Plants including potatoes wheat and rice require even fewer resources the researchers also reported. Compared to plants nonbeef animals require an average of six times as much land half as much irrigation water two times as much greenhouse-gas emissions and three times as much fertilizer use.
and mushrooms is made up of the proteins T1r1 and T1r3. But after the chicken genome was sequenced in 2004 researchers noticed the birds lacked the gene that encodes T1r2 a crucial component of the sweet-taste receptor.
and vegetables should remedy constipation. If not a paucity of bowel movements could point to (or lead to) a serious medical condition.
That fiber comes in whole grains beans vegetable and vegetable skins seeds and nuts features of an Asian diet.
Avoid that hungry feeling throughout the day by keeping healthy snacks such as yogurt or chopped vegetables handy.
and the fiber will slow glucose digestion. 9 Snack foods: Healthy or Not? 3. Eat a magnesium-rich diet.
Try adding a spinach salad with avocado for a super boost of magnesium to your diet. 4. Consider grapefruit for breakfast.
and vegetables it may result in an itchy mouth or throat. This is known as oral allergy syndrome.
It happens because the immune system recognizes a similarity between proteins in some pollens and those in fruits vegetables nuts and spices.
For example a person with a birch pollen allergy may develop oral allergy symptoms after eating an apple carrot peach almond or hazelnut.
Unconventional sources of salt brines such as beet juice potato and cheese byproducts are decreasing costs lowering environmental impacts
Winter Weather Center Beet juice As an agricultural byproduct created through the sugar beet process beet juice brine is a useful tool for many highway departments.
Penndot District 10 uses Beet Heet which Deborah L. Schreckengost Casadei public information officer for Penndot describes as an anti-icing
and salt pre-wetting agent made from processed sugar beet molasses. When combined with the traditional deicing agent of salt the thick red beet juice freezes at a lower temperature than just a pure salt brine so it can be used in below-zero temperatures.
It also provides additional adhesive powers for the brine which allows the roadway to retain more even after rainfall.
Beet Heet has provided positive results for Penndot as they test the product on Route 422 in Butler County Pa.
This beet solution is also being used in Indiana Ohio and Tennessee. Casadei said Penndot continually evaluates new materials
Potatoes In Tennessee a brine solution containing potato juice commercially named Magic Salt is helping keep roadways open
The potato juice is mixed with a traditional salt brine at varying ratios depending on the temperatures and weather conditions.
Although temperatures in Tennessee do not reach this threshold the potato juice is also effective in temperatures well below zero.
The potato juice is more environmentally friendly than rock salt. Hatcher said Agricultural brines are friendly to the environment
#Soil-Free Farming Grows Vegetables in the Desert With average summer precipitation of about 1 inch (2. 5 centimeters) temperatures higher than 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees
and highly nutritious vegetables because the membrane keeps the plants separated from any pathogens in the culture medium allowing only the water
Fruits and vegetables including cherry tomatoes lettuce cucumbers and melons have been proven to grow well on the film.
to a diet with greater emphasis on fresh vegetables beans and whole grains. For some study participants plant-based diets lowered blood pressure better than did prescription hypertension medicine and without the medication's side effects.
but does emphasize a diet rich in vegetables and limited meat particularly red meats and luncheon meats.
The DNA in food found in the plaque matched pigs sheep bread wheat and vegetables such as cabbage.
The researchers also found starch granules that matched cereals and the pea bean family Amazingly it's much the same thing you would find at a German restaurant today Warinner said.
For example with fruits and vegetables what you see is what you get. 9 Snack foods: Healthy or Not?
In broccoli the only ingredient is broccoli. And broccoli is healthy unless it is sold in the center of the grocery market in a can (where ingredients usually include salt sugar
and various preservatives) or in a bag frozen (where ingredients often include the aforementioned sugar
and preservatives and some gooey cheese to entice the kids). And then there are milk and eggs.
Anything else is created industry yogurt-based snack food. And for fish poultry beef and pork minimal labeling is needed.
Meat poultry fish legumes tofu eggs nuts seeds and milk are all good sources of the essential amino acids people need.
#It Takes A lot More than Carrots to Beat Cancer (Op-Ed) This article was published originally at The Conversation.
This time the saviour is the humble carrot. But it isn t its first time in the limelight.
