Sweet potatoes are a complex carb staple, but are they safe for renal diets? Compare the nutritional value of purple sweet potatoes and yams, and learn if this root vegetable helps with bloating or lowering cholesterol.
Rich in vitamin A and beta-carotene, the sweet potato offers complex carbohydrates along with antioxidant nutrients. If you're watching the glycemic index of your foods you may be surprised by the sweet potato's rating.
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The creamy, yellow flesh of orange sweet potatoes is a familiar comfort, while a lump of purple tuber might look a little out of place at your dinner table. Purple sweet potatoes, also known as Okinawan potatoes, share the same starchy sweetness of more familiar varieties.
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Potatoes are known as tuber vegetables which grow underground. The Yukon Gold potato is a particular type that is round, medium in size and yellow in color. If you want to see if Yukon Golds fit into your diet plan, the nutritional content of these potatoes can help you to decide that.
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One of the most nutritious root vegetables, sweet potatoes are high in vitamins and minerals essential for healthy growth and cell development. Even when mashed as a side dish or pie filling, plain sweet potatoes lose none of their nutritional value.
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Yams and sweet potatoes are botanically distinct, although the terms are often used interchangeably. Yams have pale flesh and grow in Asia and Africa, while sweet potatoes have bright orange or yellow flesh and grow in tropical regions of the Americas, explains the University of California Cooperative Extension.
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