For my next recipes, I will be focuses on sweet potato. Sweet potato is amongst the most nutritious food in the vegetable kingdom. Packed with potassium, calcium, thiamin, niacin, vitamin A and C. They are fat-free, low in sodium, have fewer calories then potatoes, however more sugars ! But never fear. Sweet potatoes are LOW GI meaning that the sugars are released slowly into the blood stream for prolonged energy. Controlling blood sugar levels is essential for people who suffer from diabetes and for our energy levels throughout the day.
The reason sweet potato has so much sugar, unlike normal potatoes, is due to an enzyme that changes the starches in the produce into sugars as it matures. This allows the body to be able to absorb the glucose (starch is made up of glucose molecules) easier.
Furthermore, the high levels of vitamin A found in sweet potato has been linked with anti-aging (I loved this one) benefits, cancer prevention and maintenance of good eyesight.
Stay tuned to the 'recipes for winter' sections for easy sweet potato recipes.
Stay fresh x