In March the Daily mail claimed that eating carrots is a way to avoid prostate cancer.
whether the purported effect was specific to carrots more than any other vegetable. Many studies suggest that consumption of fruit
and vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of a variety of cancers. But the charity organisation Cancer Research UK stresses the link between diet
The lead researcher of the new study Dr. Kirsten Brandt at Newcastle University has been studying naturally occurring chemicals found in certain vegetables called polyacetylenes for many years.
And a compound which can be extracted easily from something as common and cheap as carrots is bound to arouse interest.
Mice fed a diet where a fifth of the food was powdered carrot had fewer and smaller tumours than mice who were fed a normal diet.
This if successful will have to be followed up by even larger scale trials before carrots can be considered beneficial in cancer prevention.
whether a portion of carrots consumed per day can affect the risk of someone developing a chronic disease by looking at DNA damage
#What is perhaps more interesting is that the preparation of the carrots influences how much polyacetylene actually gets from the food into our bodies.
I ll be investigating how best to prepare the carrots so that when people eat it they get the most polyacetylenes#she said.
Because of the chemical composition of the polyacetylenes she predicts that cooking them in fat may cause more to be lost into the fat than preparing the carrots in water by boiling or steaming.
As with any plant carrots are a combination of hundreds of different chemicals including beta-carotene
#oewe may be able to figure this out as white carrots are rich in polyacetylenes but don t contain beta-carotene like orange carrots do said#Warner.
Sarah hopes that contrasting these two varieties of carrots may allow the research team to pinpoint the chemicals that are responsible for their early cancer-protective findings
and make sure that by looking at polyacetylenes they are focusing their research on the right chemicals.
In the small quantities found in carrots we think they may be beneficial. If it was to be used more like a drug we would have to be really careful to get the dose right#Warner said.
and vegetables including apples. The antioxidant content of apples ranks among the highest for fruits and research shows that antioxidants help prevent cancer.
A study in Hawaii found that people who regularly eat apples onions and white grapefruit cut their lung cancer risk in half.
and vegetables outweigh the risks of pesticide exposure. Infographic: Guide to Pesticides in Produce Washing apples well helps remove pesticides according to the Colorado State university Extension service.
Feeding bees may help them stave off illness the agency hopes particularly in an agricultural landscape dominated by corn soybean and cotton not the insects'preferred plants.
When we pick up a package of food at the store cereal frozen pizza chips an energy drink a nutrition bar cake we assume that everything in it is OK to eat.
and vegetables as well as using personal care products such as sunscreen or lotion that contain nontoxic ingredients.
and vegetables as much as possible and wash them thoroughly. Cook store and heat in containers such as glass where we are worried not about chemical exposures.
Neanderthals ate their veggies. Traces of 50000-year-old poop found at a caveman campground in Spain suggest that modern humans'prehistoric cousins may have had a healthy dose of plants in their diet researchers say.
A 2010 study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified microfossils of plants such as date palms legumes and grass seeds stuck in Neanderthal teeth.
Interestingly the children who were most likely to follow the diet closely with a high intake of vegetables fruit nuts fish
and vegetables parents should encourage a higher consumption of nuts legumes fish and whole-grain cereals which are also not so popular among children.
The results also showed that among the children in the study those in Italy had the lowest intake of vegetables.
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In the North of Italy fish potatoes rice sausages pork and different types of cheeses are the most common ingredients.
Pasta dishes with tomatoes are popular as are many kinds of stuffed pasta polenta and risotto.
In the South dishes are dominated by tomatoes#either served fresh or cooked into sauce and also includes capers peppers olives and olive oil garlic artichokes eggplant and ricotta cheese.
Italians are known for their family-centric culture and there are a number of small and mid-sized businesses.
and its seeds or beans are the source of the 4m metric tonnes of chocolate produced each year and much of it from countries like the Ivory coast and Indonesia.
and the Aztecs also added chili-pepper to give the phrase hot chocolate#a whole new meaning.
or sprayed it on spinach. They found that the combination eliminated over 99%of E coli O157:
H7 on spinach stored at room temperature. They obtained similar results in refrigerated and room temperature beef.
shredded kale; Swiss chard or romaine lettuce; and grains including wheat barley and oats are all healthy food sources that will appeal to most waterfowl.
