10 Benefits of Sweet Potato
Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are a root vegetable.[1][2] The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. Ipomoea batatas is native to the tropical regions in the Americas.[3][4] Of the approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of Convolvulaceae, I. batatas is the only crop plant of major importance—some others are used locally (e.g. I. aquatica (kangkong)), but many are poisonous. The sweet potato is only distantly related to the potato (Solanum tuberosum) and does not belong to the nightshade family.
The genus Ipomoea that contains the sweet potato also includes several garden flowers called morning glories, though that term is not usually extended to Ipomoea batatas. Some cultivars of Ipomoea batatas are grown as ornamental plants; the name tuberous morning glory may be used in a horticultural context.
The plant is a herbaceous perennial vine, bearing alternate heart-shaped or palmately lobed leaves and medium-sized sympetalous flowers. The edible tuberous root is long and tapered, with a smooth skin whose color ranges between yellow, orange, red, brown, purple, and beige. Its flesh ranges from beige through white, red, pink, violet, yellow, orange, and purple. Sweet potato varieties with white or pale yellow flesh are less sweet and moist than those with red, pink or orange flesh.
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The sweet potato or kumara (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae.
Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are a root vegetable.[1][2] The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. Ipomoea batatas is native to the tropical regions in the Americas.[3][4] Of the approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of Convolvulaceae, I. batatas is the only crop plant of major importance—some others are used locally (e.g. I. aquatica (kangkong)), but many are poisonous. The sweet potato is only distantly related to the potato (Solanum tuberosum) and does not belong to the nightshade family.
The genus Ipomoea that contains the sweet potato also includes several garden flowers called morning glories, though that term is not usually extended to Ipomoea batatas. Some cultivars of Ipomoea batatas are grown as ornamental plants; the name tuberous morning glory may be used in a horticultural context.
The plant is a herbaceous perennial vine, bearing alternate heart-shaped or palmately lobed leaves and medium-sized sympetalous flowers. The edible tuberous root is long and tapered, with a smooth skin whose color ranges between yellow, orange, red, brown, purple, and beige. Its flesh ranges from beige through white, red, pink, violet, yellow, orange, and purple. Sweet potato varieties with white or pale yellow flesh are less sweet and moist than those with red, pink or orange flesh.
In some areas in Indonesia, sweet potato often used as a source of staple food or a snack who accompanied while drinking tea, coffee, or bajigur in the evening. To a snack , sweet can steamed, fried, or made various snacks, who must be very delicious. Unfortunately, panganan of the sweet potato has not become favorite foods most people. There are many people who take for granted sweet potato.' less cool and too ndeso, ' so the reason .
But, behind it populer of sweet potato, many benefits that can be obtained of the sweet potato this. One example, sweet potato rich in antioxidant. This content the higher if color sweet potato it darkens. In the market can found sweet potato variegated, starting from white, pale yellow, orange, until purple. To the color of various this, plus its benefits for health, there is no harm to made sweet potato as a substitute for a snack you. If are still reluctant to treat sweet potato, try take a number of other benefits obtained of the sweet potato.
1. Help immunity the body
Other than rich in betakaroten, sweet potato also contain nutrients other like vitamin c, b complex, iron, and also phosphorus.' it makes sweet potato be amplifier immune great, ' said emilia achmadi , msc.
2. Overcome inflammation
Though is it not included in the family of potato usualy, sweet potato have the effect of anti inflammation.Supported betakaroten, vitamin c, and magnesium, sweet potato very effective in curing inflammation of internal and external.
3. Overcome bronchitis and asthma
According to Emilia, who also expert nutrients, the womb vitamin c, iron, and other nutritional in sweet potato efektis help resolve bronchitis. Not only that is all, sweet potato that he believes would help brand also have the ability in help resolve bronchitis. Scent typical which is found in sweet potato effective in overcome the nose mampet and help relieve asthma.
4. Arthritis Relieve Pain
Composition betakaroten, magnesium, zinc, and b-complex vitamins make sweet potato can be used as a choice in overcome arthritis. How, compress the part that is pain due to arthritis with water stew sweet potato.
5.Good for digestion
The womb fibers on sweet potato also holds high. Higher than with a kind of potatoes. Although the womb fibrous high, sweet potato are source of food being easy to digest.' so that it for the stomach and the smooth, ' said emilia.In addition, a b vitamin complex, c, betakaroten, potassium, and calcium in sweet potato very effective in help relieve inflammation of the stomach.' fiber conceived sweet potato also able to prevent constipation and stockpiling acid, ' added emilia.With so would help to drive down the possibility of inflammation of the stomach. Anti inflammation and the that soothes of the sweet potato can also relieves pain and inflammation of the stomach.
6. Help overcome cancer
The betakaroten, that is antioxidant and make of the color of on sweet potato, and vitamin c, an essential component of help resolve cancer. Especially for of cancer of the colon, the intestines smooth, prostate, the kidneys, and a number of other cancer.
7. Maintaining water balance
Fibers that was found in sweet potato will help holding water. This will maintain a balance fluids in the body.
8. Sources of carbohydrate diabetic
Diabetic usually have rules strict in managing their food. To eat good and chaos wherever possible reducing food sweet. A number of sources of carbohydrate must also be observed.
Well, sweet potato, so far can still be consumed by diabetesi because it is effective in regulate blood sugar concentration by helping the secretion of insulin and functions. Sweet potato it can be used choice penggantu rice or other sources of carbohydrate. It was just that, does not mean diabetesi can ate sweet potato as one pleases without the rules. Intake it remain to be balanced .
9. Add weight to body
It is very easy to understand is to look at the content of the nutrients in it. Carbohydrates contained in sweet potatoes can be used as a source of energy.
10. Other benefits
Sweet potato in fact also effective in help stop our dependence on cigarettes, drink, as well as the type of certain narcotics. In addition, is also very good for the health of blood vessels the veins and arteries. The concentration of betakaroten that high as well as phosphorus very good for the health of the eye and cardiovascular. Already there is no doubt ate sweet potatoes, right ?
Weel, that is 10 benefits of sweet potato, i hope this article can add your knowlegde abaout sweet potato.
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