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Can the leaves of sweet potato be eaten?
Yes, it is no exaggeration to call sweet potato leaves "the queen of vegetables", and its health care effect is incomparable to other vegetables.

It is an organic vegetable with good therapeutic effect. The so-called therapeutic effect must ensure the quality of ingredients. Organic vegetables are the vegetables with the highest safety level, so they can also have the best therapeutic effect.

Sweet potato leaves are nutritious, green, tender and refreshing. Most of its nutritional content is much higher than that of spinach, celery and other high-nutrient substances, especially carotenoids are three times higher than ordinary carrots and more than 600 times higher than fresh corn and taro.

Sweet potato seedlings are rich in nutrition. Every100g sweet potato bud, the top10-15cm, and the tender leaves and petioles are collectively called stems. Sweet potato stem tips are rich in protein, carotene, vitamins, iron and calcium.

Extended data

Sweet potato is a long-lived health food, but its leaves are discarded or used as feed. You can only eat it in a small area around Ruijin. It was found that the contents of protein, vitamins and mineral elements in sweet potato leaves were extremely high. Protein content is 2.74%, carotene 5580 IU/ 100g, vitamin B2 3.5mg/kg, vitamin C 4 1.07mg/kg, iron 3.94mg/kg and calcium 74.4mg/kg.

Compared with spinach, celery, Chinese cabbage, rape, leek, cucumber, pumpkin, wax gourd, lettuce, cabbage, eggplant, tomato and carrot, protein, fat, carbohydrate, calorie, fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, Vc, VB 1 all belong to 14 nutrition.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Sweet Potato Leaves