What time of day is best to eat sweet potatoes to lose weight effectively?

Sweet potatoes are rich in nutrients and are also considered one of the superfoods. Different types of sweet potatoes and ways of eating them also provide different nutritional content and effects.

Nutritionist Liu YiLi - Taiwanese (China) said, sweet potatoes are a starchy food, in the past when rice was not as abundant as it is now, sweet potatoes were a popular food. This tuber has a lot of fiber, potassium, magnesium, protein, anthocyanin, vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, folic acid...

Benefits of eating sweet potatoes

The fiber in sweet potatoes helps promote intestinal motility, prevent constipation, and prevent intestinal cancer. The potassium in this tuber is very useful in eliminating edema and lowering blood pressure. In addition, other nutrients in sweet potatoes also help improve eyesight, protect the brain, and make you feel full for a long time, so it has a weight loss effect.

Sweet potatoes have a glycemic index GI of about 50-55, are a starchy food, have rich nutritional value, so they are very suitable for dieters. Sweet potatoes are also used as a weight loss support food to replace white rice, white bread and other foods, which is one of the suitable choices.

When to eat sweet potatoes to lose weight?

Some nutritionists recommend that if you want to increase the effectiveness of weight loss, it is best to eat sweet potatoes between 7 and 9 am, avoid eating them at night. The reason is that at night the body is in a state of rest, with little movement, consuming too many sweet potatoes will cause the amount of starch taken into the body to be high, easily accumulating into excess fat.

In addition, sweet potato skin is rich in vitamins and minerals, so you should eat the skin, remember to choose fresh sweet potatoes to eat. You can choose to steam or boil them for easier eating.

When eating sweet potatoes, chew thoroughly before swallowing. When you chew thoroughly, it can stimulate the brain's central nervous system, help us feel full and avoid overeating, promote digestion and achieve the effect of regulating intestinal peristalsis.