What are the precautions and benefits of consuming sweet potato leaves?

Sweet potatoes are a common food for people. Sweet potatoes are beneficial to the detoxification of the human body. Many people like to eat sweet potatoes because they taste sweet and delicious. Sweet potato leaves are also vegetables with many functions. Now sweet potato leaves are also commonly seen in restaurants. They can purify the human body and also detoxify. Let us take a detailed look at the precautions and functions of eating sweet potato leaves.

1. Main effects

1. Detoxification: Rich in chlorophyll, it can "purify the blood" and help detoxification.

2. Improve immunity: It contains 5 to 10 times more antioxidants than ordinary vegetables, which can improve immunity and "prevent colds."

3. To prevent anemia, consuming 300g of sweet potato leaves every day can supplement the iron and vitamins A, C, and E needed by the human body.

4. Prevent high blood pressure. It is rich in potassium, which helps control blood pressure and prevent high blood pressure.

5. Improve constipation. Rich dietary fiber can promote gastrointestinal motility and prevent "constipation and hemorrhoids".

6. Rich in polyphenols, it can prevent cell cancer.

7. Improve menopausal symptoms. It is rich in phytosterols and can achieve the same effect as hormones in regulating body functions.

8. Promote milk secretion. It contains flavonoids and other substances that can promote milk secretion and is suitable for consumption by lactating women.

9. Strengthen eyesight. It is rich in vitamin A, which can strengthen eyesight. It is suitable for students and office workers.

2. How to eat

1. Sweet potato leaves with garlic: Wash the tender sweet potato leaf stems, blanch them in boiling water, remove them from the pot, rinse them with cold water, and cut them into sections. Peel and mash garlic. Place the wok on the fire, heat vegetable oil to 40% hot, add minced garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, add tender sweet potato leaves and stems and stir-fry, add fresh soup, refined salt, and rice wine and stir-fry until well-flavored, add MSG and sesame oil, sprinkle with the remaining minced garlic and mix well.

2. Sweet potato leaves with oyster sauce. Remove the old stems of the sweet potato leaves and rinse them with clean water; cut the red pepper into shreds; flatten and peel the garlic; mix 1/2 tablespoon of cornstarch and 3 tablespoons of water to make cornstarch water; boil the water in a pot, add 1 tablespoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of oil, put in the sweet potato leaves and blanch them until the leaves are soft, then remove and drain the water; heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a pot, sauté the garlic and red pepper shreds over low heat, then pour in 1 cup of water; add 3 tablespoons of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of rice wine, 1/3 tablespoon of sugar and 1/5 tablespoon of salt, mix well and boil, then pour in the cornstarch water to thicken; put in the blanched sweet potato leaves and stir-fry evenly, then serve. 3. Sweet potato leaves stewed with winter melon: 60 grams of fresh sweet potato leaves and 100 grams of winter melon, stew and serve. It is mainly used to treat diabetes mellitus with dryness and heat in the lungs and stomach, thirst, excessive drinking, dry mouth and tongue, thin body and frequent hunger, red edges and tips of the tongue, dry yellow tongue coating, and rapid pulse.

3. Notes

It is not suitable for everyone to eat. People with poor gastrointestinal digestion and patients with kidney disease are not suitable to eat it.