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Many years ago, I was invited to a BBQ cook-out by some Argentinian friends of mine. They served what they called a sweet and bitter BBQ.

What’s in a name? When it comes to the yam, a bit of confusion. The truth is what you’ve been calling a yam is most likely a sweetpotato.

Yams are also a tuber vegetable.
Their scientific name is Dioscorea, and they originate in Africa and Asia. They are now commonly found in the

In the U.S., people eat an average of 126 pounds of potatoes per person each year. [1] However, potatoes don’t count as a vegetable

The terms “sweet potato” and “yam” are often used interchangeably, causing a lot of confusion.
While both are

If you’re like most people in the U.S., you likely don’t get enough potassium in your diet.
Like calcium and sodium, potassium is a mineral

Yams have a rough, scaly exterior which is very different from the smooth skin of a sweet potato, and are less sweet

The glycemic index is a value assigned to foods based on how quickly and how high those foods cause increases

When people eat a food containing carbohydrates, the digestive system breaks down the digestible ones into sugar, which enters the blood.

Africa is one of the richest phytodiversities in the World. The consumption of plant materials