2. Sweet potato
The better kind of potatoes, sweet potatoes are another example of healthy fats. They provide us with minerals, fiber and protein, and though they are rather high in carbs, they are still extremely nutritious. It is also said that anthocyanins found in purple sweet potato can protect us from suffering brain damage at old age.
There are plenty of ways and variations of eating sweet potato; the most common are sweet potato chips, baked or fried – it’s delicious both ways, mashed sweet potatoes, and adding baked sweet potato as a side dish to almost every meal is possible (well, perhaps not breakfast).