Amazing Natural Medicine for Health

Purple Sweet Potato

Sweet potato is the 6^th most important food crop in the world. It is the important food to solve global shortage of food. Studies show that sweet potatoes are rich in vitamins (B1, B2, C and E), minerals (calcium,magnesium, potassium, iron, copper, phosphorus and zinc), dietary fiber, and nonfibrous carbohydrates. Purple sweet potato is high in anthocyanin compared to white, yellow, and orange-fleshed sweet potato. The purple pigments of sweet potato is due to its high content of anthocyanin. 

Benefits of Purple Sweet Potato

1.    Enhance memory, prevent inflammatory health problems like asthma, arthritis, gout and others. Because it contains Anthocyanin that has antioxidant properties or radical scavengers. It also rich in Vitamins with antioxidant property such as Vitamin C, Vitamin E.

2.    Prevent lower health risk posed by heavy metals (mercury, cadmium or arsenic) and oxygen radicals such as irritable bowel syndrome or ulcerative colitis because It is rich in phytonutrients such as Anthocyanin (Cyanidins and Peonidins).

3.    People may have misconception of sweet potato “ It is starchy food which contains Carbohydrate and diabetic should not take carbohydrate from sweet potato”. By the way, it is the excellent source of complex carbohydrate for diabetic because it regulates the blood sugar levels and prevent insulin resistance. It is also low in glycemic index which is only 17. Sweet potatoes can significantly increase blood levels of adiponectin in diabetic. Adiponectin is a protein hormone produced by our fat cells which help to regulate insulin metabolism. Among overweight/obese people, their fat cells will produce less adiponectin and thus less control insulin well.

4.    It is high in fiber which help to prevent constipation, promote detoxification and reduce cholesterol absorption in body.

5.    It is also high in potassium which able to reduce sodium level in body due to excessive salt consumption. Thus, it reduces risk of hypertension and heart disease. It helps to regulate the balance of electrolyte and water. Hence, it prevent the weight gain due to water retention.

6.    Enhance immunity because it is rich in beta-carotene, vitamin C and B-complex. Sweet potato is the immune booster.

7.    It reduce the chance of bacterial invasion into body or infection. It contains polysaccharide-related molecules called batatins and batatosides.

8.    It prevent cancer.  It is antimutagenic that prevent mutagen cells development in our body.