Make sure anything you feed is bite-sized to avoid choking hazards. Wild Animals Suffer on'Junk Food'Diets Cape Wildlife Center our wildlife rehabilitation center based in Barnstable Mass
While one would be hard-pressed to find a talking vegetable On earth the idea of communicating
and chili seedlings grow quicker when they sense a fennel plant is growing nearby. Moving#but slowly Groot does more than just sense
and communicate though. He also moves around. This woody best friend to a talking raccoon shifts around on mobile stumps and lifts alien bullies up by their nostrils.
Clearly the movie speeds up such vegetable growth but real-life plants can indeed keep growing in ways animals can't Ed Rayburn an extension specialist
and fungi species including opium poppy deadly nightshade hallucinogenic mushrooms and ergot fungus. However it's not always possible to determine how people used the substances
Rice eaters also consumed more veggies fiber iron and potassium and less saturated fat according to researchers who published their results in 2009 in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
#Why Eating Fruits and Veggies Won't Make You Thin Eating more fruits and vegetables is a generally a good idea
but this alone isn't likely to help you lose weight a new review of studies suggests.
and vegetables without also changing the amount of calories from other food sources did not cause people to either lose
and vegetables do have calories and people who want to lose weight should reduce their overall energy intake the researchers said.
Fruits and vegetables have many benefits and we encourage people to include them in their diets study author David Allison associate dean for science in the UAB School of Public health told Live Science.
Eat all the vegetables and fruit you want but you have to cut out more calories from other foods to lose weight he said. 6 Easy Ways to Eat More Fruits
and Vegetables Public health authorities often fail to include the latter part of the message about the need to reduce the number of calories consumed
and vegetables Allen said However the study did not show that the consumption of extra fruit
and vegetables caused a weight gain. It appears that an increase in servings does not increase weight
and vegetables to their diets without reducing their calorie intake she said. If patients realized that this is not likely to work they would be more successful in reaching their weight-loss goals she said.
Fruits and vegetables include fiber and macronutrients that are important for health she said. However dieters should remember not to overeat
#Broccoli Brew Eases Air pollution Effect, But Is This Detox? Scientists have concocted a brew made with broccoli sprouts that may help protect against the toxic effects of air pollution.
The study published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research made headlines earlier this month. People in the study who drank the mixture who lived in a rapidly industrializing
Not so according to the researchers who conducted the China study who added their finding was a bit oversold in some news reports. 7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe Rather their small study showed that broccoli sprouts may help mitigate the toxic effects of a certain class
The sprouts are no panacea for the ill effects of pollution in general. Nor does the study justify the use of so-called detoxifying juices herbs
and the University of Pittsburgh tested the effects of broccoli sprouts on 291 adults in a small township near the Chinese city of Qidong on the north side of the Yangtze river opposite Shanghai.
Broccoli sprouts are rich in a cancer-fighting phytochemical called glucoraphanin which Johns Hopkins researchers including Dr. Paul Talalay who participated in this latest study with Kensler discovered in the early 1990s.
Kensler said that broccoli consumption initiates chemical reactions that assemble molecules that attach to benzene compounds making these benzene compounds more water soluble and easier to pass through the urine.
but not All the people in the new study who drank a concentrated tea made with broccoli spouts excreted 61 percent more benzene
Moreover consuming the broccoli sprouts had no effect on shedding lead mercury or other toxins locked in bone and fat cells according to the study.
broccoli sprouts don't detoxify the body. Rather broccoli's glucoraphanin alters the structure of benzene
(which in fact doesn't accumulate for long anyway) so the body excretes it faster perhaps before it has the chance to interact with cells.
what's remarkable Talalay said is that vegetables and their phytochemicals can boost the body's ability to protect itself.
This is what the researchers set out to demonstrate in China with broccoli sprouts. The food can serve as a frugal means to reduce exposure to toxins Kensler said akin to a face mask until systematic pollution controls are applied.
Farmer Jonathan Yazzie said he used to grow corn squash zucchini chiles and cantaloupe in northeast Arizona.
But during the rainy season they eat more leafy green vegetables similar to spinach which are very high in folate a nutrient that is especially important during pregnancy.
At age 2 (sometimes earlier if the dentist suggests) the institute suggests putting a pea-sized amount of fluoride toothpaste on the child s brush.
