By Joan McDaniel
If you are aware of my previous posts, I was very ill and ate myself back to health. My doctors did not know how to help so I did it on my own by doing my own research. I feel we all need to take a hard look at our own health for I believe there are illnesses modern medical care does not address such as the anti-biotic super bug. We must take a closer look at our own health and return to the alternate, holistic, and traditional medicine. This article is about the simple sweet potato. It may be simple but it has a powerful punch.
I don’t know about eating a Yam-a-Day, but it is certainly has more vitamins like Beta-Carotene (Vitamin A), B vitamins, and Potassium then the other One-A-Day advertised product.
A sweet potato provides a natural source for vitamins and is certainly better absorbed by the body. Now I am not talking about the candied yam like the one anticipated at Thanksgiving dinner. I mean a plain boiled, baked or steamed Sweet Potato. The Sweet potato is sweet enough on its own. And if you keep the skin on, it is also high in fiber. The sweet potato is a starch and a carb but a vegetable carb. There are good carbs and bad carbs. Wheat both white and brown bread, rice, white or brown are considered bad carbs and Vegetable carbs are considered good carbs. I mean a simple boiled or steamed Yam.
Blood Sugar Benefits
The Sweet Potato is not only considered a good carb it is actually good for blood sugar regulation. Many people think about starchy root vegetables as a food group that could not possibly be helpful for controlling their blood sugar. That's because many people realize that food starches can be converted by our digestive tract into simple sugars. If foods are especially concentrated in starch, there can often be a risk of too much simple sugar release in our digestive tract and too much pressure upon our bloodstream to uptake more sugar. (The result in this situation would be an overly quick elevation of our blood sugar level.) What's fascinating about sweet potatoes is their ability to actually improve blood sugar regulation—even in persons with type 2 diabetes. Also note it is important to consume 3-5 grams of saturated or poly-saturated fat along with your sweet potato to reduce the carb and increase the full beta-carotene benefit. Include a fat like Olive-oil, coconut oil or other good fat.
White Potato is good but not as good as the Sweet Potato
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