Recent research has shown that particularly when passing through our digestive tract, sweet
potato cyanidins and peonidins and other color - related phytonutrients may be able to lower the potential health risk posed by heavy metals and oxygen radicals.
Not exact matches
Purple - fleshed sweet
potatoes, on the other hand, are a fantastic source of anthocyanins (especially peonidins and
cyanidins) and have outstanding antioxidant activity.
Purple - fleshed sweet
potatoes, on the other hand, are a fantastic source of anthocyanins (especially peonidins and
cyanidins) and have outstanding antioxidant activity.
While orange sweet
potatoes have anti-carcinogenic properties, it was found that purple sweet
potatoes have better cancer - fighting abilities because they have
cyanidins and peonidins, which have a positive effect against cancer cell growth.
Cyanidins and peonidins are concentrated in the starchy core of part of purple - fleshed sweet
potatoes, and these antioxidant nutrients may be even more concentrated in the flesh than in the skin.