1. Sweet potato is good for the heart.

Eating sweet potatoes regularly is beneficial to human health and has a certain weight loss effect. But don't eat too many sweet potatoes at a time to avoid abdominal discomfort such as heartburn, acid reflux or bloating.

2. Sweet potato prevents emphysema

Smoking too much may lead to the symptoms of emphysema, and friends with emphysema can eat more sweet potatoes to relieve it. Sweet potato is rich in vitamin A. Eating more sweet potato can effectively reduce the incidence of emphysema.

3. Sweet potato has anticancer effect.

The most anticancer nutrients in the diet are β -carotene (the precursor of vitamin A), vitamin C and folic acid, and the contents of the three are rich in sweet potatoes. A small sweet potato (about 2 times) can provide twice the daily vitamin A, one third of the daily vitamin C, and about 50 micrograms of folic acid. The content of dietary fiber is higher than a bowl of oatmeal.

Sweet potato has high dietary fiber content, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation and colorectal cancer.

Sweet potato has high cellulose content, which can increase the volume of feces, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, clean up mucus, gas accumulation and corruption in intestinal cavity, discharge toxic substances and carcinogens in feces, keep defecation unobstructed, improve digestive tract environment and prevent gastrointestinal diseases.

Benefits of eating sweet potatoes in winter festival

1, which is beneficial to lose weight.

Now people's living standards are constantly improving, and the hotter the diet, the better, so there are more and more obese friends, while sweet potatoes are low in fat and produce less heat. Eating more sweet potatoes can also reduce hunger, which just meets the basic requirements of dieters.

Every 100g of fresh sweet potato contains only 0.2g of fat, generating 99 kilocalories of heat energy, which is about 1/3 of that of rice. So it is a good food with low fat and low heat energy. If it is a staple food, it can effectively reduce the consumption of other foods, and then achieve the effect of losing weight.

In addition, sweet potato can effectively prevent sugar from being converted into fat, which is beneficial to bodybuilding.

2, sweet potato beauty beauty

Beauty beauty: Sweet potato contains estrogen-like substances, which can keep human skin delicate, reduce subcutaneous fat accumulation, moisturize skin, and prevent wrinkles and beauty beauty.

Body-building and anti-aging: It contains various vitamins, protein, lysine and other nutrients, which can improve the body's immunity. They are all treasures of fitness and longevity, which can make people live longer.

Weight loss: coarse grains are rich in dietary fiber. After entering the intestine, they can clean up the waste in the intestine, gather toxins and waste, and let them be excreted smoothly.

Sweet potato is also rich in dietary fiber and vitamins, which can create new cells in the intestine and promote metabolism.

Sweet potato is the welfare of female friends. Eating more sweet potatoes can keep your skin delicate. Some friends will have fat particles in their eyes to reduce the accumulation of subcutaneous fat. Sweet potato also has the functions of moistening skin, anti-wrinkle and beauty beauty.

Step 3 prevent high cholesterol

The inhibitory effect of sweet potato on cholesterol is 10 times that of other foods. Therefore, if the cholesterol is high, you can eat two more sweet potatoes.

Step 4 help lower blood pressure

The auxiliary hypotensive effect of sweet potato is mainly attributed to its rich potassium.

5. Reduce the risk of stroke

Sweet potato is the absolute king of "high potassium and low sodium". Studies have found that foods rich in potassium such as sweet potatoes can reduce the risk of stroke by 20%.

Step 6 maintain joints