Hmm, due to their low GL, wouldn't this have to be eaten well before a workout? I thought simple carbs were the preferred pre-workout snack, so the sugar is readily available in one's blood?

A little confused at Whole Foods - they have jewel yams, garnet yams, sweet potatoes, et al.

Wondering if you can help compare / contrast?

I usually eat one about an hour before a run. It is my fave snack for an after work workout that come before dinner.

I workout in the mornings (circuit training to JM dvds) and have a short window (less than an hour) in which to eat a snack. Any recommendations are appreciated!

Camarogirl, try looking through old posts, you can search using tags like the one above "pre-workout food " -- http://www.fitsugar.com/tag/pre-workout+food

Thanks mamasitamali! I will do just that. I have looked online and found conflicting answers that I do not trust enough to try.

I love yams! I thought I was the only person who liked to eat them for snacks ... glad to know that I am not!

I like yams, but I never thought of eating them as a snack; I generally eat them with dinner instead of regular potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are so good! I read a link about 7 foods every woman should eat-sweet potatoes were on there.

Had Friday's sweet potato fries the other night -- they were wonderful! I'm going to have to try making them at home.

While the names "yam" and "sweet potato" are often interchanged (incorrectly), they are two distinctly different and unrelated tubers. Pictured is a sweet potato.

Here is some info on them: http://homecooking.about.com/od/howtocookvegetables/a/sweetpotatodiff.ht...

Do you eat the skin?

Yum, I love yams! I actually prefer them over sweet potatoes I find they have a richer flavor. I like them baked with some earth balance or spray butter! So good!

Ditto Kimpossible. That's exactly what I was going to say.

Yams are not sweet potatoes!!!

My fave way to eat sweet potatoes: bake, cut open and top with butter and brown sugar. No, it's not healthy, but it sure is good.

Other way to eat a baked sweet potato:
Top with cottage cheese
Top with greek yogurt
Top with a little maple syrup
Just eat on its own.

AZDaisy, I do eat the skin, but not everyone does.

My grandmother used to make a dessert with sweet potatoes. She baked sweet potatoes with a little bit of butter and brownsugar and topped the whole casserole with marshmallows and it was heavenly! Love sweet potatoes!

Thanks to Kimpossible for confirming. I was rather surprised when I saw the picture. I am African and ate yam a lot whilst growing up and do not recall it being that colour, that said I thought perhaps it must be Yam from a different region. Now I understand that there is a misunderstanding. Yam is very different from sweet potato and does not even taste anything like it. Please fit correct. Thanks.

Pretty sure that is a sweet potato.... pretty tired of seeing them improperly labeled.....