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What Are Sweet Potatoes?
Sweet potatoes are often put in the same
metaphorical bucket as root vegetables like
carrots and beets, but they’re actually something called a root. Root tubers,
like sweet potatoes and cassava, are bulb-like portions of the root where
plants stockpile extra nutrients to stay alive through winter. Because they’re
essentially nutrient silos, it’s no wonder sweet potatoes are packed with
vitamins, minerals, and other beneficial compounds. They’re also completely
different than yams. Though you might find them labeled interchangeably (i.e.,
incorrectly) in the produce aisle, true yams are blackish-brown on the outside,
white or purple on the inside, and less sweet than a sweet potato.
The sweet potatoes you’re probably most
familiar with have bright orange flesh, but they come in a wide variety of
colors from pink and purple to yellow and white (and in case you’re wondering,
yes — white sweet potatoes are different than regular white potatoes). Since
part of a plant’s nutrient profile depends on its color, each variety has a
slightly different make-up, but all have the potential to benefit your health.
Let’s dive more into why.
Why Are Sweet Potatoes Good for You?
The benefits of sweet potatoes all map
back to their impressive nutritional profile, and including them in a
well-rounded diet is a great way to support overall health. Here’s why we think
so:
1. Sweet Potatoes Contain Important Vitamins
Sweet potatoes are perhaps most
well-known for their vitamin A content (actually present as beta-carotene, a
plant pigment that gives sweet potatoes their orange color and that our bodies
convert to vitamin A once we eat them), but they’re also a good source of
vitamin C and vitamin B6. In fact, just one medium-sized baked sweet potato
gives you more than 100% of the daily value of vitamin A, 25% of the daily
value of vitamin C, and 19% of the daily value of vitamin B6. That’s a big
nutritional bang for your buck!
2. Sweet Potatoes Provide Essential Minerals
Minerals are just as essential as
vitamins, and that same medium-sized sweet potato provides 25% of the daily
value of manganese, 20% of the daily value of copper, and 12% of the daily
value of potassium. Getting enough manganese is important for promoting bone
health, producing sex hormones, and regulating blood sugar, copper helps our
bodies with a variety of functions such as making red blood cells, and
potassium is essential for regulating fluid balance, contracting muscles, and
maintaining healthy nerve function.
Sweet Potatoes Have Complex Carbs
Despite the popularity of ultra-low-carb
diets, our bodies need adequate amounts of carbohydrates to survive because
they’re our number one source of energy. But, while they’re all broken down
into glucose in the end, not all carbs are created equal when it comes to their
effect on blood sugar. Sweet potatoes have something called carbohydrates,
which means they take longer for your body to break down, leading to less of a
spike in blood sugar and more sustained energy. That’s compared to carbohydrates,
like the sugar used to make things like candy, pastries, and
sugary drinks, which are digested very quickly and provide a quick but
short-lived energy burst.
4. Sweet Potatoes Are Good for Gut Health
Sweet potatoes are also a good source of
fiber, which has been linked to a variety of
benefits, from promoting heart health to lowering the risk of
diabetes and certain types of cancer. Despite those impressive benefits, a
staggering 9 out of 10 of
us aren’t getting enough. That’s pretty shocking stuff.
Let’s talk about the fiber in sweet
potatoes for gut health specifically, though. Not only does a sweet potato give
you 4 grams of fiber (14% of what you need in a day based on the daily value),
but it also gives you both of
fiber, insoluble and soluble. Insoluble fiber promotes bowel regularity
(another way of saying it can keep you from getting constipated), while soluble
fiber becomes fuel for the good bacteria in your gut, also known as your gut
microbiome. Research suggests a healthy microbiome is linked to a lower risk of
diabetes, less inflammation, and a variety of other benefits, and it’s never
too late to start improving it. A recent study found
just 2 weeks of a higher fiber diet was enough to see changes.
5. Sweet Potatoes Could Help Protect Your Vision
Orange sweet potatoes are one of the best
whole food sources of beta-carotene you can find. Beta-carotene, that plant
pigment our bodies convert to vitamin A, helps prevent dry eyes and keep you
seeing well in the dark. Along with other carotenoids, it also acts as an
antioxidant to protect eye cells from free radical damage and inflammation.
Beta-carotene is fat-soluble, so it’s best absorbed when eaten with fat, like
butter, olive oil,
or avocado — great news since all go well with sweet potatoes.
6. Sweet Potatoes May Improve Brain Function
Antioxidants are thought to help prevent age-related
declines in brain function and the risk of neurodegenerative conditions like
Alzheimer’s and dementia, and sweet potatoes have several different kinds,
including carotenoids and anthocyanins. Carotenoids like those found in orange
sweet potatoes have been shown to
slow cognitive decline (so they can keep you sharper, longer), while the
anthocyanins in purple sweet potatoes have been found (in animal studies)
to improve memory and learning.
7. Sweet Potatoes Could Help Your Body Fight Free Radicals
Antioxidants like those found in sweet
potatoes also help you fight free radicals — unstable molecules our bodies make
in response to things like tobacco smoke, air pollution, UV rays, and even
exercise, that can damage our DNA and cell membranes. Since free radicals are
unavoidable, it’s important to get antioxidants from your diet, as
antioxidants, by their very nature, counteract or neutralize free radicals to
keep them from doing this damage. That said, an overdose of antioxidants can
actually be harmful,
so it’s best to get them from a varied diet rather than an antioxidant
supplement.
8. Sweet Potatoes Can Promote Healthy Skin and Hair