What are the benefits of eating sweet potato leaves?

Sweet potato leaves, that is, the tender leaves at the top of the stems of sweet potatoes after they mature in autumn. The experiment showed that every 100 grams of fresh sweet potato leaves contained 2.28 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 4. 1 g of sugar, 2.3 mg of potassium 1.6 mg of iron, 34 mg of phosphorus, 6.42 mg of carotene and 0.32 mg of vitamin C. Compared with ordinary vegetables, the contents of minerals and vitamins were superior, and the content of carotene was even higher than that of carrots. Therefore, the Asian Vegetable Research Center listed sweet potato leaves as a high-nutrient vegetable variety and called them "vegetable queens".

Sweet potato leaves have good health care functions, such as enhancing immune function, improving the body's disease resistance, promoting metabolism, delaying aging, lowering blood sugar, relaxing bowels, promoting diuresis, raising platelets, stopping bleeding, preventing arteriosclerosis, preventing cell canceration, promoting lactation and detoxicating, protecting eyesight and preventing night blindness. Food made from sweet potato leaves has even been put on the tables of hotels and restaurants. In China, there are no sweet potato leaves in city supermarkets. It is a pity that farmers throw sweet potato leaves and stems in the ground after harvest, or use them as feed for livestock.

There are many ways to eat sweet potato leaves. Here is a brief introduction. Select fresh and tender leaf tips, blanch them with boiling water, and season them with sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, Chili oil, mustard and ginger juice. , to make cold salad, the appearance is light green, which can make people's appetite open. You can also fry sweet potato leaves with shredded pork, which is fragrant and sweet and has a unique flavor. In addition, sweet potato leaves can be used in soup or porridge. There are canned pickled sweet potato leaves for sale in Japanese market, and we can also add salt to make pickles and side dishes for auxiliary consumption. Now that sweet potatoes are harvested and listed, people who like food and care about nutrition may wish to try sweet potato leaves.