{"id":266,"date":"2016-09-05T06:41:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T06:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surepaleo.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2017-01-09T02:27:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T02:27:00","slug":"are-yams-paleo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.surepaleo.com\/are-yams-paleo\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Yams Paleo?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"areShort Answer:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yes, Yams are Paleo!<\/p>\n

Aren\u2019t and Yams and Sweet Potatoes the Same?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Due to incorrect labelling, yams are often mistaken to sweet potatoes<\/a>.\u00a0 In the United States, sweet potatoes are often marketed as yams when in fact they come from two different family tubers and are not related in any way.<\/p>\n

Yam is a tuber that comes from the genus Dioscorea white sweet potato comes from the Convulaceae family. Its name was derived from the Spanish word \u201cname\u201d which means \u201cto sample\u201d. It is native and widely cultivated in Africa, Asia and other tropical regions. Yam, like potato<\/a> is a starchy tuber which skin is greyish and rough and has white flesh. It is quite larger and longer than sweet potato. Sometimes it can be really huge.<\/p>\n

While sweet potatoes are sweet and have smooth flesh, yams in contrast have starchier flesh and not as sweet as the sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n

Similar to sweet potatoes, yams come in many varieties. Some yams have purple or reddish flesh. Yams compared to sweet potatoes are somewhat bland and dry and often served with spicy sauces in popular dishes.<\/p>\n

Types of Yams<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There are three common types of yams and they are as follows:<\/p>\n