SWEET POTATO DOES MORE THAN JUST APPEAL TO OUR TASTE BUDS (THERE ARE LOTS OF HEALTH BENEFITS OF SWEET POTATOES YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD). KNOW THEM, EAT THEM AND EAT MORE.

health benefits of sweet potato

Sweet Potato is Exceptionally Beneficial

If truth be told, many fans of sweet potato just eat it for taste but the vegetable contains some amazing nutrients needed for a healthy body. Maybe you are the same person I was two years ago before I began my quest for nutritional benefits of the various food we eat and how they facilitate disease prevention and development. Amazingly, I discovered that sweet potatoes aren’t just sweet to taste but also sweet to health. Sweet potato is readily available, inexpensive and surpasses nature’s all other sources of beta-carotene (I don’t think I need to preach much about beta carotene). Of course everyone loves it. It is starchy and slightly sweet in taste but you can add spices to it and enjoy a tangy version in no time. The fans of sweet potato might just eat it for taste but the vegetable contains some amazing nutrients needed for a healthy body. Let’s learn how sweet potatoes help us to be healthy.

Prevents Heart Disorders

High amount of vitamin B6 in sweet potato helps your body reduce the levels of homocysteine, a chemical that that is naturally produced in our bodies that increases the risk of digestive problems and some types of heart disease

Wards off Cold and Flu

It is a great source of vitamin C which not only averts cold and flu, but aids in tooth and bone formation, blood cell formation, and collagen production. This collagen maintains your skin’s elasticity and youth. It also helps you handle stress, as well as protects your body against cancer-causing toxins.

Helps build a stronger bones and muscles (amazing supporting system)

A rich source of vitamin D, sweet potato helps in maintaining your immune system, helps you with mood swings, ups your energy levels, and aids the developments of healthy bones, a strong heart and much more. Vitamin D is also imperative in sustaining the health of thyroid gland, teeth, bones, nerves, and skin.

Increases Immunity

Sweet potato contains iron which maintains energy levels in the body, in turn enhancing the immunity. Besides this, sweet potato also improves the production of white and red blood cells and prevents stress.

Fights Cancer

Vitamin A, or Beta Carotene as it is also known, is a highly important antioxidant. Vitamin A is said to be most beneficial for fighting off cancers of all types and is the most potent antioxidant known to man. With the anti-cancer benefits, vitamin A also helps protect your skin from UV damage caused by the sun, by repairing damaged cells and protecting new cells from damage.