Some examples of foods that contain these fats are salmon trout herring avocados olives walnuts and liquid vegetable oils such as soybean corn safflower canola olive and sunflower.
Carrots may get all the glory for helping your eyes but bananas do their share as well.
and vegetables cut their risk of kidney cancer by 40 percent and that bananas were especially effective.
Whole grains nuts fish meat dark green vegetables legumes and many fruits contain significant amounts of magnesium.
when they increased their magnesium by eating more fruits and vegetables or taking more than 370 milligrams of magnesium a day.
But because a diet with more fruits and vegetable will also increase levels of other nutrients it is difficult to measure the independent effect magnesium has on blood pressure.
and vegetables are similar to allergy-causing proteins found in pollens such as ragweed birch mugwort and grasses.
and raw vegetables as well as some nuts and spices these people's immune systems recognize a similarity between the food and pollen's proteins.
and carrots are the most common food culprits of oral allergy symptoms that he sees in his Boston allergy clinic.
He noted that apples are a common offender for people who are allergic to birch pollen as well as foods such as celery pears
because these fruits and vegetables are botanically close to birch. Often it's just one or two foods on the list that might cause oral symptoms in some individuals with birch pollen allergies.
Melons cantaloupe honeydew or watermelon along with cucumber zucchini kiwi and banana might trigger cross reactions in people who are sensitive to ragweed pollen.
And people with grass pollen allergies might be bothered by tomatoes melons and oranges. Be aware of common symptoms.
or vegetable may be helpful because the allergen tends to be concentrated under the skin. Eating canned or frozen forms of the food might also be well tolerated.
The Los alamos team clearly demonstrated the value of remote sensing for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions said David Crisp the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) science lead at NASA s Jet propulsion laboratory.
#oeto fully exploit this capability we need to acquire measurements like this at high spatial resolution over the entire globe#Crisp said.
Perhaps not surprising for an organization that encourages plant-based diets the advice highlighted the benefits of fruits and vegetables and recommended limited consumption of meat.
The recommendations are to eat more fresh vegetables and fruits; eat more soy products; limit dairy;
and vegetables especially leafy greens to help reduce overall cancer risk. Most doctors agree. It is an incontrovertible fact that a plant-based diet lowers your risk of cancer
The reason fruits and vegetables help lower cancer risk is that they contain protective compounds such as the phytochemicals that Talalay discovered in broccoli in the 1990s that reduce the risk of several cancers
Soy products such as edamame tempeh and tofu also have protective properties and if substituted for red meat can help reduce exposure to fats
Even the smoke from grilled meat can contaminate grilled vegetables which otherwise don't have HCAS.
It would take seven hours of swimming laps to burn this meal off the group says. 9 Snack foods:
When French toast is#Brulã ed fries are'bottomless 'and steaks are garnished now with not just one
order alternative sides such as steamed broccoli in place of fries; order a burger with lettuce in place of the bun;
order a thin-crust pizza instead of a deep-dish pizza; for Mexican dishes order items à la carte instead of as a combo meal;
and ask for no chips. Follow Rachael Rettner@Rachaelrettner. Follow Live Science@livescience Facebook & Google+.
while foods with a low glycemic index (such as vegetables and legumes) cause blood sugar levels to rise more slowly
and remain more constant over time. Oranges are Vitamin a rich. This nutrient contains carotenoid compounds like lutein beta-carotene and zeaxanthin
The Rise and Fall of Super bowl Snack foods Not so long ago avocado was a kitchen appliance color
Super bowl of Snack foods (Infographic) Guacamole: It's green it's gooey and Americans are expected to dip into about 208 million avocados'worth of guacamole during the Super bowl according to the Haas Avocado Board.
Tortilla chips: In 2013 sales of tortilla chips grew faster than sales of potato chips (3. 7 percent vs. 2. 2 percent) and not only because of Hispanic shoppers.
The Hispanic market isn't the only one driving that taste profile Tom Dempsey CEO of the Snack food Association told the AP. As manufacturers become more innovative on how to use tortilla chips that will continue to take a larger share of the snack marketplace.
Though tortilla chips are made usually with whole-grain corn and are often gluten-free they may be fried in oils that are saturated high in
and/or trans fats and many brands of chips are high in sodium. Some health experts recommend baking your own tortilla chips from 100 percent corn tortillas
and adding only as much salt as you prefer. Potato chips: Despite the burgeoning popularity of tortilla chips potato chips are holding their own as the top-selling salted snack in terms of pounds sold.
