The Best Way to Cook Sweet Potatoes

[@EMSpdx]

Dr. Greger and the studies say boiling, but my tastebuds says baking!

[@josedanielherrera7115]

I could watch this channel all fucking day

[@epjlovelife4035]

Jose Daniel Herrera haha me too, Dr. Eric bergs channel as well

[@elaabotv2079]

Hi

[@BergerandLeggman]

I do haha

[@_gongster2835]

I love sweet potatoes. The violet ones are my favourite. I normally boil my sweet potatoes whole in order to maximize the nutrient content. Just remember to pierce about 10 times into the sweet potato before boiling. :-D

[@lillythx]

Thank you so much for all your videos. The world needs more doctors like you!

[@PinkAmadeus]

All doctors should be like him.

[@FrugivoreLaurenx]

Of course my potatoes are in the oven baking while watching this

[@naigeelassiter4115]

same here

[@monster762]

+Frugivore Lauren Like he said, which ever way will get you to eat the most. So no stress, bake em and enjoy em.

[@flowers2312]

same!!! lol

[@emanueladavis1885]

+Frugivore Lauren rofl.....you made my day....can't stop laughing.

[@FrugivoreLaurenx]

:) Emanuela Davis

[@elite1980s]

Goes to show that certain vegetables are best cooked in their own unique way to assure best healthier results. Some even best eaten raw for a better nutritious value.

[@AdamIsMyNameO]

Purple sweet potatoes are so good :)

[@AA-vn2nq]

Adam where do you buy them? I never seen them :(

[@berthadykes8744]

Adam I have never eat purple sweet potatoes I like to make a pie purple sweet potatoes I have never seen them here

[@gamingwithade1892]

Adam Waddington I never had or seen the purple ones before

[@mirschultz9761]

I love those!

[@Johny40Se7en]

I can't wait to try those. If I ever go to Japan where they're cheap and everywhere I'll definitely have some. Here in the UK I consider myself quite lucky to have regular bright orange ones =P Is there a different taste to them or are they just more fluffy when baked or something?

[@chrisf5053]

I microwave mine. Pierce with a fork. Microwave on high for 4 minutes, turn them over and microwave on high 4 more minutes. Done & delicious!

[@haleenanoland2439]

From a nutritional standpoint, yes, boiling sweet potatoes is good for vitamin A retention, but I bake mine specifically because I can reach vitamin A maximum fairly easily. For me, baking sweet potatoes is the way I can eat a lot of them.

[@ryanwillmore927]

I've always steamed mine - I would have thought boiling would be worst than steaming.

[@john4385]

I microwave them - 4 minutes on reduced power. Crunchy w/ a nice bite. Delicious in salads.

[@barbarashirland9078]

Thank you so much for having this KZbin Channel. It's SO refreshing to hear the research!

[@rosarebada4777]

I would like to know how microwaved sweet potatoes compare nutritionally and with respect to spiking compared to boiled or baked? Thank you for the good work you do.

[@aussieraver7182]

Microwaves irradiate food, so you'll be losing a hefty amount of nutrients. I do not recommend it.

[@winkminer]

Now I know why I had to retire, what would I do? Study Dr. Greger and spread the news with my family, friends & anyone else who will listen. I am amazed & grateful 🙏

[@macrumpton]

Microwaving works great for me, and it is ready in 7 minutes.

[@patryan6057]

peel....cut up.....use olive oil to coat each piece...garlic powder or garlic salt and pepper....bake for 30minutes at 350 degrees

[@bgrobbins]

Thanks for this video. Sweet potatoes are actually great when juiced and taste similar to carrot juice.

[@evag2726]

You really do learn something new every day- it's not often you hear a vegetable is better for you boiled rather than roasted lol

[@speedtribejp]

Boiling in homemade spiced turmeric curry is the best

[@szaki]

Microwave for 6 minutes(1-2 large), works good. Unless large amount is cooked, bake it or boil it.

[@seygra20]

Great information. Now do beet root.

[@GrammyGinger]

Interesting...thanks....wonder which is the best way to cook regular potatoes.

[@blissfulbaboon]

There is nothing more delicious than a baked potato

[@bernicesmith4126]

I often cut thin slices & cook them in a toaster then make toasted sandwich. Very quick no mess

[@vegansaxon3962]

My sister bought me a microwave last Christmas and I just got around to taking it out of the box a few days ago...I'm terrible I know but what great timing because I will be buying some sweet potatoes this weekend

[@jackass123491]

Here in Hawaii we usually eat the purple ones. I haven't had an orange one in years and I don't think I've ever had yellow. Also if you're from Hawaii and you are craving laulau and you don't mind having salt from time to time, I've found that they are delicious when used in place of the meat.

