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What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating sweet potatoes often?

Dr. Aubrey Foster
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2025-05-18 15:51:08
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Eating sweet potatoes regularly can promote gastrointestinal motility, relieve constipation, and sweet potatoes are rich in vitamins, amino acids and minerals, with antioxidant, cardiovascular system protection effect, but also can effectively prevent atherosclerosis. In addition, sweet potatoes are rich in plant protein, can effectively enhance the body immunity. However, because sweet potatoes belong to gas-producing food, if a large number of one-time consumption of sweet potatoes, it will lead to gastrointestinal flatulence, but also abdominal pain, abdominal distension and other discomfort symptoms. In addition, sweet potatoes will cause acid secretion, severe nausea and vomiting.