Sweet potatoes are a large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens.
Sweet potatoes are rich in vitamins A, B, C & D, as well as a host of minerals. Just one sweet potato gives you 400% of the vitamin A you need each day boosting your immune system. The fiber and antioxidants in sweet potatoes are advantageous to gut health. While regular and sweet potatoes are comparable in their calorie, protein, and carb content, white potatoes provide more potassium, whereas sweet potatoes are incredibly high in vitamin A.
In culinary applications, sweet potatoes have all the same uses as the white potato yet is regarded as being more versatile. Sweet potato can be used in both sweet and savoury dishes as well as in numerous baking applications.
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