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Eating naturally blue/purple foods can contribute to healthier blood vessels, decreases chances of Heart disease by helping our cardiovascular system, helps our long-term memory, prevents bacteria from gathering in our urinary tract, can possibly prevent cancer, and helps improve movements like walking, sitting, and moving our toes, fingers, and wrists.
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What Color are sweet potatoes?
Only some sweet potatoes are orange; orange varieties are often labelled yams, despite the existence of the real yam. For the most part, sweet potatoes are as white as regular potatoes are, but other colours include yellow and purple.
How healthy is sweet potato for kids?
sweet potatoes are actually very healthy for anyone! even with a little butter and cinnimon. It is also proven to help lose weight. i would say they are healthy for kids
What is healthier yams or sweet potatoes?
In the US, what is marketed as 'yams' or 'candied yams' are actually the same thing as sweet potatoes. In Africa and such places you can find real yams, which are whitish pink to purple in color. The only way to tell whether (canned) sweet potatoes or the ones packaged as yams have more sugar is to read the labels of the individual brands.
Can you eat sweet potato at night?
Yes, as long as it fits into your calories for the day.
Where can someone find tasty baked sweet potato recipes?
If you want to make baked sweet potatoes you should go the healthy route. There are some good recipes for healthy cooking but the best adress to find healthy recipes is www.womenshealthmag.com
Are sweet potatoes a fruit or a vegetable?
Sweet potatoes are vegetables.
Why are patotoes purple?
potatoes are not purple
Are sweet potatoes made out of real potatoes?
Sweet potatoes are not made from regular potatoes, but grow as a separate tuberous vegetable.
Why are roasted potatoes so healthy?
why potatoes healthy
Red potato's have good or bad carbs?
Red potatoes have some nutrients in their skin. They turn into sugar just like regular potatoes, however. Potatoes are not complex carbohydrates.
Do sweet potatoes contain sugar?
Yes sweet potatoes contain sugar
What are the health benefits to eating purple potatoes Raw the potatoes are purple all the way through the potato?
Potatoes are part of a healthy diet. Cooking them with the skins on tends to make them better for you. The only difference in a blue (the correct term for a purple potato) potato is the flavour.Having grown up eating both the Blue skinned and the totally blue potatoes, I can say I am very fond of the flavour, as are any of the people I have introduced to them.
