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Benefits of YAM – What is it for? Properties for Health and Fitness
Hello, how are you? Today I'm going to talk to you a little bit
about the benefits of yam. This vegetable is very interesting, I will
tell you if it is really good for your health, if it really increases immunity. What are its properties, its benefits? Is it really good for women's health? Does it really help increase immunity? So stay with me and I'll explain everything
this for you now in this video.
Well guys, before we start talking about yam,
There are some regions of Brazil where it is known as cará, and in some regions
known as taro. I think it's taro, I don't know if it's taro,
then you guys correct me if I said something wrong. But anyway, I'm going to talk about yam, right?
that I'm more used to talking about yam, and its benefits, what it has to offer
good for you. First, let's start by talking a little bit
about calories, which I think is good to give you an idea. Every 100 grams of cooked yam we have
about 118 calories, and most of them come from carbohydrates 28 grams, being that
we also have 1.5 of protein, 3.9 of fiber, and a super insignificant amount
of fat. Although it is a source of carbohydrates,
That's not why it's so suitable for, precisely for an energy issue
purely, yams have very important properties for health and I will talk about
of this now for you.
Well, if you don't know yam, it is
a cousin of sweet potato, cassava, it is also a tuber, it grows underneath
from the ground, and also if you are looking to gain muscle mass or even lose weight,
you can use yam because it has a lot of fiber, so it helps to give
an improvement in its glycemic index. Well, yam is super rich
in vitamins, in minerals, various vitamins, various minerals, contains iron, magnesium,
calcium, copper, several vitamins, but its main compound when it comes to benefits,
is called diosgenin. And diosgenin is actually used even
by the Pharmaceutical Industry, because through a reaction of the Merker method they
can convert diosgenin into progesterone, which can even be used in pills
contraceptives, or hormone replacement therapy for women going through menopause,
and also diosgenin is related to your own production of DHEA in your body. I have a video talking about DHEA, I'm going to
put the link down here in the description if you want to know more about it, but
I'm going to explain this hormonal issue and yam a little better in the video now. I'm going to talk about 4 of the main benefits
of the yam.
The first is for women's health as a
all, because as I just said, it has diosgenin, which will be converted into
DHEA in your body, and DHEA is a hormone that, it kind of signals endogenous production
of your own body, of other hormones, especially sex hormones: in
testosterone in men and estrogen in women. So, for women who suffer from cycles
irregular menstrual periods, with a lot of PMS, women who want to get pregnant, or women
who are in menopause and normally have a decrease in hormone production,
yam can help in this regard. The second great benefit of yam is that
he is a good adjuvant in the treatment of cancer. And I always like to say that he is a good
supporting role, because we have to be very responsible when we treat diseases
as serious as cancer actually is.
I don't want to come here and tell you
that simply yam is good for cancer, because I know some people can sometimes
sometimes, get very hopeful and suddenly find it so wonderful, and so many effects come
side effects of medication, who decide to stop using the medication to use some
juices, herbs, teas, supplements. So please, if you have any disease
serious, such as cancer, HIV, in short, other serious health issues,
never abandon your treatment to follow a trendy food, a miracle tea,
a magic juice. You can use it, yes, and you should feed
to strengthen your body, improve your immune system, but always following
your medication that was prescribed by your doctor, who is an expert in this. Well, when it comes to improving, strengthening
your body to help fight cancer, some components of yam help a lot. First, because it is super rich in beta-carotene,
which is a powerful antioxidant, in vitamin C which also helps a lot, but the
diosgenin helps to improve, to reduce the proliferation of cancer cells,
It helps fight these cells, it induces cell apoptosis, which is programmed death
of the malformed, mutated, cancerous cell. Mainly in cases of leukemia and cancer
of the colon and rectum. So in these two cases specifically
There are already some studies that suggest that yam can help. But again, it helps to strengthen
your body. Never stop taking your medication,
do your chemotherapy treatment, instead of using a food or some tea, or some
specific juice. Well, the third benefit is that yam
helps with heart health. It helps regulate blood pressure levels.
homocysteine, and we know that the more homocysteine we have in our body,
the greater the risk of converting cholesterol into LDL cholesterol, which is bad cholesterol,
and form atheroma plaques.
Therefore, yam helps to reduce this proportion,
improve your cholesterol ratio, protecting cardiovascular health as a
whole. In addition, yam is also a good source
potassium, and potassium helps to excrete excess sodium in our body, and
with this excess sodium, excess water also comes out, so with that, the question
blood pressure is also favored by the consumption of yam. Well, the fourth benefit is that yam helps
in anemia.
Yam is a very large source of iron,
vitamin C, vitamin B6, folic acid, so it helps as a whole to improve this issue
of red blood cell formation and anemia in your blood, in your body. I have a video talking specifically
of anemia and I'll leave the link in the description here for you, later, because if you
want more information about iron deficiency anemia, about anemia related to iron deficiency
iron, it's worth taking a look at this video later, okay? So yam is wonderful, right, you
You've already seen that it's really worth introducing it into your diet. So, how do we use yam?
in everyday life?
Well, there are a few things you can do.
with yams, like you would with a potato, with a regular sweet potato. You can mash the yams, you can
make a hidden dish with some meat underneath, some chicken and the yam on top, you can
put yam, it goes very well, in soups, even in baby soup, right, we use it
a lot of yam, because it is kind of neutral, very calm. You can use the yam cut in the oven,
anyway, however you like it, boiled, stewed with chicken. It is very versatile and its flavor is very
soft, very neutral. It's so neutral that you can even do it
the yam vitamin, which is a very interesting way for you to consume it, if you are looking for
these health benefits, to use in your daily life, in a more consistent way,
I'm going to give you a recipe for a super cool smoothie for you to make on the day
a day. Well, so what is this vitamin like?
yam?
You will take 2 peeled cooked yams,
the juice of half a lemon, as much water as you need to blend it, right, to loosen it up,
and 4 tablespoons of powdered milk, to make it tastier, sweeter. You blend everything in the blender, and it doesn't
you don't even need to strain it, you can drink it straight. “Oh Patrícia, I have an intolerance to
milk. I'm cutting milk out of my diet
at this moment.” You can replace it with coconut milk, you can replace it
with almond milk, or you can just mix it with water, which will then turn into a juice
of yam, you can also consume it without any worries. And did you like to know these benefits?
all of the yam?
Have you ever used yam to help improve your health?
your immunity, your health, this hormonal issue? Tell me here in the comments. And if you have any juice, any vitamin,
Any other delicious recipes, come here too and write to me, I'll love to read them,
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