How to Make Sweet Potato Bread to Lose Weight

To make purple bread and get its benefits from slimming, one should use as a recipe base the sweet red potato, which is part of the anthocyanins rich food group, a powerful antioxidant in purple or red vegetables such as grapes, cherries, plum, raspberry, blackberry and strawberry.

This bread is better than the common white version because it hinders digestion and has a lower glycemic index, so blood sugar does not increase too much, preventing the production of fat in the body.

Sweet Potato Bread Recipe

The following recipe yields 3 large breads that can be eaten for breakfast and snacks.

Ingredients:

• 1 envelope or 1 tablespoon dry yeast
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons of salt
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 cup warm milk (240 ml)
• 2 cups purple sweet potato pulp (350 g)
• 600 g of wheat flour (approximately 3 ½ cups)
• 40 g unsalted butter (2 tablespoons shallow)
• Wheat flour for sprinkling

Method of preparation:

1. Cook the sweet potatoes in the shell until soft. Peel and knead;
2. Mix the yeast with water and let stand for 5 minutes;
3. Beat in the blender the hydrated yeast, the egg, the salt, the sugar and the milk. Beat well and slowly add the sweet potatoes, knocking. until it gets a thick cream;
4. In a bowl, put this mixture and gradually add to wheat flour, mixing with a spoon or with your hands;
5. Continue adding flour until the dough does not stick to your hands;
6. Add the butter and mix well until the dough is smooth and shiny;
7. Cover with plastic film and let stand until the dough doubles in size;
8. Divide the dough into 3 pieces and model the breads on a surface with flour;
9. Place the breads in a greased form without letting them touch each other;
10. Place in preheated oven at high temperature for 10 minutes, lowering into medium oven and letting roast for another 45 minutes or until the dough turns golden. If you wish to make smaller breads, the cooking time should be shorter.

How to consume

To achieve its slimming effect, you should consume up to 2 breads per day, replacing the common white bread. As a filling, you can use unsalted butter, ricotta cream, light curd cheese or a slice of cheese, preferably white cheeses, such as cottage ricotta cheese or frescal light mines.

It is also important to remember that one should not consume purple sweet potatoes in large quantities as they can cause nausea and poor digestion. To take full advantage of the benefits of purple vegetables, see pink juice recipes.

Benefits

The benefits of this bread are mainly due to the presence of anthocyanins, antioxidant substance that gives purplish color to sweet potatoes and has the following effects on the body:

• Prevent cardiovascular diseases;
• Prevent cancer;
• Protect the brain from diseases such as Alzheimer's;
• Reduce blood glucose levels by controlling obesity and diabetes;
• Difficulty digestion of carbohydrates in the gut, increasing satiety time and favoring weight loss.

Unlike the purple version, white bread is responsible for rapidly increasing blood glucose, which increases the release of the hormone insulin and stimulates fat production in the body.

To remove carbohydrate from the diet and to lose weight faster, see also:

• How to use tapioca to replace bread in the diet
• Dukan Bread Recipe