milky white, lavender or blue purple, bell-shaped or trapezoidal, 3~4 cm long; The pod is ovoid or oblate. False diaphragm, divided into 4 rooms, with underground tubers, spindle-shaped roots and brown or dark purple epidermis. Like temperature, cold, low temperature and sunshine, it is a crop that is not tolerant to shade.

The difference between purple potato and sweet potato: sweet potato: the sweetness of sweet potato is lighter than that of purple potato. Sweet potatoes have higher water content and lighter taste after being cooked. Purple potato: Purple potato tastes sweet, better than sweet potato, and tastes good when held.

Sweet potato: Sweet potato has higher cassava starch content, higher vitamin D and carotene content, and the methyl cellulose content is similar to that of purple potato, only 0. 1% lower. Purple sweet potato: Purple sweet potato contains more nutrients such as selenium, zinc, potassium and iron, and contains proanthocyanidins that are not found in sweet potato. Cassava starch is lower than sweet potato. Sweet potato: Sweet potato pays more attention to relaxing bowels and protecting eyesight. Purple potato: Purple potato pays more attention to filling nutrition and selenium, and also has the antioxidant effect of proanthocyanidins.