Loaded with beta carotene, sweet potatoes “convert into Vitamin A in the body” which is essential for your immune system, eye vision, hair and skin. Citing other health benefits, Luke Coutinho ...

People’s preferences for Japanese sweet potatoes ... Restoration and the spread of stone-roasted sweet potatoes after World War II. Today, as health-consciousness rises, sweet potatoes are ...

Japanese exports of sweet potatoes have been brisk thanks largely to technology to prevent spoilage and efforts to tailor the spuds to an increasing number of targeted areas around the world.

Pairing sweet potatoes with other healthy foods can optimize their benefits, says Barbara Olendzki, an associate professor of population and quantitative health sciences at UMass Chan Medical School.