I love sweet potatoes!! I know some people want a baked sweet potato drenched in butter…or a sweet potato casserole loaded with butter, brown sugar and marshmallows! And I agree—those are YUMMY!
Personally, I love a sweet potato baked—just like it is. It is full of nutrition and one food we should have in our diets more frequently. This edible tuberous root is long and tapered and the flesh can range in colors. The sweeter ones have red, pink or orange flesh.
WEB MD tells us that Sweet Potatoes contain antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents—that just one medium baked sweet potato contains 400% of our daily requirement for Vitamin A.
The ones with the dark orange centers are also rich in beta- carotene—an anti-oxidant.
Research is on-going regarding a unique protein found in sweet potatoes called a protease inhibitor, which might halt growth of some cancer cells.
Sweet potatoes are rich in Iron, Potassium, Vitamin D and Calcium (ladies—include these in your diet if you are concerned about getting osteopenia or osteoporosis).
They are high in fiber—will fill you up and keep you feeling fuller for longer
Most of us think about sweet potatoes as being seasonal. We love them at Thanksgiving and Christmas, but they are available and delicious all year long.
Next time you are considering having a baked potato, consider having a baked sweet potato instead. Both white and sweet potatoes have nutritional benefits—just don’t cover up all those benefits with butter, sour cream, brown sugar, etc.
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