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All About Sweet Potatoes - NutritionSweet potatoes may protect you from stroke, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's disease.You wonder - are sweet potatoes a superfood for nutrition? Here are a few questions for you. Want to live a longer healthier life? Want to build up your body from the possibilities of cancer or heart disease? Want to delay the effects of aging on your brain? Then, start eating more sweet potatoes! The American Cancer Society, American Dietetic Association, and American Heart Association support the eating of foods like sweet potatoes as being nutritious and helpful in the prevention of disease.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a non-profit independent organization. The CSPI compared the nutritional value of sweet potatoes to all other vegetables. Considering fiber content, complex carbohyrates, proteins, vitamins A and C, iron, calcium, the sweet potato ranked highest in nutritional value. The higher the score, the more nutritious the food.
The CSPI calls the sweet potato "A nutritional All-Star."
Sweet potatoes ranked significantly higher that potatoes, spinach or broccoli. So, eating more sweet potatoes will give you a diet that is high in fiber, provides many nutrients, is rich in complex carbohyrates, and is low in fat. This root vegetable offers so many attributes and yet it is too often overlooked. It's plentiful throughout the year and can provide vital nourishment.
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