VITAMINS IN SWEET POTATOES
Sweet potatoes in their many varieties are a highly nutritious food, easy to prepare, heavenly tasting, and extremely versatile on any menu.
You might be surprise to find out yam and sweet potatoes are two different vegetables (many people confuse the two as being one).
However sweet potatoes are much more nutritious since they are an excellent source of Vitamin A (beta carotene) and Vitamin C who are both powerful antioxidant with healing properties who are known to play a role in reducing inflammation and restoring cells and help prevent conditions such as arthritis, asthma and diabetes and much more.
One medium sweet potato contains almost twice the recommended daily allowance of vitamin A, 42 percent of the recommendation for vitamin C, four times the RDA for beta carotene, and, when eaten with the skin, sweet potatoes have more fiber than oatmeal.
At that it benefits with only about 130 to 160 calories.
Additionally a medium sweet potato contains:
Fat 0.39 g
Protein 2.15 g
Net Carbs 31.56 g
Dietary Fiber 3.9 g
Calcium 28.6 mg
Sodium 16.9 mg
Potassium 265.2 mg
Foliate 18.2 mcg
Vitamin C 29.51 mg
Vitamin A 26081.9 IU
Being rich in dietary fiber, sweet potato lowers the risk of constipation, diverticulosis and colon and rectal cancer.
Sweet potatoes have been found to helpful in minimizing the risk of heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
