Benefits of Sweet Potatoes

Bulbs are organs in plants that experienced changes in size and shape ( swelling ) as a result of changes in the function. This change also resulted in anatomic changes . Organs are formed mainly stem tubers , roots and their modifications.

Only a few groups of plants that make up the tuber by involving leaves. Bulbs are usually formed just below the ground surface , although also formed deep in the ground or above the surface. Some plant tubers can be used as a staple food source.

Tuber Crops used as a staple food source because it contains carbohydrates in the form of starch is high and also has a high fiber content. But the use of tubers not maximized because it is still considered as a traditional food that is less sophisticated.

Bulbs are generally widely cultivated crops are sweet potatoes , cassava , potato , and taro. Other types of bulbs such as Ganyong , Uwi , Gadung , Gembili esculenta also cultivated but only certain areas only.

Sweet Potatoes

There are three popular types of sweet potato grown in Indonesian society, Brownish White Potatoes , Sweet Potatoes Red, and Sweet Potato Purple Sweet Potatoes are three types of such a high-yielding varieties with high productivity. Some varieties of yams are popular among other things ibaraki , cilembu , lampeneng , georgia , Prambanan , Borobudur , Mendut , and Kalasan. Portions were used on sweet potatoes are roots forming tubers.

The sweet potato is one food that is healthy and very good . This is because the sweet potato contains nutrients and high in complex carbohydrates , thus making indirect energy released, but gradually . The sweet potato also contains a high vitamin C is useful for treating skin elasticity , as well as vitamin A and beta carotene of purple , orange , and red potatoes to protect the lung and prevent lung cancer , and cancer of the mouth.

Nutritional content of 100 grams each sweet potato is as follows :

Ubi White: Calories 123.0 kcal , 1,80g Protein , Fat 0.70 g , Carbohydrates 27.90 g , Ca 30 , 0 mg , Phosphorus 33.0 mg , 49.0 mg Fe , Fit A 60.0 SI Fit C 22.0 mg .

Ubi Red: Calories 123.0 kcal , 1,80g Protein , Fat 0.70 g , Carbohydrates 27.90 g , 30.0 mg Ca , Phosphorus 30.0 mg , 49.0 mg Fe , Fit A 7700.0 SI Fit C 22.0 mg .

Ubi Purple: Calories 126.0 kcal , 1,10g Protein , Fat 0.40 g , Carbohydrates 32.30 g , 57.0 mg Ca , Phosphorus 26.0 mg , 52.0 mg Fe , Fit A 900.0 SI Fit C of 35.0 mg.

Sweet potato is a food that has a sweet taste and fat-free ( low glycemic index ) making it suitable as diabetics because it can control blood sugar levels. There is also the content of B6 can prevent heart attacks and potassium which serves to stabilize blood pressure and can reduce stress. High-fiber, iron , folate , copper , and manganese was found in sweet potatoes.

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