Oven Roasted Mashed Blue Sweet Potatoes

STRATEGIC STARCHING Blue Yam Eat fat, and eat a lot of it. From grass fed tallow, to pasture-raised lard and from coconut oil to avocados, making sure to incorporate plenty of natural fats into our daily regime is key in promoting optimal brain health, achieving and maintaining a lean body weight and keeping our risk for developing diabetes and other modern day illnesses low. Does that mean we all have to go keto and cut all carbs? Not by any means. Rather, we just need to be strategic in our starching. Preparing for a busy day in the office with back to back client meetings from a nutritional standpoint is vastly different than preparing for a feat of endurance. Even the most fat adapted athlete will benefit from adding some strategic carbs into the mix in order to ensure glycogen stores are optimally topped off so that when needed and appropriate, we can easily access what is, in effect, rocket fuel! Here’s a recipe favorite starch of choice that I enjoy each and every time I have the opportunity to race here on the big island of Kona.