[@kape2377]

Interesting, How do you prepare and eat them? Specific dishes? *looking for inspiration*

[@jackass123491]

@@kape2377 I just cut them up and steam them with some kind of other vegetable. They already have plenty of flavor.

[@leftyfourguns]

The purple potatoes were brought to the island by immigrants from Okinawa, Japan. You’re very lucky to have them so abundantly, they’re pretty expensive and rare in the rest of the US

[@walterbyrd8380]

What about microwaving? What about pressure cooking?

[@emanueladavis1885]

+walter byrd Throw the microwave out the window mate.....lol No nutrients left after microwaving...hehe

[@emanueladavis1885]

+UTvols 92 That's your opinion moron, I am entitled to mine.

[@emanueladavis1885]

Your facts are wrong....loser

[@emanueladavis1885]

+UTvols 92 You need help....seriously dude.....get a life. You need to stop abusing people for a comment made on a youtube channel.....have a good day...

[@emanueladavis1885]

+UTvols 92 You FIRST Dipshit...

[@turbonbc]

I chop into wedges, massage with a little coconut oil and herbs n spices and bake until crisp at 200'C 25 mins done. Its the tastiest way atleast for me. Its probably healthier at lower temps but takes 2-3x as long. I also like steam them mash :) Pressure cooker is said to retain nutrients better than other cooking methods. Although i think raw is best because you can eat sweet potatoes raw. I blend them up in smoothies to replace carrots sometimes never had a problem.

[@GoLeafs03]

For how long do you boil?

[@orangeziggy348]

This man and his staff are a blessing to humanity.

[@m45ben]

The thing with boiling is the sweet potato loses most of its sweetness and it becomes too soft if you're not careful with the timing. Considering that I'm eating lots of them (like 500gr/day), I think I will continue with steaming.

[@Eric-gr4dt]

What about Air Frying?

[@howardjohnson9110]

I'm making soup right now so I'll add some to my soup. Thanks

[@silkhead44]

mashed are my favorite with cinnamon and a bit of olive oil and sea salt

[@onedecibel2lo]

So, how long do you boil them?

[@peacefulruler1]

I microwave my purple yams in 3.5 minutes. Some evoo, nutritional yeast and pink salt…the best thing you ever ate in your entire life.

[@5.0_life30]

What about steaming??? Is steaming as good as boiling?? Thanks in advance👍🏼

[@Smoove_J]

Potatoes are probably too tough for steaming.

[@AtEboli]

I was wondering the same thing. I don't see how steaming could not be just as good as boiling, plus you don't loose as many water soluble nutrients.

[@danfalls3858]

I like to cook slices in the Air Fryer.

[@lisanloves]

I like baked potatoes, but one way I could improve the way I cook them would be to steam them a bit first

[@destondauncey9884]

I always refrained from boiling for fear of the nutrients leaching into and being tossed out with the water. Is this really something to be concerned about or does the increased bioavailability of these nutrients out-weigh it? Thanks!

[@jenrim]

Don't throw out the water, I drink it and have been for decades.

[@mikel6237]

Just boiled some sweet potatoes in my instant pot. Amazing!!

[@kape2377]

I have been eating them all winter and spring and noticed I got a lot more tanned that usual when out in the sun this summer, without even sunbathing at all, could that have anything to do with it? Like, favouring the pigmentation or something?

[@elkiness]

Thank you! What about a pressure cooker? Same nutrients as with boiling?

[@tombolo4120]

Today I harvested half our sweet potato bed. Man they're as rosey as they smell. Get diggin....

[@shadfurman]

Good info! Is this due to the presence of water or mostly the temp control? I usually use water in cooking and baking for temp control.

[@RonPaulgirls]

i don't bake anything, i typically just put sweet potatoes in a slow cooker as part of a soup that contains, rice, beans, vegetables, etc. if you want to eat the sweet potato whole you can simply take it out of the rice and bean soup thing whole and eat it that way. baking just dehydrates and wrecks the foods.

[@NataschaO]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@sweeterasmus]

What about the skin of regular potatoes?

[@micah864]

How can I get rid of my Carotanemia?? I have tried restricting my intake of veges high in carotene, but as someone that eats a lot of vegetables this has been almost impossible.

[@moritzvonknebel7268]

thank you. same here. please contact me. really need a solution...

[@micah864]

Why contact you when I don't have a solution either? Wish I did sorry!

[@moritzvonknebel7268]

it's frustrating, people keep pointing it out :(

[@AA-vn2nq]

Maddie Davison simply cook the sweet potato and throw the water out. and if the water is still red then bleach the sweet potato so it can be white.... or just eat a white potato and you don't have to worry about that. carotene is a good thing. what study told you otherwise?

