Yay! Yam is a cellfood. When we eat pounded yam we eat healthy or boiled yam with eggs, beans and yam, it's still great.
100 g of yam provides 118 calories. it is composed of complex carbohydrates and soluble dietary fibre making it a great source for energy. It contains small amounts of vitamin-A, and carotenes which converts to vitamin A in the body. Both these compounds are strong antioxidants. Vitamin A has many functions like maintaining healthy mucus membranes and skin, night vision, growth and protection from lung and oral cavity cancers.
Yam is also one of the good sources of minerals such as copper, calcium, potassium, iron, manganese, and phosphorus. 100 g provides about 816 mg of Potassium.Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids, which helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure by countering hypertensive effects of sodium. Copper is required in the production of red blood cells. Manganese is used by the body as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase. Iron is required for red blood cell formation.
But remember to always portion your food.
Source: nutrition and you
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