Is sweet potato a magic weapon for weight loss? If you break through the appendix with these two points, you won't get fatter the more you eat

Some people regard sweet potatoes as a magic tool for weight loss, believing that eating sweet potatoes can increase satiety and is just the right amount to replace a meal; but why do some people become obese after eating sweet potatoes? In fact, as long as you break through the "appendix", especially these two blind spots, it is not difficult to know the answer! Diet therapy and health experts specially recommend a sweet potato dish that allows people to eat healthily without burden.

Sweet potatoes are rich in dietary fiber and are a good helper for weight loss

Sweet potatoes are whole grains and are rich in dietary fiber. Every 100 grams of sweet potatoes contains about 2.5 grams of dietary fiber. Dietary fiber can promote intestinal peristalsis and help defecation. In addition, dietary fiber can increase satiety, which is a good helper for people who want to lose weight.

★《Break through the blind spot of eating sweet potatoes 1》: The starch contained in sweet potatoes should be included in the three meals and eaten as a substitute

However, there is a blind spot that needs to be overcome, that is, remember to calculate the starch contained in sweet potatoes into the three meals and eat them as a replacement, so as not to cause obesity due to excessive starch intake. Because 220g of sweet potato is roughly equivalent to the carbohydrate content of a bowl of rice, therefore, eating 2 sweet potatoes is excessive and you should never eat too much every day. You might as well eat sweet potatoes for breakfast and replace toast or bread with one sweet potato.

★《Breaking the Blind Spot of Eating Sweet Potatoes 2》: Pay attention to the cooking method, avoid high-temperature frying and adding sugar for seasoning

Although sweet potatoes are low GI foods, it does not mean that you will not become obese if you eat too much. In addition, you should pay attention to the cooking method. Never fry food at high temperature or add a lot of sugar to season it. For example, don't eat a lot of dishes like sweet potato soup, deep-fried candied sweet potato, etc., as these will definitely cause you to consume too many calories and cause obesity.

Although sweet potatoes are a healthy food, it is not recommended to eat too much. Food therapy expert Wang Mingyong shared in his new book "Wang Mingyong's Healthy Cooking: 80 Safe and Healthy Recipes" that a friend ate 3 sweet potatoes a day for health. A medium-sized sweet potato has 120 calories, but he gained 2 kilograms in 3 months! It turned out to be a side effect of eating too much sweet potato.

It is recommended that if it is difficult to calculate the calories when using sweet potatoes to replace rice, you can also cook it together with rice and eat the amount of rice you usually eat, so there will be no problem of exceeding the calories.

Wang Mingyong, a dietetic health expert, suggests: Improved "sweet potato skewers" + seasonal vegetables are healthier

Teacher Wang Mingyong recommends a modified version of the old-fashioned "sweet potato skewers" with a variety of seasonal vegetables to make your own [Seasonal Vegetable Sweet Potato Skewer Pancakes]. It tastes sweet and salty, and moderate consumption will increase the taste and is nutritious!

【Seasonal Vegetable Sweet Potato Pancakes】:

Material:

1 egg, 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour (or sweet potato flour), 1 tablespoon sakura shrimp powder, 1 teaspoon sesame oil, a little water,

1 tablespoon of cherry shrimp, 1 sweet potato, 1/3 carrot, 1 bowl of bean sprouts, and a little chopped green onion or coriander.

practice:

1. Shred the sweet potato and carrot, and chop the coriander and celery.

2. Prepare the batter. Beat the eggs and add in flour, mushroom and cherry shrimp powder (fried mushroom and cherry shrimp dried and ground into powder) and sesame oil and mix well. If it is too dry, add a little water to dilute it.

3. Add sakura shrimp, shredded sweet potato, shredded carrot, bean sprouts, chopped green onion or chopped coriander to the batter and mix well until all ingredients are coated with the batter.

4. Add a little sesame oil to a pan. When the oil is hot, put in the batter and shape it into a pan. Fry until cooked. If you can insert a chopstick and it can reach the bottom, it means it is fully cooked. Then turn off the heat and remove from the pan.

[Nutrition Tips]:

Although sweet potatoes are low-GI foods, their sweet and dense taste often makes people unable to stop eating them. However, eating them will also cause blood sugar levels to soar and make people drowsy, so people with blood sugar problems should pay more attention to the amount they consume. In addition, sweet potatoes are foods that easily produce gas. If you consume too much, it will easily react chemically with stomach acid and produce a large amount of gas, which will cause bloating or constant farting. No matter how much nutrition sweet potatoes contain and how strong their anti-cancer effects are, all foods should be consumed in moderation and in a variety of ways, which is the only way to maintain health.