Healthy Baked Sweet Potatoes

Although Americans often refer to sweet potatoes as yams, true yams are rarely available in U.S. supermarkets. Actually, sweet potatoes are far more nutritious than true yams, which are starchy vegetables from Africa and Asia. Baked sweet potatoes are high in vitamins A and C, as well as fiber. If you're looking for nutritious food that's low in fat and cholesterol, sweet potatoes are a good choice. A medium-sized baked sweet potato cooked in its skin without added salt has 105 calories, 0 g of fat and 0 mg of cholesterol.