Sweet Potatoes are very beneficial for our health, and no they do not have the same nutrients as the regular potatoes. Sweet Potatoes are actually called Yam. Yam is considered to be a root vegetable. Sweet Potatoes or Yams have these important nutrients:
- Vitamin A (extreme amount)
- Vitamin B1, Thiamin
- Vitamin B2, Riboflavin
- Vitamin B3, Niacin
- Vitamin B5, Pantothenic Acid
- Vitamin B6, pyridoxine
- Vitamin C (good amount)
- Iron
- Potassium
- Dietary Fiber
- Copper
- Manganese (good amount)
- Protein
- Carbohydrates
- Natural Sugar
- Water
- Folate
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- Phosphorus
- Zinc
- Amino Acids

The Benefits of Sweet Potatoes or Yams in other words are sweet too:
- Antioxidant benefits
- Eliminates Free Radicals
- Helps Protect from Atherosclerosis
- Helps Protect from Diabetic Heart Disease
- Helps Protect from Colon Cancer
- Helps Protect from Asthma
- Helps Protect from Osteoarthritis
- Helps Protect from Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Helps Protect from Heart Attack
- Helps Protect from Stroke
- Helps Protect from Emphysema
- Supports Lung Health
- Supports Vision

Low Carb Borsht Recipe

We are pretty sure that everyone has heard of the Russian food called “Borsht”. The red Russian soup, We don’t even know why people write it in English with a T at the end, when in Russian you don’t write it or say it. Well, this is an adjusted recipe for Borsht. Since people on low carb diets cannot have potatoes, then we left them out. This still tastes really delicious. This recipe also uses reserved chicken, so it’s a lot faster to make. Here are the Ingredients:

- 1 whole head cabbage
- 1 onion
- 1 can (8oz) tomato paste
- 2 long carrots
- Reserved Chicken (read more about it at the end of recipe)
- Chicken stock preferred, but water can be used
- Bell pepper strips (we buy ours frozen)
- Salt and pepper

And here are the Directions:

- First get all of your ingredients ready.
- Shred the cabbage.
- Shred the carrots.
- Dice the onion.
- Put all of your ingredients into a stainless steel pot and cover with either chicken stock or water. However much you want. Make sure to season to your taste.
- Bring everything to a boil.
- Reduce heat and let cook for about 10 minutes.
- And you are done!

We prefer to eat our Borsht with toasted sprouted bread, mayo or sour cream, and fresh onion slices (yep, just bite into them!)
- Reserved chicken: we set aside a day when we make chicken stock (a whole different recipe) after everything has cooked the right amount of time, we take all of the meat off the bones and reserve it for later meals.

If you bake a potato with its skin on and eat it like that then it will be a very healthy, low calorie, and high fiber meal for you that will help your body with these benefits:
- protects from cardiovascular disease
- protects from high blood pressure
- protects from stress
- protects from depression
- protects from sleepless nights
- protects from messed up brain function
- protects from some cancers

Also, just so you know potatoes can be bad for you and your heart if you eat them as greasy deep fried French fries or as a baked potato loaded with bad fats like bacon pieces and bad butters. Here is a “small” list of the good and healthy stuff that is in the potatoes:
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B3
- Vitamin B6
- Vitamin K
- Folate
- Calcium
- Iron
- Copper
- Potassium
- Manganese
- Magnesium
- Phosphorus
- Sodium
- Tryptophan
- Carbohydrates
- Water
- Sugar
- Niacin
- Organic Acids
- Malic Acid
- Citric Acid

Wow, now that’s an awesome healthy list, but only if you eat the potato baked with the skin on then you’ll get all of that fun stuff for your body. If you are FAT and you eat fried French fries, mashed or baked potatoes full of added fats, then don’t be blaming the potato, it’s you who is the problem, because you are the one choosing to eat it in an unhealthy way. Eat it right so your body can enjoy it. Also, if you are on some kind of a diet, then we really recommend to stay away from potatoes period.