Did you know that these little orange potatoes populary labeled as yams in U.S. grocery stores are actually sweet potatoes?? Sweet potatoes have yellow or orange flesh and their thin skins may be either white, yellow, orange, red or purple. A true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine, has brown or black thick skin comparable to the bark of a tree, very difficult to peel and is unrelated to sweet potatoes at all.
Sweet potatoes:
- Unique proteins with potent antioxidant effects.
- A sweet source of good nutrition
- Anti-oxidant rich and an anti-inflammatory food.
(chart adapted from whfoods.com)
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