‘Whatever the season, the mighty sweet potato belongs on your plate. This is because the sweet potatoes are a fat burning food. One medium tuber has 16% of the daily value of fiber which acts as a digestive aid, and fiber takes more energy to burn, meaning that the true calorie intake of a sweet potato is almost nothing.
The sweet potato is low on the glycemic index so eating one doesn’t create an insulin spike. Sweet potatoes contains a high amount of energy boosting complex starch, in addition to high content of vitamin C, manganese, vitamins B5 and B6, potassium and copper.’
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