Sweet Potatoes: History & Nutrition
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They sure are sweet, but what makes them super? On this episode, find out what makes sweet potatoes so healthy. Also find out a bit about the history of sweet potatoes, why they're often mistaken for yams (although the two are very different) and why superfoods will benefit you!
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In Africa we know the difference between yams and sweet potatoes because we grow them and they are grown differently. Sweet potatoes in a hip of soil and yams in a wetland. That confusion is American. Thanks for the video.
You are so right
My favorite is sweet potato pancakes. Use the white-fleshed Japanese kind (the orange kind makes wetter, flatter pancakes), separate eggs and beat the whites and yolks separately. Little salt and cinnamon and on the griddle... Piece of cake. I eat them almost every day!
I literally eat about 10 sweet potatoes a week. as a new Vegetarian they are my staple foods... just pop them in the oven for an 1 and wait for them to cool, and eat the whole thing by itself. lol. I also enjoy them in the morning with oatmeal. :) nice information BTW
can you cook them?
LoveOlivie me too I'm also new and I've decided to switch potatoes with sweet potatoes a when u mash them and put cinnamon on them they taste just like pumpkin pie!
Poke 5 holes in them and cover in a damp paper towel. Microwave for 5-8 minutes. They will come out great! We have these as a side to most of our meals. Super healthy and super inexpensive.
1.6 kg of sweet potatoes + 0.75kg of frozen organic vegetables for dinner today!
Nothing wrong with potatoes. All carbs from whole foods are good for you!
After being in awe at the overall video editing and quality, I realized this video is about a sweet potato. Not saying that in a negative way I'm just impressed. Thanks so much for the video, I love sweet potatoes!
Baked sweet potato fries with a little cinnamon sprinkled on them and a side of honey mustard 👍🏽👍🏽
NICE! AND look up the Okinawan diet...Okinawans can credit eating tons of sweet potatoes for longevity...they are delicious with some ground cloves and cinnamon...no butter needed...but make SURE you include the peel when you eat it! Awesome food!
So that's why my Cherokee ancestors were so beautiful because they was always eating sweet potatoes. One of my favorite foods!
When I.was a.little girl my father planted lot of sweet potatoes. So we ate a lot of it I still love it up to now
I eat sweet potatoes like it's my job
You are why the average is 4 pounds per person. Because I'm not eating any.
Juice a whole one with apple ,lemon and if you like, ginger. Thank me later
I bought just one of these beauty's at the market around 5 years ago, planted it, and every year since I harvest dozens! Home grown food never tasted so good. :)
A disproportionate number of the nutrients ARE in the skin, but not all, or even most. Still, it's totally worth eating the skins when possible. We occasionally drop bits of steamed sweet potato, skin and all, into our morning smoothies. They blend really well
I love these vids! Very educational and well made.
Love your videos! This one is going right to my mom´s e-mail account, you explain with so many details what I always try to express to her. THANK YOU so much!!!
I loveeee these videos! So glad I stumbled on them!
A microwaved sweet potatoes split open and filled with butter and black pepper is a favorite snack of mine.
Great and very informative video. Thanks..
Yum...sweet potatoes are the best!
how can i prepare them? can i cook them?
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Thanks for the awsome video,you guys are really making it easier for people to eat healthier food.
Awesome video and great navigation :-)
You guys are awesome. Thanks for this cool video!
thanku, i very much apreciate videos like this
Awesome this video was very informative.
I'm definitely going to air fry some more often.
love this channel :)
we're so glad. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video
Thank you very much for the information. Cheers!
when making my vegan cream of tomato soup, I blend in a cooked sweet potato or two to make it awesome.
(We usually have a few cooked sweet potatoes in the fridge.)
I eat a ton of sweet potatoes, probably about 10 pounds/month, and I love them with a sweet balsamic vinaigrette 😋
great idea. DO you just plant the whole tuber in the ground?
we totally agree. plus, they last for ages, so it's pretty easy to always have a couple on hand.
wow I learned so much there
1 Yellow/white sweet potato, 3/4 tblspn raw coconut butter, dash of raw cocao powder, half a banana and a little honey.
Great Video!
Sweet potatoes are a great food and so very cheap...many times a year, they cost around 49 cents per pound! I can usually buy them at the Farmer's Market here in FL at 3 for $1... NO waste either...the peel is VERY nutritious and has fiber and vitamins! I eat them all year round...I like them for breakfast too! Sprinkle some cinnamon & ground cloves on them for added antioxidants...no butter needed!
Good video. I'm trying to move sweet potatoes into my diet but can't stand the taste. I'll try some different recipes.
I love that they’re so versatile. Even simply microwaving and eating it by itself is enough sometimes (although they’re amazing with sour cream or cottage cheese).
they are fine with just a little bit of salt. nothing else.
very good for health sweet potato
My mom boils them in water is it good to drink that water after ?
Indeed. It's also great to wash your face and rinse in the water.
Yes it is full of vitamins
(= this makes me want to eat more sweet potatoes! thanks for sharing!
Yep. You plant them vertical with the growing end almost above ground. They need a relatively deep bed, rich soil and lots of water. The vines are lazy climbers and love to be in the shade most of the day.
we blend them into our oatmeal from time to time, especially when we're pre-workout carb loading.
Love these guys😍😍😍😍😍😍😋😋😋😋
I call them : Camote
😂
Hi there’s purple ones too
is there a diff between purple and orange ones? thanks
thanks for watching!
