I bought an AMAZING purple sweet potato the other day, and I mean *dark* purple inside and out. Not as sweet as a regular sweet potato, but good and jam packed with anthocyanins, such that I didn't worry too much about what sugar was in it because the simultaneously high antioxidant level should help mop of the free radicals caused by the glucose burning in the brain, right? (As good a theory as any other these days I figure
I also enjoyed that it was low glycemic compared with the potatoes I used to eat. I am switching from my favored riper bananas to greener (
), but continuing to stick with only 1/2 at a time, and adding nut butter to help slow the digestion of the sugars and reward me for going green. There are ways to balance, and my current theory is that turbocharging the diet with high antioxidant, low glycemic foods, along with regular exercise and mindfulness should be my TOP GOALS for prevention. No doubt primates in the wild enjoy these daily. (I haven't been on the SAD for years so don't have to start with white sugar etc., which might be the right spot for someone else to focus.)
