Sweet potato has wonderful healing properties

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Friends, for those who are only impressed by US doctors, read this: The North Carolina Stroke Association, American Cancer Society, and the American Heart Association have all endorsed the sweet potato for its disease prevention and healing qualities. The Americans, the South Koreans – both progressive nations – have raised the sweet potato (kamote) to a high pedestal. Many of them even call the sweet Potato a “super food that heals.” Believe it or not –The purple Sweet Potato (kamote), see picture, lowers hypertension, bad cholesterol and even blood sugar when eaten as SUBSTITUTE TO RICE. Not only that, the Korean medical documentary credits the sweet potato as high fiber and is one of the best foods that one can eat to prevent cancer! It far exceeds the nutrition and health values of rice? Here are the benefits of substituting rice with sweet potato. 1. Sweet potato is more filling and suppresses hunger pangs longer. It is also cheaper than rice. 2. Unlike rice, it is easy to grow. It grows in backyards with or without fertilizers. Local government executives can provide their poor communities with idle government land for planting kamote which the entire community can share. 3. Unlike rice which needs to be eaten with a dish, Sweet Potato tastes good and can be eaten by itself. Thus, substituting rice with sweet potato saves money for other needs. 4. Rice cannot match the nutritional values of potato. Because rice converts to sugar in the body, the Philippines register as a top producer of diabetics in the world. The poor tends to load up on rice and less on the dish which are more expensive. That makes them vulnerable to diabetes, an ailment known in developed countries as a rich man’s disease. 5. The nutritional values of a 3 oz. baked sweet potato are: calories 90, fat 0 g, saturated fat 0 g, cholesterol 0 mg, carbohydrate 21 g, protein 2 g, dietary fiber 3 g, sodium 36 mg, vitamin A 19,218 IU, folic acid 6 micrograms, pantothenic acid 1 mg, vitamin B6