Baked sweet potatoes? Limited quantities are required for good food

Flowers are eaten in spring, leaves are eaten in summer, fruits are eaten in autumn, and roots
are eaten in winter.
With a cold autumn and winter wind, what could be more heart-warming than a steaming, fragrant roasted sweet potato? However, with the increasing attention to food hygiene and consumer safety, some consumers are confused about the safety of baked sweet potatoes on the street? Does baking at high temperatures produce carcinogens? On November 8, the Jiangxi Provincial Market Supervision Bureau issued a special consumer reminder
on this.

Nutritional value of sweet potatoes: sweet potatoes, also known as sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc.
, are rich in dietary fiber, carotene, vitamin A and other nutrients
.
Dietary fiber is beneficial to the growth of intestinal probiotics, and can also promote intestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation
.
Sweet potatoes contain 3.
5 times more carotene and 100 times
more vitamin A than potatoes.
In addition, sweet potatoes are only 1/3 of rice of the same weight, and the fat content is very small (0.
2%), which is a healthy whole grain
.

Can baked sweet potatoes cause cancer? It is reported on the Internet that baked sweet potatoes contain "acrylamide", which can cause cancer
.
The reason for such rumors is that starchy foods are heated at a high temperature of more than 140 ° C, which will produce a certain amount of acrylamide
.
However, studies have shown that sweet potatoes after high-temperature baking contain only trace amounts of acrylamide in the outer skin, and almost no acrylamide
is detected in the puff.
If you are worried about the harm of acrylamide, when eating baked sweet potatoes, you can peel off the skin of the sweet potatoes and eat only sweet potatoes
.

Can you lose weight by eating sweet potatoes? Compared with steamed buns and rice, sweet potatoes have higher water and dietary fiber content and lower
energy.
In addition, sweet potatoes can increase satiety, give people a sense of "wine and rice" and stomach comfort, and can also inhibit the absorption
of fat and cholesterol in the intestines.
If you replace white rice with an appropriate amount of sweet potatoes, it is beneficial to weight control
.

Can eating sweet potatoes lower blood sugar? Studies have shown that the GI value of sweet potatoes (glycemic index, between 55-75, the food is a medium GI food) is different under different processing methods
.
Raw sweet potatoes are a low-glycemic food; However, baked or baked sweet potatoes can lead to a higher GI, with a GI value of 77 for boiled sweet potatoes and a GI value of more than
90 for baked sweet potatoes.
Therefore, sugar control people and diabetics need to choose sweet potatoes
with different processing methods according to their own conditions.

Sweet potatoes must be limited to
delicious.
Will you get flatulent if you eat too many sweet potatoes? Sweet potatoes are delicious, but they must also be limited, and if you eat too much at one time, you will have symptoms
such as acid reflux and bloating.
According to the recommendations of the "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents 2022", it is recommended that each person eat 50-100 grams of potatoes per day, and common potatoes include potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, taro, etc
.

Street food is fragrant, don't forget to be safe
.
When buying baked sweet potatoes on the street, pay attention to the hygiene of
the baking equipment.
In addition, it is also a good choice
to buy fresh and clean raw sweet potatoes with smooth skin and bake them in the microwave.