Healthiest way to cook sweet potatoes.

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  • KVS1985
    KVS1985 Posts: 29 Member
    http://balanceoffood.typepad.com/balance_of_food/2016/01/heading-into-my-diet-finale-superfood-swap-running-close-second-to-wild-diet.html
  • kwtilbury
    kwtilbury Posts: 1,234 Member
    I coat them in olive oil and sea salt, wrap them in foil and throw them on the grill until they're mushy. I'll put them in the fridge (the ususally last up to four days) and eat them with a little salt and cinnamon. I recently discovered that they taste even better cold than in the microwave.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Keiko385 wrote: »
    JanetYellen wrote: »
    Still trying to figure out how sugar content is changed by cooking method.

    The starches in the sweet potato are converted to sugar in the baking process, it effectives the Glycemic Index of the food. The longer and slower that it is baked more sugar is released. Unless you are a diabetic or need to monitor your blood sugar it matters very little in the end

    https://fbns.ncsu.edu/USDAARS/Acrobatpubs/S114-150/S141.pdf

    OIC Learned something new today, but not sure why that would matter so much since starches are converted to sugar during digestion, unless they are resistant starches.
  • Doc0862
    Doc0862 Posts: 43 Member
    Build a fire outside.
    Dig a hole in the ground.
    Throw a good amount of coals in the hole.
    Wrap sweet potato in tin foil... save some for your helmet to shield against alien mind control
    Cover with more coals.
    Put some dirt back on top.
    Go fish for an hour, take a hike or swim in the lake.... remove your tinfoil helmet before you swim.
    When you get back dig up your delicious potatoes and eat!

    Try not to start a forest fire.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Boiling is the only way to reduce the glycemic index of it.
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