Depending on where you live in the world, you may only be used to eating sweet potatoes on certain special occasions – Christmas or Thanksgiving for example, but hopefully after reading this post you’ll be encouraged to incorporate the vegetable as a regular part of your diet.
I eat sweet potatoes two or three times a week for lunch. Back in my man boob days I would have been eating regular white potatoes, baked. I used to live on those things! Of course I knew nothing about the glycemic index in those days and had no idea how my beloved jacket spuds would have been a contributing factor towards my weight/ moob problem. And I certainly never associated them with the massive sugar crash that used to hit me in every afternoon. In fact, I would never have even realised it was a sugar crash, I just figured that feeling lethargic and sleepy around four o’clock was par for the course.
Nowadays things are a lot different – I replaced the white potatoes with the sweet potatoes, plus eliminated the chips and fries and white bread, sandwiches and muffins and a whole lot of other high G.I badness that used to make up my lunch menu, and those lethargic feelings are a thing of the past.
Do I miss some of that stuff I used to eat? Of course! But not it comes to potatoes, the sweet ones have the edge in all departments. I wouldn’t go back to the white ones even if health, fat and man boobs weren’t an issue.
Firstly, they’re tastier. Eat them for a few weeks, then try going back to the white potatoes – if you’re anything like me, you’ll find the white spuds amazingly bland and floury tasting.
Secondly, they’re packed with fibre and extremley filling. A decent portion of sweet potato will make it less likely for you to start giving in to those dreaded snack cravings. And as I already mentioned, if you eat sweet potatoes for lunch they’ll provide you with more than enough slow released energy to see you through the day, without the blood sugar burn and crash. This will set you up nicely for any man boobs workouts you may be planning.
Thirdly, the additional health benefits of sweet potatoes are many. They are rich in potassium and vitamin C and contain almost as much beta carotene as carrots. Beta carotene has been associated with reduced risk of cancer, heart disease and arthritis. We really talking about a super food here!
One final little sweet potato tip, you can take advantage of their natural ‘sweetness’ to invent healthy replacements for traditional deserts.
Next time you feel your sweet tooth raging, try grilling a few sweet potato strips and serving them with cottage cheese and a dusting of cinnamon. Delicious and man boob friendly!
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