Sweet Potato vs Turnip – Which is Healthier?
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Our Verdict
When comparing sweet potato to turnip, we picked the sweet potato.
Why?
It wasn’t close:
In terms of macros, sweet potato has more fiber, carbs, and protein, making it the more nutrient-dense option in this category.
In the category of vitamins, sweet potato has a lot more of vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, C, E, and K, while turnips have a little more vitamin B9, yielding a very convincing 9:1 victory to sweet potato here.
Looking at minerals next, sweet potatoes have more calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc, while turnips are not higher in any minerals. Another easy win for sweet potatoes!
Adding up the sections makes for a clear overall win for sweet potato, but by all means do enjoy either or both, as diversity is best, and watch how you cook them!
In this comparison, we used data from them both being steamed skin-on, in the interests of fairness, so there’s a difference between that and if you decided to make sweet potato fries or somesuch 😉
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