Sweet Potatoes Delivery or Pickup

From sweet potato fries to sweet potato pancakes, every dish is better when you make it with sweet potatoes. This sweet orange root is produced all over the world these days, but archeologists believe that the sweet potato originated in Polynesia more than a thousand years ago. 

While the seeds of the sweet potato could have been transported on the wings of a bird or even traversed oceans on top of some seaweed, it is mainly believed that ancient Polynesian people were the first to bring the sweet potato to South America. From there, this humble root would thrill palettes all around the globe.

Throughout the years, sweet potatoes have developed into a wide array of colors and sizes. You can even find white and purple sweet potatoes, but all of them, no matter how they look, are incredibly rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber.

Finding a ripe sweet potato while you're out shopping is not very difficult. When you visit the produce section, you should keep an eye out for small and medium-sized sweet potatoes. When you think you've spotted a ripe sweet potato, give it a gentle squeeze. If it's ripe, it will be firm to the touch, and its skin should be smooth without any cracks or cuts. Of course, when you order groceries via the Instacart app, your Instacart shopper will be sure to pick up top-quality items for you!

Let's take a look at the many wonderful benefits that your body can receive when you add sweet potato to your diet. Sweet potatoes are highly nutritious. In fact, a serving of 200 grams of sweet potato, with its skin, can provide you with 4 grams of protein and about 7 grams of fiber, which helps reduce the risk of constipation. The same size serving is also only 180 calories.

If you need another reason to add sweet potatoes to your diet, check this out. Your body will also be on the receiving end of antioxidants when you mix up a dish with sweet potatoes. Antioxidants are great for your internal system as they fight against free radicals, which are unstable molecules that can trigger inflammation and cause DNA damage. Free radicals have even been tied to chronic illnesses like heart disease and cancer. This means that making a move to add more sweet potatoes to your diet is certainly one that will have long-term benefits for your health.

The fiber and antioxidants found in sweet potatoes also help you maintain good overall gut health. Sweet potatoes actually carry two types of fiber, soluble and insoluble. While your body can digest neither of these types of fiber, this is very good for your gut.

That's not all sweet potatoes can do for you. Beta-carotene, the antioxidant that gives the sweet potato its signature orange color, promotes eye health and may help prevent vision loss. Beta-carotene is converted to vitamin A once it's within your system. This is very important to helping you maintain a healthy immune system and mucous membranes in your gut.

Eating sweet potatoes regularly can help you avoid a vitamin A deficiency. This is incredibly important to your health as a well-looked-after gut is an important part of a healthy immune system. Sweet potatoes certainly are a superfood that are not only good for you but wonderfully tasty as well.