Yams vs sweet potatoes — do you know the difference? Dr. Gundry reveals that most grocery stores are actually mislabeling these two completely different vegetables, and the distinction matters more than you think for your health, your gut, and your evolutionary biology.
Here’s what most people don’t realize: yams and sweet potatoes aren’t even from the same plant family. They’re not variations of the same vegetable. They’re not interchangeable. A yam is part of the lily family and originates from Africa — the same continent where humans evolved over millions of years. That means our bodies have had an extraordinarily long relationship with this tuber. We’ve been eating it, digesting it, and adapting to it for as long as we’ve existed as a species.
Sweet potatoes, on the other hand, belong to the morning glory family and come from the Americas. In evolutionary terms, our exposure to them is relatively recent. That doesn’t make them dangerous, but it does mean our bodies haven’t had nearly as long to build a relationship with them compared to the African yam.
Next time you’re in the produce aisle, skip the orange and look for purple. Your gut buddies will thank you.
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