Comments on: Murasaki Japanese Sweet Potato a Recipe For Disaster?

By: Ryan P

Ryan P — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 03:59:06 +0000

I needed to put on knee-high boots to finish reading this manure. You are clearly one of many Americans brainwashed into thinking carbs and fructose are a problem. They aren’t. High fat and high protein are far more problematic than carbs. Since you need to do some reading, here are some title recommendations that should get you caught up: Mastering Diabetes, Fiber Fueled, The Starch Solution, and Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. Inside you’ll find research prevented by MDs and PhDs rather than bloggers. Good luck!

By: Wm B

Wm B — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 03:02:14 +0000

Trader Joe’s is now selling Murasaki Sweet Potato Chips. They contain only sweet potatoes, high-oleic sunflower or safflower oil, and sea salt. Miraculously, the net carb count is incredibly low, in fact so low that I did a web search and ended up here.
Out of a 1 oz (28 g) serving, fully HALF the weight, 14 grams, is listed as “dietary fiber”. Here’s the carb breakdown on the Nutrition Facts label:
Total Carbohydrates: 18 g
Dietary Fiber 14 g
Total Sugars 2 g
Includes 0 g added sugars
Since this web page lists 4 g of fiber in an entire 130g Murasaki Sweet Potato, I don’t understand the TJ’s label. They do seem a little like eating crunchy wood chips, but there is no wood fiber listed among the ingredients. How do they do it?

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 21:01:55 +0000

What is up with the writing in the article? Japanese “melon fetish”? The Japanese are “not so innocent” because they like some “sugar laden” foods like………yams? ” Both are healthy relative to your regular white spud, but this is a category where the American style wins.” First of all, white spuds are only DISTANTLY related to sweet potatoes. Why is this article so weirdly combative and rude to the Japanese right from the get go? Nobody is a winner or a loser. Nobody is more “innocent”. It’s not a competition nor is it down to moral conviction. It’s food. I’m no pearl-clutching sjw but this article is just weird.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:32:44 +0000

Are Trader Joes murasaki sweet potatos considered Japanese even if they are grown here and do they contain hyaluronic acid?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 09:59:07 +0000

In reply to Don Birkholz.

Their fish consumption is not as high as you think. They are all about porky the pig there.

http://nourishingtraditions.com/true-blue-zones-okinawa/

By: Don Birkholz

Don Birkholz — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:07:41 +0000

I think the high fish consumption in Okinawa might have a lot to do with their longevity. I guess I should buy the other sweet potatoes and add a bunch of sugar.

By: Sweet Potato Soul

Sweet Potato Soul — Thu, 24 May 2018 09:02:26 +0000

I am an American now based in Japan and I can personally attest to the health benefits of eating 1 oven roasted Japanese Satsumaimo per day having done so for the last 4 weeks. My belly fat is down considerably and my bowels are regular. This variety of sweet potato requires no additives for consumption, no salt, no maple syrup and certainly no other sauces. You can eat it right out of the oven, skin and all. To maintain more of the nutritional properties I would suggest steaming it but they are sold ready roasted here in Japan for the equivalent of $1! It’s yellow flesh is creamy when warm and can be likened to a desert custard. They are simply delicious and easy to digest.

By: alan

alan — Tue, 01 May 2018 17:15:04 +0000

I grow the Murasaki sweet potato and it is by far the best sweet potato i have ever eaten.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 22:37:46 +0000

You can’t just use the glycemic index reading as an indicator for the health of a food. Potatoes of all varieties are all naturally have carbs in form of plant starch… which affects its GI score because much more of their net weight in grams is actually converted into blood glucose. It’s not a very fair comparison.

For example, from Self’s Nutrition Data you can see that ice cream and pizza both have lower GI scores than a regular potato. Does that mean they are both healthier than potatoes? NO! It does not! Do not trust scales without knowing what they mean! Anything will always be okay in moderation!

And yes, if you are diabetic or at risk for developing diabetes, you will want to steer clear of foods high on the glycemic index… not because they are necessarily but because of the dynamics eating high GI foods has with insulin.

For the rest of us… don’t hate the potato :) it’s a wonderful tuberous plant that has sustained many groups of people throughout history. And, when cooked and prepared in a healthy way, is great addition to anyone’s diet.

By: CD

CD — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:26:33 +0000

Does anyone have any information regarding the B vitamins content of the different sweet potato varieties? Sweet potatoes are one of my main sources of B6 and niacin.

I prefer the white Japanese not because they taste sweeter (they don’t taste any sweeter than Garnets to me) but because they have a drier texture and are less prone to that bacterial rot that seems prevalent in the orange variety (they look fine on the outside and you don’t find out they are bad until you cut into them). I guess I will try to get the purples from now on.