A lot of desserts and meals contain sweet potatoes as a common ingredient, as they are affordable and healthy. however, their high sugar content gives their sweet taste, so they also enrich the flavor of the dish.
Yet, you may not know that they are incredibly healthy and provide amazing health benefits.
First of all, they help with vision problems as they are extremely high in vitamin A, whose deficiency is the leading cause of it.
The WHO (World Health Organization) claims that the deficiency of this vitamin increases the risk of death from various infections and around 250 million young children in the world are deficient in it.
Sweet potatoes are a rich source of beta-carotene, which is turned into vitamin A in the body. They are also abundant in fiber, so the consumption of a medium-sized sweet potato provides 4 grams of fiber.
Besides preventing blindness, vitamin A boosts the immune system, supports the vision, and strengthens the bones.
Hence, we surely gave you a few more reasons to love sweet potatoes even more, didn’t we?