Eating Japanese sweet potatoes may lower blood sugar.

Hi everyone,

This was in the news papers recently about Japanese sweet potatoes which are drier and creamier than regular sweet potatoes as they contain the extract caiapo, which's believed to lower blood sugar levels.

Here's the Daily Express article:

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Caiapo extract is being used as a supplement in Japan to improve blood sugar and cholesterol levels in those with type 2 Diabetes.

here's the article:

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A shocking statistic is that by 2025 there will be 333million with type 2 diabetes world wide, so if Japanese sweet potatoes can help then that's well worth knowing.

Jerry.

[sandybrown]

There are different colour skin sweet potatoes! In UK, you can find them in Asian shops.

No harm in in trying fresh fish and sweet potato diet with green veg.

My strong belief is you have to be in that climate to get full benefit.

[Hidden in reply to sandybrown]

There are different varieties of sweet potatoes with different colour skins, they are all healthy:

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[sandybrown in reply to Hidden]

There are many ways of cooking sweet potato. One option is to boil it with skin, wait for it to cool it and peal the thin layer of the outer skin and have it as snack, can keep it in the fridge to eat cold.

Pealing a sweet potato and boiling it to cook some of the goodness is lost!!

Few verities of banana again you can peal the outer thin layer of skin, now you are left with fruit and the thin flesh between the fruit and the outer skin, good for you.

[ThreeSmiles]

Hi Jerry

I have never heard of those and wouldn’t know where to get them, except I do now that sandybrown has kindly said where!! 😁👍

Miles

[Hidden in reply to ThreeSmiles]

Hi Miles there are different varieties with differing qualities and Japanese ones were identified in this. They also have a slightly lower carb count than other sweet potatoes.

Jerry 😊

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[ThreeSmiles in reply to Hidden]

Aha - thanks Jerry! Never too old to learn 😁

Miles

[gangadharan_nair]

Unlike other starchy vegetables, sweet potatoes are considered to be an “anti-diabetic food.” Yes diabetics can eat sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes contain carbohydrates which can raise blood sugar levels. ... The fiber helps with blood glucose control and weight management and the potassium helps control blood pressure.

To keep your blood sugar levels in check, it's best to reach for sweet potatoes, which are high in fiber (eat the skin for more fiber), as well as a host of other vitamins. When boiled, they are a low glycemic index (GI) food, meaning they won't spike your blood sugar as much as regular potatoes.

[sandybrown in reply to gangadharan_nair]

I boil the sweet potato, leave it to cool and peal the this layer of skin to remove any and particles. I have been able to get three different types in UK.

What do you think of cassava?

[gangadharan_nair in reply to sandybrown]

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[sandybrown in reply to gangadharan_nair]

Thank you.

When this was first introduced to Sri Lanka, there were many deaths, as people did not know how to boil it, later it was introduced that it should be boiled in open pot!!

Now days I see leaves are also sold in the market.

There is one more, one cannot mix Cassava and ginger in cooking.

In UK we can buy cleaned frozen cassava in the shops. We do cook it once in a while.

[sandybrown]

There is an article in health line, looking at GI of sweet potatoes.

[Hidden]

During the war, there was a shortage in food production, people relied on sweet potatoes since there wasn't enough rice for everyone.

Traditional sweet potatoes were eaten like a fast food.

Sweet potato Van operated like ice cream vans here in the UK.

Mainly sweet potatoes are baked inside the makeshift oven.

Served, wrapped up in a newspaper.

In a way, it's a street food, cheap and it warms you up in winter.

Sweet potatoes were never considered health food.

I noticed people used an electric grill oven to roast it as a snack.

There are different varieties. One that has purple skin and yellow, sweet flesh, "Kintoki" appears to be the premium grade in Japan.