The sweet potato or sweetpotato is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet - tasting, tuberous roots are a root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens.


Sweet potatoes has so much to offer apart from what most people know. Here are some of the health benefits of sweet potato leaves:

1. Anti - Diabetes

Sweet potatoe leaves are mainly known for it's Anti - Diabetes important and for diet therapy. Scincetific studies shows that the leaves has anti - diabetic compounds that lower blood glucose content.


2. Helps in Heart Health

The leaves of sweet potatoes are rich in Vitamin K. The function of vitamin k in human body is that it helps in de - calcifying arteries of hard and harmful plaque deposits, which causes heart attack. The leaves also helps in reducing inflammation of the cells lining the blood vessels(mainly along arteries & veins). Take sweet potato leaves to reduces your chances of experiencing heart attacks and to maintain your blood pressure.

3. Anti - mutagenic and Antioxidant

Sweet potato leaves have the ability of reducing the rate of mutation of cancer cells, this is mainly because of the presence of antioxidants and antimutagenic in them.


4. Anticoagulant

Due to presence of vitamin k in sweet potato leaves, consuming the leaves will help your body to recover fast from cuts, bruises and clotting of the blood. We all know how Vitamin K functions; it facilitates the clotting ability of the blood.