most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-21T17:30:53Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/34971 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/34971/anybody-get-gas-on-sweet-potatoes Edward J. Edmonds 2011-04-25T17:22:41Z 2011-12-08T04:16:06Z

<p>Seriously, sweet potatoes no matter how long I cook them, I get gas. Normal potatoes no problem.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/34971/anybody-get-gas-on-sweet-potatoes/34982#34982 Joshua 2011-04-25T18:03:55Z 2011-04-25T18:03:55Z

<p>Do you eat the peels? This is where most of the indigestible stuff resides (as well as the bulk of the phytates and solanine).</p> <p>If not, chances are it's a digestive intolerance for one of the compounds. </p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/34971/anybody-get-gas-on-sweet-potatoes/34991#34991 Grocket 2011-04-25T18:46:06Z 2011-04-25T18:46:06Z

<p>I have this issue too. Do you have problems with fructose/simple sugars? There are a fair amount in sweet potatoes. You could try a "true yam". I like the Japanese varieties and they are mostly starch.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/34971/anybody-get-gas-on-sweet-potatoes/34996#34996 Christo 2011-04-25T19:01:03Z 2011-04-25T19:01:03Z

<p>all taters give me gas if eaten everyday</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/34971/anybody-get-gas-on-sweet-potatoes/35000#35000 Turnkey 2011-04-25T19:14:00Z 2011-04-25T19:14:00Z

<p>It could easily be an adaptation time period issue. That occurs whenever you increase fiber intake.</p> <p>Even improperly prepared beans are supposed to not be gassy if you've been having them for a few months in sufficient quantity.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/34971/anybody-get-gas-on-sweet-potatoes/35011#35011 Jay 2011-04-25T20:08:43Z 2011-04-25T20:08:43Z

<p>Yes sweet potatoes give me more gas than regular potatoes. It's due to their fructan content I believe. A certain amount of starch from regular potatoes gets through to the colon and is there fermented producing gas. With sweet potatoes, I think the fructans + whatever starch is left over fuel the anaerobes.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/34971/anybody-get-gas-on-sweet-potatoes/35012#35012 Jack Kronk 2011-04-25T20:24:45Z 2011-04-25T20:24:45Z

<p>Just a little fyi to all... Dr Harris says that starches left to return back down to room temperature after being cooked can give you gas because it becomes resistant starch.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/34971/anybody-get-gas-on-sweet-potatoes/35013#35013 ben61820 2011-04-25T20:28:29Z 2011-04-25T20:28:29Z

<p>if i only eat them PWO I'm fine and gas-free however if i decide to have them again at dinner, then i'll definitely have gas. Poison in the dose for me. White potatoes do not seem to give me this issue at all. </p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/34971/anybody-get-gas-on-sweet-potatoes/35014#35014 Travis Culp 2011-04-25T20:44:57Z 2011-04-25T20:44:57Z

<p>I doubt it's the fructose, since sweet potatoes actually have very little. Most of the sugar that makes them sweet is maltose, which is a glucose-glucose disaccharide. I eat a lot of sweet potato all the time and I don't experience this. I would agree with Jack that it might be the resistant starch that's feeding your microflora, although I eat them cold all the time and it still doesn't happen.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/34971/anybody-get-gas-on-sweet-potatoes/35055#35055 Tom R. 2011-04-26T01:56:00Z 2011-04-26T01:56:00Z

<p>Not sure if I would get gas but I haven't eaten them often after figuring out they were giving me reflux. It's very strange considering very little gives me reflux anymore (used to be everything when I was a grain-aholic), so I don't eat them. I don't eat too many regular tubers but have not noticed any reflux from them. Butternut squash is my stand-in for sweet potatoes PWO (sometimes pumpkin).</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/34971/anybody-get-gas-on-sweet-potatoes/82035#82035 crustacean 2011-12-08T04:16:06Z 2011-12-08T04:16:06Z

<p>Even though this an old thread, I do have possibly relevant information. Even though every "yam" we see in the grocery-mart is really a variety of sweet potato, I react quite differently to them. The orange skin/flesh "yam" gives me horrible gas and general intestinal distress, but the yellow skin/flesh sweet potato digests with no issues at all.</p> <p>It might be worth doing an experiment to see if you have this same differential reaction.</p>