Sharing with VnExpress newspaper, Traditional Medicine Practitioner Bui Dac Sang, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi Oriental Medicine Association said that fresh sweet potatoes contain 24.6% starch; 1.3% protein; 0.1% fat, vitamins B, C and many minerals. Sweet potatoes have the effect of nourishing the body, preventing and treating many diseases such as flu, anti-inflammatory, weight loss.
Although nutritious, experts recommend that some people should not use this tuber.
Who should not eat sweet potatoes?
Sweet potatoes are a familiar food that many people love because they have high nutritional value, are cheap, easy to eat and easy to prepare. However, not everyone can eat sweet potatoes, and this tuber can even be dangerous for some people.
The hungry man
In an article on the Vinmec International General Hospital website, it is said that sweet potatoes are not good if you eat them when you are hungry. This is because sweet potatoes can increase the production of acid in the stomach. If you have stomach problems, you should not eat sweet potatoes when you are hungry, if you want to avoid making your condition worse.
Sweet potatoes contain a lot of sugar. When you eat a lot, especially when you are hungry, it will increase gastric secretion, which leads to heartburn, bloating, and heartburn. To reduce this condition, you should boil the potatoes and potato water thoroughly or add a little alcohol to the cooking to destroy the enzymes in the potatoes. Drinking ginger water will help reduce bloating symptoms.
In addition, when you are hungry, your blood sugar is low, eating sweet potatoes will lower your blood pressure and cause fatigue.
People with kidney disease
According to Dr. Pham Viet Hoang - former Deputy Director of Tue Tinh Hospital (Hanoi) shared in the Education and Times newspaper, people with kidney disease should absolutely not eat sweet potatoes because they contain a lot of fiber, potassium, vitamin A... When the kidneys are weak, the function of removing excess potassium is limited, which will cause dangerous effects such as heart rhythm disturbances and heart failure.
People with poor digestive system
People with poor digestive systems, often experiencing bloating and flatulence should not eat a lot of sweet potatoes because eating them will increase gastric juice secretion, causing heartburn, heartburn, and more bloating.
People with stomach problems
If you eat sweet potatoes on an empty stomach, it can easily stimulate the secretion of stomach acid, affecting the digestive function of the stomach. In particular, people with stomach-related diseases, or people with weak digestive function, can easily lead to stomach pain, stomach ulcers, and patients with chronic gastritis should avoid eating sweet potatoes to avoid making the pain worse.
Other notes when eating sweet potatoes
When eating sweet potatoes, you also need to pay attention to how to use them to avoid negative effects on your health.
Do not eat raw potatoes
According to physician Bui Dac Sang, you should not eat raw sweet potatoes because if the starch cell membrane of sweet potatoes is not destroyed by heat, it will be very difficult for the body to digest. At the same time, when boiling potatoes, the enzymes in the potatoes will be broken down, so after eating, there will be no bloating, heartburn, belching, or nausea.
Don't eat too many sweet potatoes.
According to Foodrevolution, no matter how much you crave sweet potatoes, you should only allow yourself to eat “less than three ounces” of sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes easily cause the digestive tract to produce a large amount of carbon dioxide (CO2), and eating too much will cause bloating and belching.
It is best not to eat too much when you are hungry and only eat sweet potatoes, then the stomach will easily stimulate the secretion of gastric acid, which can lead to an uncomfortable feeling in the stomach.
Do not eat at night
Eating sweet potatoes at night can easily cause acid reflux, especially for people with weak stomachs or the elderly with poor digestion, because it will cause bloating, plus at night the metabolism is low so it is difficult to digest, easily leading to insomnia.
You should eat potatoes for breakfast with whole milk or yogurt, add some seeds and green vegetables to have a breakfast full of necessary nutrients for the body.
Should eat the skin
According to Foodrevolution, sweet potato skins are high in alkaline, so eating sweet potatoes is good for people with constipation, but eating the skin is not good for digestion. The brown and black spots on the skin can cause food poisoning when eaten.
Do not eat persimmons with sweet potatoes
Sweet potatoes and persimmons should not be eaten together, at least 5 hours apart. If eaten together, the sugar in sweet potatoes will ferment in the stomach, causing more gastric juice to be secreted, reacting with the tannin and pectin in persimmons to cause precipitation, more serious can cause stomach bleeding or stomach ulcers.
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