Sweet potato nutrition Question?

[clayton m]

Sweet potato nutrition Question? I know there are 4 different kinds of sweet potato varieties. I have been eating the ones that have a pale skin with yellow insides. I wanted to try the ones labeled as "yams" in grocery stores, with darker skin and bright orange insides. Is there any difference in their calorie/nutrition content?

[BBWCHATT]

I think what you are thinking of trying is just another kind of sweet potato - you can see pictures of real "yams" at the last link I am posting for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato

There are seven major varieties of sweet potatoes: Jersey, Kotobuki (Japanese), Okinawan (Purple), Papa Doc, Beauregard, Garnet, Jewel and the newest named variety Covington. The last four varieties are regionally called "yams" in the United States.A unique variety of sweet potato grown in New Zealand, originally grown by the indigenous Maori, is the kumara, a red/purple variety with a unique flavor due to its isolation from other varieties.The moist-fleshed, orange cultivars of sweet potato are often referred to as œyamsâ in the United States. One explanation of this confusion is that Africans brought to America took to calling American sweet potatoes Nyamis, perhaps from the Fulani word nyami (to eat) or the Twi word anyinam, which refers to a true yam. The true yam, which is native to Africa and Asia, can grow up to 2 m (6 ft) in length (sometimes with knuckle-like ends) and has a scaly skin, a pinkish white center, and a thick, almost oily feel to the tongue.This is what a yam really is - and it has pictures:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_%28vegetable%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_%28vegetable%29

[spsse]

I live in Brazil in the state of Bahia in here know only the first type of potato that was spoken, I found a very interesting question.

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