Never Peeled The Yam Skin Until After Cooking, Good Source of Balanced Diet . Health Tips

Health Tips For those old enough to remember, you will recall that this was how our fathers and mothers used to cook their yam and even plantain. They never peeled the skin until after cooking. If you peel yam before cooking, then the yam is likely to raise your sugar level because of its high carbohydrate and starch content. But if you cook your yam with the peels, and peel it after cooking, what you have is already a balanced diet. Yam peels are the most nutrient-rich part of yam. The skin of yam that is normally peeled off contains proteins and vitamin B Complex. “It also has soluble fibre that absorbs sugar inside the yam. *When you cook your yam with the skin, it will not increase the blood sugar level* *Same is applicable to cooking potatoes.* Do you think it is an accident that goats prefer to eat yam peels? Try it at home. Keep yam peels on one side and yam on the other side- the goat will always...