What are the benefits and effects of sweet potatoes? Sweet potatoes are the name given to yams by people in Shanghai and Tianjin. They are also known as yams, red potatoes, sweet taro, white potatoes, fennel taro, sweet potatoes, purple potatoes, and sweet potatoes, among other names. They are a common food, especially popular among women who want to lose weight. Below is an introduction to the benefits and effects of sweet potatoes and how to eat them.
The effects and benefits of sweet potatoes
It promotes smooth bowel movements and is beneficial for breast cancer, colon cancer, and constipation. It has a sweet taste and neutral properties. It can invigorate the spleen and replenish qi, promote bowel movements, generate fluids and quench thirst. It is suitable for those with spleen deficiency and weak qi, constipation, and those with heat in the lungs and stomach, experiencing thirst and dry throat.
Sweet potato making techniques
Sweet potatoes are low in protein and lipids, so they should be eaten with vegetables, fruits, and protein-rich foods to avoid nutritional imbalance. Most importantly, sweet potatoes are best eaten at lunchtime. This is because the calcium in sweet potatoes takes 4-5 hours to be absorbed by the body, and afternoon sunlight promotes calcium absorption. Therefore, eating sweet potatoes at lunchtime ensures that the calcium is fully absorbed before dinner, without affecting the absorption of calcium from other foods at dinner.
Sweet potatoes can be roasted, steamed, or used to make sweet potato porridge. Sweet potato porridge has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, replenishing qi and promoting lactation, and astringing semen. It is suitable for night blindness, bloody stools, constipation, seminal emission, leukorrhea, and damp-heat jaundice.
1. Appropriate amount of rice, a small amount of millet, and half a small sweet potato.
2. Wash the rice and millet, put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook until both types of rice are cooked through.
3. While cooking the porridge, wash the sweet potatoes, peel them, and cut them into small pieces. The size of the pieces is up to you. Soak the cut sweet potatoes in water to prevent them from oxidizing and turning black.
4. Once the rice in the pot is cooked, add the sweet potato chunks and continue cooking until the rice and millet grains have opened up and the sweet potatoes are soft and tender. Then turn off the heat and serve.
