Add a summertime burst of orange, red, or yellow to structures with beautiful trumpet vine. This fast grower is a perfect plant for attracting hummingbirds and bringing color to hot, dry spots.
Sweet Potatoes and Cholesterol. Low cholesterol is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease. Sweet potatoes lower cholesterol because they are a source of water-soluble fiber, says MayoClinic.com. One half of a sweet potato cooked without its skin contains 3.9 grams of fiber. Water-soluble fiber binds to bile acids helping the body to excrete cholesterol.
The most popular variety of sweet potatoes is perhaps Yam that has a moist flesh and has orange color that makes it different from the white skinned sweet potato. Sweet potatoes have many different colors, and they range from white to golden to brown to orange to red skinned sweet potatoes. One property that makes sweet potatoes special is their ability to not to destabilize blood sugar, despite the fact that they are sweeter than their more famous counterpart, brown potatoes.