It bears mentioning that many potato chips are flavored now with Hispanic-style ingredients such as jalapeno peppers or nacho cheese.
Football fans will consume an estimated 11.2 million pounds of chips during the Big Game contributing a whopping 27 billion calories to the U s. diet.
The potato chip was invented according to legend at a swanky resort in Saratoga springs N y. After an ornery customer kept sending back his fried potatoes
because they were too thick an even more-ornery chef named George Crum decided to slice some potatoes paper-thin.
The crispy snacks were a hit and soon Saratoga chips became a regional favorite eventually going worldwide.
Dip: Before WORLD WAR II there were just a few recipes for what's now called dip though people had been dunking bread
and crackers into soups and sauces for centuries. A 1947 edition of the Fannie Farmer cookbook included a recipe for mayonnaise preparations flavored with mustard
or Worcestershire sauce that were made for dipping asparagus tips or cauliflower florets. By the 1950s the Lipton Company was searching for new ways to market its line of dried instant soups.
By mixing the soups with sour cream the company launched a whole new era in eating creating a mix intended for no other purpose than to dip celery carrots or chips.
According to Fox news 32 percent of Americans plan to scoop up some kind of creamy dip during the Super bowl.
Tomato-based salsa the most popular type of salsa sold in the United states overtook ketchup in sales in 1991 according to The New york times. Food historians cheered the dethroning of ketchup as the condiment king
since salsa's spicy blend of tomatoes peppers onion garlic and other flavors heralded the dawn of more sophisticated cosmopolitan taste buds.
and vegetables Alexandra Aguirre Rodriguez an assistant professor of marketing at Florida International University told the AP. Follow Marc Lallanilla on Twitter and Google+.
More Fruit and Veggie Servings Needed? Eating seven or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day reduces people's risk of dying a new study suggests.
The study also found that fresh vegetables may be slightly more protective than fresh fruit and canned fruit may actually increase the risk of death.
Researchers analyzed information from more than 65000 people in England ages 35 and older who answered questions about their eating habits.
or more servings of fruits and vegetables were 42 percent less likely to die from any cause over a nearly eight-year period compared with those who ate less than one serving a day. 6 Easy Ways to Eat More Fruits
and Vegetables Eating fewer than seven servings was also beneficial although the protective effect was not as strong:
Whatever your starting point it is always worth eating more fruit and vegetables. Vegetables trump fruit?
Each daily serving of fresh vegetables was linked with a 16-percent reduction in a person's risk of dying
while each serving of fresh fruit was linked with a 4-percent reduction in risk of death.
Vegetables have a larger effect than fruit but fruit still makes a real difference Oyebode said.
and vegetables were solely responsible for the reduced risk of death or that canned fruit increases the risk of death.
and vegetables experience other factors that increase their risk of dying such as health conditions or stressful lives the researchers said.
and vegetables (2 cups of fruit and 2. 5 cups of vegetables with a half-cup being one serving) according to Harvard School of Public health.
However people's actual consumption of fruits and vegetables often falls short of guidelines. In the study people in England said they ate just under four servings of fruits
and vegetables a day and a 2013 report from the U s. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that Americans eat less than three portions a day.
and vegetable consumption particularly vegetables and salad the researchers wrote today (March 31) in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
and vegetables the researchers said. Follow Rachael Rettner@Rachaelrettner. Followlive Science@livescience Facebook & Google+.
which includes beans lentils peas and other familiar foods. When planted peanut seeds (kernels) grow into small 18-inch plants with oval-shaped leaves.
#Sweet potatoes: Health Benefits, Risks & Nutrition Facts Soft and creamy enough to be put in pies
and called dessert sweet potatoes are also a surprisingly nutritious vegetable. The orange-fleshed tubers are especially high in Vitamin a (also called beta-carotene
and have fewer calories than white potatoes although they do have more sugar. Sweet potatoes are one of the best Vitamin a sources out there containing more than 100 percent of the daily recommended intake.
Vitamin a is an antioxidant powerhouse and beta-carotene has been linked to anti-aging benefits cancer prevention and helping maintain good eyesight.
