If you buy organic yams, you can eat the entire yam including the skin. If you buy traditionally prepared yams you should peel them because they are often treated with dye or wax. * i beg to differ. first conventially grown yams are most certenlly not treated with dyes or wax, secondly the use of many dyes and certainly wax is permitted in organic farming as it is a "natural" product (if you think you can sense some sarcasm you're not wrong) so if that whats worrying you eating organic is no solution.
the calcium oxalate present in yam peel is thought to be responsible for causing the itching sensation when it contacts the skin
Any part of the yam, whole or cut, as long as it has the skin (peel).
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Boiling yam peels are safe, and their also safe to eat. Yam peels are also good for fiber and digestive system.
stick it up your bum
Sure can.
fish yam and mango
No they did not. Yam originates from West Africa and the Romans had no contact with this area.
Papua New Guineans do not really celebrate the yam. They just cook and eat it in many ways, some for survival.
Mexican yam cream is marketed with the promise that it is natural progesterone. The cream is applied to the skin based on a woman's condition. Dosages are based on the outcome expected.