Sweet potato and purple potato have always been criticized by dieters because they taste sweet, but in fact, using sweet potato instead of rice as the staple food will not make you fat, but it will be easier to lose weight! This is because, first of all, potatoes are lower in calories than rice and rich in dietary fiber, which is easy to increase people's satiety, make people feel satisfied with less energy, and indirectly reduce food intake. Moreover, people will inadvertently chew more foods with more dietary fiber. Chewing is often easy to stimulate the nerve center of the brain and make the brain feel full.
In addition, dietary fiber also helps to maintain intestinal health, relieve constipation and help to lose weight. It is only important to note that for some people, eating potato foods is easy to cause bloating and acid reflux, so it is necessary to pay attention to controlling diet, and it is best not to eat potatoes as a staple food on an empty stomach.
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Purple sweet potato is a staple food for eliminating free radicals and resisting fatigue.
The ingredient that used to appear on the table was sweet potato. With the addition of anthocyanins, the appearance of purple sweet potato is gradually welcomed by the market. Compendium of Materia Medica records that sweet potato has the effects of "tonifying deficiency and benefiting qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, and strengthening kidney yin". As a derivative of sweet potato, purple potato is similar to sweet potato in this respect. According to nutrition, purple sweet potato is rich in selenium, iron and anthocyanin besides the nutritional components and health care effects of sweet potato, ranking first among the anti-cancer vegetables announced by Japan National Vegetable Cancer Research Center.
Selenium and iron in purple sweet potato are essential elements for anti-fatigue, anti-aging and blood-enriching. In particular, selenium is known as the "king of cancer", which is easily absorbed by the human body, and can stay in the serum to repair myocardium, enhance immunity and remove free radicals in the body. At the same time, the dietary fiber rich in purple potato can supplement enough energy for human body to avoid fatigue and weakness caused by insufficient energy. Autumn is just the season of potato harvest, and eating potato food properly is good for our health.
People's Network-Purple potato replaces rice as the staple food, not fat but thin!