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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-part-ii-serving-up-sweet-potato/">Food of the Week [Part II]: Serving Up Sweet Potato</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted February 3, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jessica Hale</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">This week, delicious sweet potato proves itself to be more than just a pretty-colored palate pleaser. Chock full of nutrients, sweet potatoes are a healthy and versatile choice for a side dish or main course. Sweet potatoes are a good source of many vitamins and minerals, including vitamins A and C and beta carotene. In fact, a 1992 study conducted by the Center for Science in the Public Interest found sweet potatoes to be the healthiest overall vegetable, based on their vitamin, complex carbohydrate, protein, iron and calcium content. (Regular potatoes scored second!) Preliminary tests also indicate that eating sweet potatoes may be beneficial for individuals at risk of diabetes, helping to stabilize blood sugar and lower insulin resistance. If you are a smoker, or if you are often exposed to secondhand smoke, consider increasing your consumption of…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-part-ii-serving-up-sweet-potato/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-part-ii-serving-up-sweet-potato/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-part-ii-serving-up-sweet-potato/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-part-ii-serving-up-sweet-potato/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/recipes/">recipes</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/vegetarianism/">vegetarianism</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/special-features/">special-features</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/food-of-the-week/">food-of-the-week</a><br /><br /> </P>