Health Benefits of Sweetpotatoes.

Some nutritional benefits may be easier to achieve if you use steaming or boiling as your cooking methods. Sweet potatoes have many benefits into our bodies.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS INCLUDE:

 They are rich in vitamin B6.
It he lps reduce the chemical homocysteine in our bodies. Homocysteine has been linked with degenerative diseases, including heart attacks

  They are a good source of vitamin C.

  This vitamin plays an important role in bone and tooth formation, digestion and blood formation.  It helps accelerate wound healing, produces collagen which helps maintain skin’s youthful elasticity and is it helps us cope with stress.

   They are a good source of vitamin D.

This vitamin helps build healthy bones. It also plays an important role in our energy levels, moods and helps build healthy nerves, skin and teeth.

  They contain iron and support a healthy immune system.

Iron helps in production of the red and white blood cells, resistance to stress and metabolizing of protein.

  They help ward off cancer and protect against the effects of aging.

Their rich orange color indicates that they are high in carotenoids like beta carotene and other carotenoids which is the precursor to vitamin A in your body. Carotenoids help strengthen our eyesight and boost our immunity to diseases, they are powerful antioxidants that help ward off cancer and protect against the effects of aging. They ward off cancer like lung cancer and breast cancer.