All Sweet Potatoes Are Not Equal

Although all varieties of sweet potatoes are nutritious, those that are orange may be the best source for vitamin A. An article in the February 2011 issue of Comprehensive Reviews of Food Science and Food Safety (CRFSFS) discussed how orange sweet potatoes could help prevent vitamin A deficiency in developing countries where this nutritional disease causes over 600,000 deaths per year--mostly of young children or pregnant women.

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