More about SWEET POTATO (kamote)

Did you know that SWEET POTATO (kamote) far exceeds the nutrition and
health values of rice? Here are the benefits of substituting rice with
kamote:

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 registers 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'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 <1 mg, vitamin C 20 mg, vitamin E 1 mg, calcium 38 mg,
manganese 1 mg, carotenoids 11,552 mcg, potassium 475 mg and magnesium
45 mg. Compare that to a 100 g serving of white rice with: calories
361 kcal, water 10.2 g, total fat 0.8 g, dietary fiber 0.6 g, calcium
8 mg, phosphorous 87 mg, potassium 111 mg, sodium 31 mg, vitamin B1
0.07 mg, vitamin B2 0.02 mg, niacin 1.8 g, protein 6 g and
carbohydrates 82 g.

6. Too much rice consumption can make you sick, but sweet
potato(kamote) can bring you to health and keep away some health
problems. These have been proved medically.

In a medical documentary I watched recently on KBS World (the South
Korean TV Network), I was awed by the results of the research the
Koreans conducted on the nutritional and medicinal benefits of kamote
(which they refer to as sweet potato).

In that Korean medical documentary I watched (which I followed through
the English subtitles), they presented the research findings on people
with established health problems who were placed on a kamote/sweet
potato diet.
Believe it or not Sweet Potato (kamote) lowers hypertension, bad
cholesterol and even blood sugar when eaten as SUBSTITUTE TO RICE! The
purple sweet potato (kamote) is particularly effective for lowering
hypertension.

Not only that, the Korean medical documentary credits the sweet potato
(kamote) as high fiber and is one of the best foods that one can eat
to prevent cancer!

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 kamote to a high pedestal. Many of them even call the sweet Potato
a super food that heals.