[@goku445]

why getting rid of a natural protection against sun? huh

[@dammsparaneta4530]

how long to boil? does it lose its nutrients when boiled so long?

[@AA-vn2nq]

john harvey valencia boil it until it's cooked to your liking. otherwise eat it raw if you don't mind :). this is how it goes with everything in life. what length of boiling will you enjoy it the most?

[@hl3641]

Go Dr. Greger, thanks for saving years of life’s of viewers

[@MattN8tvYT]

Finally!..I always wanted a yellow nose!!

[@kittyscat8905]

Me too mine always red i feel

[@janetg1691]

So raw chopped up with skins attached in a smoothy is the very healthiest way to ingest them according to the data, yet no mention of that in your talk.

[@ikvangalen6101]

Or steaming…

[@ferrishadaway1322]

What about steaming, Is it the same as boiling basically?

[@XX-gy7ue]

boiled sweet potatoes are delicious

[@Kaffeinated11]

Thoughts on pressure cooker?

[@MrMasterDebate]

What about pressure cooking ?

[@BergerandLeggman]

What about raw? With PB. It’s great.

[@lauracatherineco]

Love sweet potatoes and appreciate these tips!

[@PhilWhelanNow]

Orange ones I prefer sliced 1/2” thick and chargrilled, purple ones are best in Dr Greger’s baked recipe with balsamic date sauce and peas.. less nutrients? Just eat more of the stuff 😜

[@franciagiebel3481]

I put the sweet potatoes in the😇😇 oven covered with aluminum foil.when l see that the potatoe is not very hard or very soft list l put a little olive oil or coconut l put spi y and cinnamon is delicious

[@popeyegordon]

Pressure cooking is superior in all ways.

[@bb3xhrhj]

What about regular potatoes?

[@abiolashutti]

Best videos ever. I could watch them all day.

[@howardjohnson2138]

Nother good one. Thank you

[@leftyfourguns]

Boiling and steaming is also way faster than baking, for all the lazy and impatient people

[@AlexDonnett]

do you talk like that in everyday life?

[@batfink274]

He reminds me of the dad in ALF lol

[@ruth078]

Its Dezru wow aren't you funny and original. Bitch

[@5.0_life30]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Johny40Se7en]

You seem to have Jesse Pinkman syndrome =P

[@babalomithani2035]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gregmeissner9960]

I microwave them in a bowl with a bit of water, sort of akin to steaming

[@MarcMallary]

There good raw, tasting kind of like a cross between a carrot and a coconut.

[@FOH333]

Well, I was wrong. Thanks doc

[@michaelxu9910]

I came here hoping to watch a video on how to boil yams. Started fucking studying chemistry just to understand what this video is saying, but somehow i was still intrigued!

[@fluffybull3935]

how good are carrots compared to sweet potatoes?

[@KT-ed8hj]

Do we have to peel the skin if we boil sweet potatoes?

[@childofeternity]

No. (I keep the skin on with all potatoes)

[@j.c5078]

What about grilling?

[@Joseph1NJ]

I would think the big picture message here is no matter how you cook them, just adding them to your diet is a good thing, sans deep frying of course.

[@idkwhattoput3744]

Yo so I saw microwaving was a good option, is it better than boiling them

[@rayarjomand6533]

Boiling for how long ? 4 minutes or less ?

[@jgree89]

They call those purple ones "Hawaiian sweet potatoes" here in Australia. They are gotdamn delicious and the sweetest vegetable I've ever eaten.

[@misskai8158]

Yum!

[@walterparris8489]

Jesse Greenwood

[@nathalie8438]

What is healthier raw or boiled?

[@boricuachiko]

+Nathalie De Wit I'm constantly reading that there are toxins within the sweet potato. Not sure how true it is, as I haven't looked up any scientific journals on it, but I'm playing it safe and boiling them. Still healthier than a Big Mac!

[@mmmmm5556]

What about pressure cooker?

[@EB3103]

Baking does not produce acrylamide on the skin of sweet potatos?

[@TVideoupload]

Thank you for this video.

[@alcurtis93]

I microwave them. 2x2.5 minutes

[@jaredthibodaux6796]

How about a pressure cooker? Higher temperature but much lower cook time.

[@Joseph1NJ]

I love roasted sweet potatoes & carrots. Though I usually nuke sweet potatoes to save time.

[@emanueladavis1885]

+Joseph1NJ If you nuke your food there will be no nutrition left in it at all....I threw my microwave away years ago after doing intense research.

[@xonerful1197]

+Emanuela Davis intense research ???? and that's the result, WTF???????