While the orange variety is the most common in the United states sweet potatoes also come in white yellow pink and purple varieties.
Here are the nutrition facts for sweet potatoes according to the U s. Food and Drug Administration which regulates food labeling through the National Labeling and Education Act:
while sweet potato pie might be soul food sweet potatoes themselves are a whole-body vegetable. Heart health Sweet potatoes are a great source of B6 vitamins
which are brilliant at breaking down homocysteine a substance that contributes to the hardening of blood vessels and arteries.
Sweet potatoes potassium content is also helpful for your heart as it lowers blood pressure by maintaining fluid balance.
Controlling blood sugar and maintaining energy For as sweet as they are sweet potatoes have a low glycemic index (sugar amount).
) Unlike processed sugars sweet potatoes natural sugar is released slowly into your bloodstream. This means you won t get blood sugar spikes
It also means that sweet potatoes could be helpful in regulating blood sugar in people with TYPE II DIABETES (scientists are currently looking into it.
As if that weren t sweet enough sweet potatoes are a terrific source of manganese. Manganese plays an important role in metabolizing carbohydrates
Stress Sweet potatoes contain magnesium the go-to mineral for de-stressing. It promotes relaxation calm
Immunity and anti-inflammatory properties One sweet potato contains about half our daily recommended intake of Vitamin c.
While orange sweet potatoes contain more Vitamin a purple sweet potatoes are packed with the antioxidants cyanidin and peonidin All of these pigment-related antioxidants have excellent anti-inflammatory benefits
Digestion Sweet potatoes are a good source of dietary fiber which aids in maintaining a healthy digestive tract
and prepared in a healthy way (that means not just indulging in sweet potato fries) sweet potatoes are a nutritious delicious food that should pose no significant health risks.
But for a vegetable they are high in carbohydrates 23 grams per medium sweet potato and calories about 100 calories vs. 45 calories in broccoli.
While the Vitamin a in sweet potatoes has numerous benefits if consumed in daily abundance your skin could turn yellow or orange.
if you cut down on sweet potato consumption. People with a history of kidney stones may want to avoid eating too many sweet potatoes as the vegetable contains oxalate
which contributes to the forming of calcium-oxalate kidney stones. Furthermore sweet potatoes contain potassium and phosphorus which is something that those with chronic kidney disease may want to avoid.
Given that sweet potatoes are in general very nutritious you don t need to cut them out of your diet
unless a doctor advises it. Sweet potatoes and yams are used often interchangeably in recipes but they are quite different
and are related not even botanically. Sweet potatoes are members of the morning glory family while yams are closely related to lilies and grasses.
Yams are native to Africa and Asia and there are more than 600 varieties. Compared to sweet potatoes yams are starchier and drier.
Why the confusion? According to the Library of Congress website Everyday Mysteries sweet potato varieties are classified as either firm or soft.
In the United states the firm varieties came first. When soft varieties were grown first commercially there was a need to differentiate the two kinds.
African slaves had been calling the soft sweet potatoes yams because they resembled the yams they knew in Africa.
Today the USDA requires labels with the term yam to be accompanied by the term sweet potato.
Unless you are specifically searching for yams which can be found in international markets you are probably eating sweet potatoes!
As for nutritional benefits the potato is more powerful. Sweet potatoes and yams are both healthy foods
and they look similar. Sweet potatoes however have higher concentrations of most nutrients and more fiber.
Sweet potatoes are compared roots to regular potatoes which are tubers (underground stems). Sweet potatoes are native to Central
and South america and have been grown for at least 10000 years. Christopher Columbus took sweet potatoes to Europe after his first voyage to the New world in 1492.
By the 16th century Spanish and Portuguese explorers had taken sweet potatoes to the Philippines and to Africa India Indonesia and southern Asia.
Around this same time sweet potatoes began to be cultivated in the southern United states. George washington grew sweet potatoes at Mount vernon.
George washington Carver developed 118 products from sweet potatoes including glue for postage stamps and starch for sizing cotton fabrics.
Sweet potatoes are the official vegetable for North carolina. North carolina is the leading producer of sweet potatoes in the United states producing about 40 percent of the national supply.
China grows about 80 million tons of sweet potatoes each year Africa produces about 14 million tons Central and South america about 2 million and the United states about 1 million tons.
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