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February Heart health month National Sweetpotato Month Social posts

Celebrate National SweetPotato Month with these easy sweetpotato snacks! We love this sweetpotato blueberry bread ncsweetpotatoes.com/recipe/sweetpotato- n-blueberry-bread/ and these no bake

sweetpotato ginger energy bites! ncsweetpotatoes.com/recipe/sweet-potato-coconut- ginger-energy-bites-no-bake/ February 22nd is National Cook a Sweet Potato Day! Here are 52 ways you can enjoy sweetpotatoes! We have plenty of resources and recipes for easy sweet potato recipes: ncsweetpotatoes.com/52-ways-to-love sweet-potatoes/ Surprise your partner with an easy, heart-healthy breakfast on Valentine’s Day. Make this sweetpotato blueberry baked oatmeal, ncsweetpotatoes.com/ recipe/sweet-potato-blueberry-baked-oatmeal/, or top your sweetpotato toast with yogurt, peanut butter, fruit, nuts, seeds, or veggies.

Talking Points y Sweetpotatoes are a wonderful, heart-healthy food. You can season them with a variety of non salt spices and seasonings if you’re working to reduce the sodium in your diet. For example, try olive oil, paprika, garlic powder, cumin, and cayenne pepper for a spicy twist, or Parmesan cheese, rosemary, and fresh parsley for some savory enjoyment. y Focus on your heart health this month by aiming for 25-30 grams of fiber per day. One medium sweetpotato provides nearly 20% of your daily fiber needs. Fiber, naturally found in fruits, vegetables, sweetpotatoes, whole grains, nuts and seeds, can help aid digestion and may help reduce cholesterol. y Adding foods high in healthy unsaturated fats, like fish, nuts, seeds, avocados, and olive oil to your diet can aid heart health by reducing inflammation. Many of these foods pair well with sweetpotatoes, like this Sweetpotato Power Salad: ncsweet- potatoes.com/recipe/sweetpotato-power-salad/ y DYK February is National Sweetpotato Month? Celebrate by adding more sweet potatoes to your diet, for breakfast, lunch or dinner! Get some recipe inspiration at ncsweetpotatoes.com/recipes/.

Newsletter - Copy What heart-healthy foods can you add to your existing diet or pattern of eating? Consciously including more sweet- potatoes, seafood, nuts, seeds, beans and legumes, grains, and healthy oils can improve your health, while also displacing some of the higher-sugar and higher- saturated fat foods. It’s not about all or nothing thinking, but remembering that small changes add up!

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