Purple Sweet Potato (Okinawan Yam) and their nutritional profiles.

• Women‍‍`s Corner
• September 1, 2022

Although they look like different vegetables, the ‘Okinawan yam’ is a kind of sweet potato. This purple sweet potato is a nutritious tuber that has some advantages over regular sweet potatoes. For one thing, the brilliant purple color of this vegetable is due to the abundant supply of anthocyanins in the flesh.

The traditional long-lived Okinawans consumed most of their calories from purple sweet potatoes too. As carbohydrate sources go, they’re certainly a better choice than the refined carbs in Western diets. Purple sweet potatoes provide;

Calories: 67 kcal

Carbohydrate: 16.3 g

Fat: 0.1 g

Protein: 1.3 g

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Potassium: 12% RDA

Manganese: 12% RDA

Vitamin B6: 9% RDA

Vitamin B1: 7% RDA

Copper: 6% RDA

Note: The best point about purple sweet potatoes is their high anthocyanin content.

This recipe is taken from https://www.nutritionadvance.com/