Sweet potato shows trypsin inhibitor activity. That means it contains an enzyme inhibitor that blocks the action of trypsin, an enzyme that digests proteins. The trypsin inhibitor prevents the digestion of protein. Sweet potatoes with higher protein levels have more of the trypsin inhibitor. This makes raw sweet potato difficult to digest. The trypsin inhibitor is deactivated by cooking.
One way the raw food diet helps people is by supplying food enzymes. Food enzymes do part of the work of digesting the raw food. Enzyme inhibitors increase the amount of work that your body needs to do to digest foods. Enzyme inhibitors force your body to produce more digestive enzymes. This uses up resources that could be used to produce detoxifying enzymes. When animals are regularly fed enzyme inhibitors in research, they become sick. Sweet potato should not be eaten raw.
•Toxic substances and antinutritional factors: Sweet Potato FAO.org
all root veggies like carrots, beets, and sweet potatoes should be cooked at least a little. raw these foods are very hard for birds to digest. the nutritional value of sweet potatoes is actually increased when they are cooked for a short period of time.
1. Vary the form of the new food
2. Monkey See, Monkey Do
3. Try Soft Foods
4. New Area
5. Interval Feeding
6. Hospitalization may be necessary
7. Patience is Rewarded