Sweet potato is a low-calorie fibrous food, which can be eaten during weight loss. You can eat sweet potatoes in moderation, which has little effect on weight loss, but you need to be careful not to eat too much.
Most people think that eating sweet potatoes will make people fat and dare not eat them. In fact, on the contrary, sweet potato is an ideal diet food, its calorie is only 1/3 of that of rice, and because it is rich in cellulose and pectin, it has the special function of preventing sugar from transforming into fat.
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Sweet potato is rich in essential nutrients such as starch, vitamins and cellulose, as well as mineral elements such as magnesium, phosphorus and calcium and linoleic acid. These substances can maintain the elasticity of blood vessels and are very effective in preventing and treating habitual constipation in the elderly.
Sweet potato is not only a healthy food, but also a good medicine for treating diseases. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, sweet potato has the effects of "tonifying deficiency and benefiting qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, and strengthening kidney yin". "Sweet potatoes are steamed, cut into sections, dried and harvested as food, which is called potato food, which makes people live longer and get sick less." Compendium of Materia Medica says that sweet potato can tonify middle energizer, promote blood circulation, warm stomach and nourish five internal organs.
The Manual of Sweet Potato says that it has six medicinal values: treating dysentery and diarrhea; Treat wine accumulation and heat diarrhea; Treating damp-heat jaundice; Treating nocturnal emission with white turbidity; Treating blood deficiency and menstrual disorder; Treat infantile malnutrition. "Luchuan Materia Medica" says that sweet potato can produce fluid to quench thirst and cure fever and thirst.
Sweet potato contains a lot of cellulose and pectin that are not easily destroyed by digestive enzymes, which can stimulate the secretion of digestive juice and gastrointestinal peristalsis, thus playing a laxative role. In addition, its rich β -carotene is an effective antioxidant, which helps to eliminate free radicals in the body.
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