Are all or most of the nutrients (vitamins, manganese, etc) in the skin like a regular potato is? It seems that every time I read an article on sweet potatoes they never mention whether or not the skin is included in the nutrition info. I know they add fiber but can you clear this up for me? Am I doing myself a disservice by removing the skins?
Madhura kizhangu, kerala
If you had charcoal grill, burn the skin first to crispy, then poke some holes with forks and move further from the direct flame and close the lid for 15-20 min, then unfold the skin and keep eatin! All the sweetness will be preseved in it!
❤️ To eat sweet potatoes
It's my sincere pleasure!
what is the calorie for sweet potatoes?
About 100 calories per one medium sized sweet potato
Common misconception: Just because some has lots of nutrients does NOT mean the body can (fully) absorb them e.g. grains. A lot of people still believe that peanuts (which are NOT nuts by the way) or milk products are healthy.
i should start to have them everyday
i love sweet potatoes! :D
Has anyone tried Sweet Potatoes milk shake?
It's good. I make a sweet potato smoothie with yogurt, almond milk, some cinnamon and honey
@@GENRTS Delicious
my favorite rootcrop ever
I just like boiling them then eating😂
While we appreciate that you believe what you believe, we respectfully disagree with a lot of what you're saying. Yes, we're the only species to drink the milk of another species, and we think that's a little weird.
That aside, in our research (and trust us, we do a ton of research) we've found you're right. That the countries with high milk consumption also have high rates of colon cancer, breast cancer and osteoporosis. But we also know that one thing doesn't cause the other.
Who are you actualy talking too? It's wierd that all of your replies on here are adressed to no one, maybe it was somebody who deleted their account? Please infom me...
Yummo
all gratful sweeet potatoe. wed all get along if we ate this
I read an article that this was one of the foods Hugh hackman ate to bulk up on becoming The Wolverine for the movie Xmen
I_am_Opulence i heard hugh jackman did too
The only way & best way is a good clean in water,wrap in silver paper and put in a hot oven for 45 mins,then eat all, [not silver paper!!]
thanks for being an awesome viewer
To start I love sweet potatoes.
However, I bought a bag of NC Burch Farms sweet potatoes.
It tasted "watery" like a squash. It did not taste at all like a sweet potato. Did they cross it with a squash?
What went wrong??? I am returning the remainder of the bag to Aldi's.
Sorry. I don't speak enough french to translate recipes, but Google translate is awesome!
i am researcher to sweet potatoes juice making
love sweet potato :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Just ate a purple sweet potato!
Day to day French cuisine? I've barely ever seen any!
(pt 2) The countries with high milk consumption rates are also the countries that tend to have generally wealthier populations with more advanced medical care and diagnostics, so more people will be diagnosed with those diseases.
No, milk is not all good, especially milk that's pumped full of hormones, but milk, as a whole, isn't the enemy. The body doesn't absorb ALL the calcium in milk, but it does absorb some of it (more than it absorbs from other sources). Still, folks shouldn't go nuts.
Where did my reply go? Nuts...
If you place one in the back of your pants it will keep ladies away. Put it in the front and they return. It's like a miracle but without all the praying and church.....
As per USDA DATABASE, sweet potato contain only 2.4 mg of Vitamin C and not 19.4 mg as it says in the video.
i love mine raw
Why are yams shown?
That's because peanuts and milk products (in moderation) are healthy. Peanut butter has good fats that the body actually needs, plus 2g of fiber per serving. Yogurt (milk product) contains gut friendly bacteria. Plus, milk products add valuable calcium to the diet. THe body definitely doesn't absorb all the nutrients in foods, but that's not a reason NOT to eat nutrient rich foods.
Marshmallows
Yummy! Sweet Potatoes
I was eating whiile watching
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What about Purple Sweet Potatoes?
Some people have said that sweet potato is not good for cancer or will give it to you is it so
The fact that Americans think “marshmallows “ whenever the word “ Sweet Potato “ is spoken explains why we are fat
Mmmmschweet potatehss
21.5lbs would last me maybe 7-10 days - I am sitting in front of 3lbs of steamed sweet potatoes right now :-)
BTW: Sweet potatoes AND potatoes are both very good for you. Actually, almost all (unrefined) carbs are good for you almost all the time. Just avoid all the fat and low quality (animal) protein that is usually served along with it and you have a fine meal!
BTW2: Potatoes as a source of simple carbs??? That needs revising ;-)
HighCarb Schwabe very true, the longest healthiest living cultures okinawans, kitavans live on copious amounts of sweet potatoes!
Lol ill keep the butter
LOL what 750 BC? Sweet potatoes have been cultivated in southeamerica for more than 8000 years ago and the same goes for central america.
roast it and eat it plain. yummy.
Swear the woman commentating sounds like the one on watchwellcast
Sweet potatoes make good French fries? Are you sure?
The vegetable in this blog looks alot like a yam to me.....
Yams and sweet potatoes are different names for the same thing. They explained that at 01:20
yams are sweet potatoes, the americans called them yams.
the volume is terribly low!!!
Sweet potatoes are indigenous to Africa.
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If they are not potatoes then why are they called sweet "potatoes"?
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would it be weird if i said my terds are looking orange now?
Show us then one case of vitamin A deficiency in a vegan. Just one case.