How to Cook Sweet Potatoes Without Losing Nutrients

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Sweet potatoes were first cultivated by Native Americans and eventually became a staple of early homesteaders' diets. George Washington was a sweet potato farmer before he became a Revolutionary War general and his soldiers also became fond of them. Eaten raw, a sweet potato does not taste very sweet, but it contains an enzyme that converts the majority of its starches into sugars, causing it to sweeten as it is cooked.