A few months ago I posted about the difference between a sweet potato and a regular white potato. CLICK HERE to check it out. The bonus with a sweet potato is that it does not spike your insulin levels the way a regular potato does partly because of the higher fiber content. Now, here is my issue with the Sweet Potato. Since everyone is all health crazy right now (no complaint there) manufacturers and restaurants are trying anything and everything to get people to eat their products. Sweet Potato’s have been promoted as a healthy choice- So many companies have decided to prey on the innocent and make frozen sweet potato fries that you can buy in the freezer isle. If you look at the back of the package and read the ingredients list and look at the nutritional breakdown you will quickly realize that this so called “healthy french fry”  is not healthy at all. And of course restaurants are now offering a choice of sweet potato versus regular potato fries. It makes you feel like having the sweet potato fries somehow makes your meal healthier! But in truth, your meal would be much healthier if you just ordered a side Salad or Steamed Veggies!

• Here is the deal. A fry, is a fry, is a fry.

The only way sweet potato fries will be healthier than a regular fries is if you’re cutting, peeling and baking fresh sweet potato’s at home and cooking them in your oven with MINIMAL healthy oil.

* Both these french fries are from the same manufacturer.