Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea batatas blackie )For Anti-Cancer

Cancer is the most frightening disease, cancer affects everyone from the start baby in the womb to the elderly, women and men with various types of cancer and its causes, and treatments so far still very difficult and expensive, especially in the economic community is less. So that other efforts in preventing the need to continue to try.
According to the American National Cancer Institute, about a third of all cancer deaths might be associated with diet. What we eat can hurt us, but also can help. Many everyday foods that contain cancer-preventing compounds ranging from antioxidants to neutralize the damage caused by free radicals to the powerful phytochemicals that are now being explored to find experts other possibilities of plant ingredients to help inhibit the growth of cancer cells or reduce the size of tumors.

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas var Ayamurasaki) commonly known as Ipomoea Blackie has tuber skin and flesh is blackish purple (dark purple). Sweet potato, or better known as cassava vines polo aka “telo bin pendhem” this food was kept benefits remarkable for its rich substances contained therein to reduce the size of the cancer cells.

Nutritional Values of purple sweet potato is higher than other varieties of sweet potatoes, especially the content of lysine, Cu, Mg, K, Zn average of 20%.
Sweet potato is a source of carbohydrates and calories are high enough. Sweet potato is also a source of vitamins and minerals, vitamins are contained in the sweet potato include vitamin A, vitamin C, thiamin (vitamin B1), and riboflavin. While the sweet potato minerals are substances such as iron (Fe), phosphorus (P), and calcium (Ca).

Other content of protein, fat, crude fiber and ash. Total antosianin content varies between plants and 20 mg/100 g to 600 mg/100 g wet weight. Total content antosianin purple sweet potato was 519 mg/100 g wet weight. Antosianin sweet potatoes also have a physiological function for example antioxidants, anticancer, antibacterial, protection against liver damage, heart disease and stroke. Sweet potatoes can be due to anti-cancer active substance in it is called selenium and iodine and twenty times higher than other types of sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes have antioxidant and antibacterial activity of 2.5 and 3.2 times higher than some varieties.