Purple sweet potatoes as healthy food for rice substitute

Purple sweet potatoes as healthy food for rice substitute : Purple sweet potato (Ipomea Batatas Poiret) are cultivated plants.  As healthy foods Purple sweet potato, usually as a diet meal for rice replacement.

Benefits of purple sweet potatoes :

• In every 100 grams of purple sweet potato contains energy of 123kkal, fat 0.7 g, carbohydrates 27.9 g, protein 1.8 g, 49mg phosphorus, iron 0.7 mg, 30 mg calcium, vitamin A, vitamin C and B1
• The content of anthocyanin compounds in purple sweet potato function as an antioxidant and free radical catcher to prevent premature aging, cancer, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, lower blood sugar levels and protection against liver damage. Total content of anthocyanins in purple sweet potato is 519mg per 100 g wet weight. The active substance selenium and iodine which functions as an anti-cancer agent in the purple sweet potato is 20 times higher than the other types of sweet potatoes
• Purple on purple sweet potatoes contain beta-carotene. More intense the color so greater  the content of betakaroten. Besides as forming vitamin A, as well as controlling the hormone melatonin. The hormone melatonin is a substance produced by the pineal gland in the brain which controls the body's biorhythms or rhythms in sleep regulation. Melatonin is also believed to be able to stop or slow the spread of cancer, increase the immune system and slower the aging process.
• Fiber and pectin content are very good to prevent digestive disorders like constipation, hemorrhoids, to colon cancer.

Originale source rebellinasantyblogspot.com

Some snacks that can be made from purple sweet potato is as follows:

1. Chips

2. Brownis steamed

3. Cake

4. Ice cream

5. Donat.

6. Pizza

7. Etc

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