[@emanueladavis1885]

My people are destroyed by lack of knowledge. You need to do some research bud.

[@Joseph1NJ]

Emanuela Davis I don't use it as a primary cooking method, but microwaves have been around since the early 80's at least. If you do a search, like all things in nutritional science, you'll find arguments on both sides, the majority of which not only say its safe, but does not destroy nutrients. "When microwaves are absorbed by food containing water, it causes the water molecules to vibrate. This produces heat. Microwaves do not use x-rays or gamma rays, and they do not make food radioactive. Microwave ovens can cook food, but do not otherwise change the chemical or molecular structure of it", cancer.org

[@emanueladavis1885]

Thanks for the info, but like I said I would rather not take any more chances with them....I have one for a few years and while it was convenient I really didn't use it much....lots of arguments for against....I am going with the against ...lol cheers mate.

[@Jester123ish]

More references to Nuking please. Baking and boiling and microwaving are the common options.

[@luizaava876asgard]

but if you keep te skin you will eat not only more antioxidants but more pesticides. does it worth it?

[@AA-vn2nq]

luiza duarte if it's organic then you don't have to worry about the skin. there isn't much of a change in price as with organic bananas.

[@luizaava876asgard]

A A the problem is that is very hard to find organic sweet potatos where i live

[@drzflyest4]

luiza duarte so grow some one plant is not very big and produce a lot

[@druidactual]

Name checks out. You have no idea what you are talking about.

[@happythoughts9932]

Just wash/scrub and eat the skin. Synthetic pesticides are much less toxic than 'natural' pesticides. Unless you're growing that shit in your backyard, conventional is the way to go. Much more sustainable too.

[@THEOvERSiZEDMeATBALL]

What about micro waving...

[@roustabout4fun]

Beets me! But always enjoy the info and thinking...I will give it a try.

[@betsycosmos7786]

WOW, this is news to me! I have always thought boiling leeches out the nutrients so this is a revelation to me. How yummy to make mashed sweet potatoes with some cinnamon. (I'll monitor my consumption of the purple ones 'cause a purple nose would be even more noticeable than an orange nose!!)

[@lncerante]

Boiling does reduce nutrients, but baking can break down *some* nutrientes (some fats and antioxidants). This video is only about antioxidants, but boiling makes them lose a lot of potassium.

[@renskeconnell8038]

LOL..

[@leroydonaldson2147]

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[@shawn5235]

Can you get yellow skin if you’re in your early 20s too ? I ate 3 servings of sweet potatoes tonight for this Thanksgiving.

[@Oasis_Desert_Rose]

Soooo about those peels,,, maybe purée them and add to vegi burgers!!!

[@Vegan_Kebab_In_My_Hand]

What about simmering? It's even lower heat, so theoretically it could be even healthier.

[@reinux]

How about drying?

[@kingorbit]

i love sweet potato fries that have been cooked with hot air. I bet that would have the result of baking, but i really dont know.

[@ariframli1343]

is it okay to eat the skin if it has some dirt on it?

[@batfink274]

Anyone else juice them raw? And anyone know if that's a good idea?

[@hakunamatata9643]

Does it matter that sweet potatoes cost 4 times higher than regular potatoes, doc?What's the dramatic difference in nutrition that worths the extra cost?Almost none Regular potatoes still count as one of the most healthy vegetable that everyone can have access to. Unfortunately, most people eat potatoes in the form of greasy French fries or potato chips, and even baked potatoes are typically loaded down with fats such as butter, sour cream, melted cheese and bacon bits. Such treatment can make even baked potatoes a potential contributor to a heart attack. But take away the extra fat and deep frying, and a baked potato is an exceptionally healthful low calorie, high fiber food that offers significant protection against cardiovascular disease and cancer.

[@0ptimal]

Terrific video.

[@samwilko9927]

What a know-it-all voice!

[@malcolmveganlifewoods1399]

i'm haveing white sweet potatoes right now, this will be my first bite of a WHITE sweet potatoe(s)

[@malcolmveganlifewoods1399]

yes white sweet potato's are different in looks & in taste. Hans S

[@Papiringou]

How about eating them raw? I been eating sweet potato raw for years, so far i have no problems at all

[@reinux]

There's a chart at 1:16 that shows raw at the top, followed closely by boiling. Now my question is how dried fares...

[@SayuriYaki]

Did not know you could eat them raw, aren't they way to hard to chew? ^^

[@gjford1951]

@@reinux the way I read the charts in this video, the papers and charts in this video all indicate that sweet potatoes are better eaten raw. I don't know why he didn't address that. Am I reading the charts incorrectly?