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What are the benefits of eating sweet potato buns for the elderly?

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Asked on:Apr 08, 2026 09:17 PM

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  • Bettencourt Bettencourt

    Apr 08, 2026

      Research shows that sweet potato steamed buns are far more delicious than white flour steamed buns, and they are more accurate. elderly Quite beneficial.

      Sweet potato buns are very simple to make. First wash and peel the sweet potatoes, steam (boil) them, mash them vigorously, add the same amount of flour as the sweet potatoes and a certain amount of water and stir evenly. If it is in summer and autumn, it will take about half a day for the mixed noodles to ferment naturally. At this point, you can steam it according to the usual method of steaming steamed buns. When the temperature is low, in order to help fermentation, yeast, leavened dough, etc. can be added to the noodles.

      Sweet potato steamed buns have a distinctive feature: they are slightly sweet without adding sugar, making them delicious. Sweet potato steamed buns are beneficial to digestion and absorption and have a laxative effect. From a nutritional point of view, every 100 grams of sweet potatoes contains 0.9 grams of protein, 0.5 grams of crude fiber, 77 mg of calcium, and contains valine, leucine, isoleucine, threonine, phenylalanine, lysine, tryptophan and other amino acids. These nutrients are needed by middle-aged and elderly people to absorb.