Category: Vegetables

Beta-carotene rich foods like carrots and sweet potatoes can give you orange-colored poop. Does sweet potato make you poop orange? When a person’s poop is orange, it could be because they have consumed excess beta-carotene, an orange pigment found in fruits and vegetables. Foods that are high in beta-carotene include: carrots. sweet potato. What foods […]

Sweet potatoes can bring you sweet relief While the lack of smooth colon transit might make you feel like a potato, sweet potato can actually help you poop. A powerhouse of vitamins and minerals, sweet potato also contains a good amount of fibre that can help increase poop regularity. Do sweet potatoes soften stool? Sweet […]

Sweet potatoes are a great source of insoluble fiber, which can add bulk to stools to prevent constipation. Do sweet potatoes help you poop? The fiber found in sweet potatoes is mostly insoluble and includes a few specific types, such as cellulose, lignin, and pectin ( 38 ). Thanks to their fiber content, some studies […]

liquid starch. What you are seeing is liquid starch. You might have even noticed the sweet potato leak the white liquid starch when you cut into it. This is entirely normal, and the liquid starch is a mixture of sugar and starch that is not limited to just sweet potatoes. You may notice it when […]

Eating certain foods like sweet potatoes, carrots, or foods high in yellow food coloring can turn your stool yellow. Yellow stool could also indicate a diet that is high in fats. Do sweet potatoes change poop color? Beta-carotene rich foods like carrots and sweet potatoes can give you orange-colored poop. What foods cause yellowish stool? […]

Hannah Sweet Potatoes FLESH – Cream/whitish colored that becomes yellow when baked. TASTE – Pretty sweet and fairly firm inside (Hannahs are considered a dry or firm meaning that the flesh is pretty firm and dry when cooked). What is a yellow sweet potato? Some varieties of yellow-fleshed sweet potatoes look similar to orange-fleshed sweet […]

When cooking, purple sweet potatoes will take longer than regular sweet potatoes. You will need to bake them anywhere from 90 minutes to 2 hours at 350 F to make them pleasingly moist. Do sweet potatoes take longer to cook? How do I know when sweet potatoes are done cooking? The sweet potatoes are done […]

If you’re on a low residue diet, you might think you can’t have any vegetables at all. In fact, that’s not quite the case. Soft, well-cooked root vegetables, such as carrot and sweet potato, are usually suitable for the low residue diet. Is sweet potatoes low in fiber? Sweet Potato Nutrition One medium cooked sweet […]

Fiber. Cooked sweet potatoes are relatively high in fiber, with a medium-sized sweet potato containing 3.8 grams. The fibers are both soluble (15–23%) in the form of pectin, and insoluble (77–85%) in the form of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin (12, 13 , 14). Where is the fiber in a sweet potato? The fiber content of […]

What it is: Fibrous roots growing on the sweet potato. Eat or toss: Eat! It looks weird, but it’s perfectly fine to eat. Why do some potatoes have veins? The potato developed this pattern because it’s (probably) natural to cultivar you’re growing or due to cross-pollination. Purple pigment is anthocyanin. It’s perfectly normal and considered […]

These “strings” come from growing a potato in soil that is too fertile. The potato is a root and roots store nutrients. Grown in soil that is too fertile, sweet potato vines will grow fast and big and the result is long stringy roots (or potatoes). How do you avoid strings in sweet potatoes? Look […]

Look for shorter, plump sweetpotatoes rather than longer narrow ones – long and narrow will be stringy. Also, choose smaller rather than large ones. The Beauregard, an early variety is very smooth textured and generally free of strings – it should be your first choice. What sweet potatoes are not stringy? Covington or Jewel sweet […]

The many varieties of sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are members of the morning glory family, Convolvulacea. The skin color can range from white to yellow, red, purple or brown. The flesh also ranges in color from white to yellow, orange, or orange-red. How many colors of sweet potatoes are there? Types of sweet potatoes. Sweet […]

Whenever your grocery store has their ad begin for Thanksgiving week (whether that is on Sunday or a week before, starting on Wednesday) is going to be the best time to buy sweet potatoes. A good portion of stores will have them on sale for super cheap prices, easily under $1 a pound at most […]

Sweet potatoes are available year-round, and are at their peak during the winter. Choose small to medium sweet potatoes that are heavy for their size. Avoid any with bruises or signs of sprouting. Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes should have uniformly colored skin. Is there a season for sweet potatoes? In the United States, sweet potatoes are […]

Yes, taking Sweet potato might cause cough. This is because of its Kapha increasing nature. So it is advisable to avoid Sweet potato especially at night if you have any cough related issue. Is sweet potatoes good for cough? Consumption of sweet potato removes phlegm deposited in lungs, beneficial in asthma too. Problems such as […]

In the United States, sweet potatoes are generally harvested in September and early October. However, it can take up to eight weeks of curing and storage after harvest before sweet potatoes sweeten and develop the texture we are accustomed to, putting the root’s peak seasonality at … right around Thanksgiving. Are sweet potatoes year round? […]

Japanese purple sweet potatoes contain dietary fiber, vitamins A and C, and minerals like calcium, magnesium, potassium, and zinc. The flesh also contains anthocyanin, a naturally occurring antioxidant that gives the tuber its purple hue. Are purple sweet potatoes the same as Japanese sweet potatoes? Japanese sweet potatoes are also different from Okinawan sweet potatoes […]

The longer and slower you cook a sweet potato, the more maltose is formed and the sweeter it will taste. So if you want a much less sweet potato try steaming it, or cut it into small pieces and roast on a higher heat. Do sweet potatoes get sweeter when baked? You can place sweet […]

The longer and slower you cook a sweet potato, the more maltose is formed and the sweeter it will taste. Why are baked sweet potatoes sweeter? Kenji went to great lengths to explain sweetness in sweet potatoes: they contain an enzyme (amylase) that converts the tuber’s complex starches into maltose, a basic sugar molecule;, and […]