Can you eat sweet potatoes to lose weight?

You can eat sweet potatoes during weight loss, but you should eat less. Sweet potato is a common food, per 100 grams of sweet potato calories for 99 kcal, equivalent to rice, sweet potato calories are slightly lower. Therefore, during the weight loss period can eat sweet potatoes, appropriate consumption will not lead to the day of the total calories too much, at the same time, sweet potatoes have a strong sense of satiety, appropriate to eat sweet potatoes can reduce the intake of other foods, so as to reduce the total calorie intake of the day, is conducive to weight loss. However, it should be noted that any food to eat too much will cause obesity, if you eat too much sweet potato in one day, but no corresponding exercise, resulting in the day’s total calorie intake is higher than the day’s total calorie consumption, in the long run will cause obesity. Sweet potato nutritional value is very high, which contains dietary fiber (about 1.6g of dietary fiber per 100g), carotene and a variety of vitamins, weight loss during the appropriate to eat to meet the body’s nutritional needs, but it is not recommended to consume too much.