Sweet potato vegetables are known as an inexpensive vegetable, beneficial for the digestive system. This vegetable is extremely nutritious and has many health benefits.
Nutritionist Vuong Tu Lu, Vice President of Inner Mongolia Nutrition Health Promotion Association, Senior Inspector of National Food (China) has detailed the amazing effects of this herb. Sweet potato for health.
Sweet potato vegetables – a popular rustic dish in the city.
In some countries such as Japan, India, China… using sweet potato vegetables as a high-class food, present in luxury restaurants.
Scientists have studied and shown that the nutrition in sweet potato vegetables is much better than that of sweet potato tubers as vitamin B6 in sweet potato leaves is 3 times higher than that of sweet potato tubers. Vitamin C is 5 times higher, polyphenols are 8 times higher.
These are the reasons why sweet potato vegetables are known as the “queen of anti-cancer”, also known as vegetables of longevity.
The good uses of sweet potato vegetables for health
Sweet potato vegetables are not only nutritious food, rich in fiber, but this vegetable also has many good preventive and curative effects.
Prevent cancer: The stem of the sweet potato plant is rich in trace elements, which have the ability to fight cancer and prevent cancer very effectively.
Clear heat, detoxifySweet potato vegetables have an effective effect in clearing heat and cooling the body. In particular, this vegetable is rich in chlorophyll, which helps to clean the blood and remove toxins in the body.
Prevention of diabetes: Sweet potato leaves have blood sugar-lowering properties. Not only that, red sweet potato buds contain a substance similar to insulin, which is good for patients with diabetes.
Stir-fried sweet potato with beef is extremely attractive.
Sweet potato vegetables contain special anti-oxidant proteins
In sweet potato vegetables contains a unique protein that has a remarkable ability to resist oxidation.
This protein has regarding a third of the antioxidant activity of glutathione – one of the important substances that play a role in creating antioxidants in the body.
Sweet potato vegetables fight obesity thanks to low starch, high fiber
Sweet potato vegetables contain less starch and more fiber, which is very good for weight loss and anti-obesity diets.
This vegetable itself has provided a lot of nutrition for the body, reducing appetite.
Sweet potato vegetables prevent constipation
Sweet potatoes have a sweet, cool taste, thanks to their high fiber content, they help laxatives very well.
Sweet potato leaves also contain bleaching resin regarding 1.95% – 1.97%, so it has a laxative effect, preventing constipation.
Some delicious, nutritious and easy-to-make dishes from sweet potato vegetables
There are many ways to prepare sweet potatoes. The most delicious and nutritious dish is the sweet potato with meat or seafood.
1. Delicious crispy sweet potato salad
Ingredient
Sweet potato tops
Bacon, fresh shrimp
Sour star fruit, lemon, chili, garlic.
Sesame, golden roasted peanuts
Condiments: vinegar, sugar, fish sauce, etc.
Making
Sweet potatoes choose fat, young, green tops, cut stems regarding 5-6cm, wash them, soak with water to wash rice, wash once more.
Boil the tops of sweet potatoes until just cooked, immediately drop into cold water, take out to drain.
Fresh shrimp in the pan, simmer until the water dries up.
Bacon is only boiled, sliced thinly and marinated with vinegar.
Garlic, minced chili, thinly sliced star fruit.
Mix half a bowl of cooled boiled water with sugar, vinegar, fish sauce, lemon juice, garlic and minced chili.
Taste to taste and then pour in the mixed fish sauce with sweet potatoes, shrimp, meat, star fruit, sesame, peanuts that have been fried.
Mix well by hand to infuse the spices.
2. Stir-fried sweet potato with beef
Ingredient
2 bunches of sweet potato 100-200g beef
1 clove of garlic
1 teaspoon seasoning
1 teaspoon seasoning
Cooking oil
Making
Peel the garlic and chop it finely.
Cut the beef into small pieces and marinate the meat with a little minced garlic, seasoning, pepper and cooking oil for regarding 20 minutes to absorb the spices more evenly.
Sweet potatoes are washed, can be soaked with a little diluted salt water.
Put the pan on the stove, heat it up and add the oil. Then add the beef and stir-fry until the beef is cooked through. Note to stir-fry with high heat so that the meat does not lose water and is not tough, then put on a separate plate.
Continue sautéing the garlic in the pan, add the sweet potato vegetables and stir-fry with high heat to make it greener.
Add the beef and stir-fry together, seasoning to taste, leave for regarding 2 minutes and then put the dish on a plate.
Finally, if you like, you can sprinkle some pepper on top and enjoy right away.
Note when using sweet potato vegetables
It is recommended to eat sweet potatoes with a meat dish to balance nutrition
Do not eat sweet potato regularly because this vegetable contains a lot of calcium, which can cause kidney stones.
Do not eat sweet potato on an empty stomach because it can lower blood sugar.
In sweet vegetables contain a lot of calcium, you should not eat too much and too often.
Sweet potato vegetables are not only delicious and healthy, but also very nutritious, containing many good uses for health.
However, because sweet potatoes contain a lot of calcium, you should not eat too much and too often because it can be the cause of kidney stones. In addition, when you are hungry, you should not eat this vegetable because it will lower blood sugar to a lower level, which is dangerous to health.