Raw Sweet Potato Leaves

Yes, especially if you want a very low calorie veggie with some fiber and minerals. Per serving (1 cup cooked, steamed, without salt), sweet potato leaves come in at about 22 calories with 1.22 g fiber, and they also provide 199.68 mg potassium and 30.72 mg magnesium, which can fit nicely into a balanced diet.

Yes, they may help indirectly, mostly because they are low calorie and can add volume to meals. One serving is only 22 calories with 1.22 g fiber, so adding it to a meal can increase fullness without adding many calories. Additionally, one review reported higher vegetable intake was linked with lower odds of weight gain

It probably will not “burn belly fat” on its own, and spot reduction is not really how fat loss works. What it can do is support a calorie deficit, since a serving is about 22 calories, and pairing it with protein and a sensible carb portion can make sticking to your diet easier.

Spinach, as sweet potato leaves (1 cup cooked) are about 22 calories with 1.22 g fiber, 199.68 mg potassium, and 94.08 mcg vitamin A, plus almost no sodium (4.48 mg) versus spinach (1 cup chopped, raw) is about 8 calories, but it is much higher in vitamin A at 739.2 mcg and vitamin C at 16.8 mg, though it also has more sodium at 72.8 mg.

For people who need to limit potassium, sweet potato leaves may need portion control because one cooked cup has about 199.68 mg potassium, and potassium targets can vary a lot by CKD stage and labs. For kidney stone formers, leafy greens are sometimes tricky because some greens are high in oxalate, the kidney foundation specifically flags spinach and sweet potatoes as examples of higher oxalate foods, so it may be worth checking your personal guidance if stones are a concern.