Beef and Chicken African Stew

This hearty stew uses sweet potatoes—a staple crop of Eastern and Central Africa—as one of its main ingredients. Full of prebiotic, good-for-the-gut fiber, sweet potatoes also contain an abundance of beta-carotene, phenolic compounds, and cancer-fighting antioxidants. Buttery Brazil nuts—one of nature’s richest sources of selenium—aid proper thyroid function, cell growth, and immune response, and a deficiency in selenium can lead to thyroid disease. Humans can eat as few as two Brazil nuts a day and receive all the selenium they need in their diets!