Yams

Already know the name of Red Yams? I Bet you do
Red yams or  Ipomea batatas, in Indonesia are generally called “Ubi Merah”. Red Yams belong to the family Cavalvuloceae. Two varieties are commonly cultivated yam, there are two, namely:

*  White Yam; meat is somewhat hard (solid), dry and white.
* Red Yam; flesh is relatively soft, water level is high, yellow-orange.

The best eaten are red yams. Though called a red yams, medicinal plants actually meat color is not red, but yellowish orange to orange alias. Why choose red? Compared with white yams, red yams texture is more watery and less Egypt (sandy), but more gently. It was not as sweet as white, even though sugar levels do not differ.

What about  White Yams ? White yams contains 260 mg (869 SI), beta-carotene per 100 grams, sweet red, yellow gold stored meg 2900 (9675 SI), beta-carotene, an orange red yams 9900 meg (32967th SI). The more intense orange color, the higher levels of betakarotennya which is the material of vitamin A in the body.

Some of the benefits of consuming red yams, among others, are:
* Reduce the risk of blind eyes caused by vitamin A deficiency
* Improve endurance and their immune to disease attack
* Prevent the deterioration of memory and senility; vitamins A and E on the red yams can optimize the production of melatonin hormone
* Preventing coronary heart disease, vitamin E, sweet potatoes, red yams can protect clogging of blood vessels in the channel, so the emergence of a heart attack can be prevented

* Preventing cancer; this is because there are in the red yams  antioxidants that can inhibit the rate of destruction of cells by free radicals.

Red yams also contain fiber and red high enough, especially oligosaccharide. Most of the red yams fiber is soluble fiber, which works serupabusa sponge. Fiber absorbs excess fat / cholesterol blood, so levels of fat / cholesterol in the blood remains safe control.

Generally, if you eat sweet potato or cassava people will often fart.
This is because the oligosaccharide content of red yams in enough so that it will cause flatulens. But it was not too problematic, because oligasakarida is beneficial to health, especially to prevent constipation (constipation).

So what you waiting for, begin your day with health food