While the vitamin A in sweet potatoes has numerous benefits, if consumed in daily abundance, your skin could turn yellow or orange. This side effect should decrease if you cut down on sweet potato consumption.
People with a history of kidney stones may want to avoid eating too many sweet potatoes, as the vegetable contains oxalate, which contributes to the forming of calcium-oxalate kidney stones. Furthermore, sweet potatoes contain potassium and phosphorus, which is something that those with chronic kidney disease may want to avoid.
Given that sweet potatoes are, in general, very nutritious, you don’t need to cut them out of your diet unless a doctor advises it.
About the Vegetable :Sweet potato is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae.. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are a root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. Ipomoea batatas is native to the tropical regions in America ,approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of Convolvulaceae. Batatas is the only crop plant of major importance—some others are used locally, but many are poisonous. The sweet potato is also available in many Varieties in the market ,is only distantly related to the potato (Solanum tuberosum) and does not belong to the nightshade family.The edible tuberous root is long and tapered, with a smooth skin whose color ranges between yellow, orange, red, brown, purple, and beige. Its flesh ranges from beige through white, red, pink, violet, yellow, orange, and purple. Sweet potato varieties with wh.ite or pale yellow flesh are less sweet and moist than those with red, pink or orange flesh
Scientific / Binomial name : Ipomoea batatas
Popularly Known as :Ganjira gadda, Yam, Suran
Usage :
Fresh sweet potatoes can be eaten raw.
Baking in water with a pinch of salt would give rich taste to them. Peel the skin before eating.
Camote, sweet potato known as in the Latin world, is used extensively in the Mexican cuisine.
Camote cue, where in the tuber deep-fried and caramelized with brown sugar, is a popular street food in the Philippines.
It sweet flesh used in soups, curries, stews, and in confectionery to make cakes, pie...etc.
The tuber also used to prepare different kinds of baby foods.
Sweet potato chips are enjoyed as favourite snacks.
