Can anyone tell me if the ingredients listed below look South Beach Diet friendly? The only thing I wasn’t sure about was the yam flour. Thanks.

Ingredients: Filtered water, tofu (soybeans, calcium sulfate, glucono delta lactone), yam flour, calcium hydroxide.

PrettyBunny, I would think no yam flour as yams are not allowed. Also, tofu must be a lowfat kind - check the Phase 1 food list in the Frequently Asked Questions forum for more info (tofu is under meat substitutes, I believe). I'm curious now, what has those ingredients in it?

Good luck!

Aren't yams sweet potatoes?? I thought sweet potatoes were ok.

Sweet potatoes are OK for phase II.

However, there is a difference between sweet potatoes and yams although the names are used interchangeably - one is a root (yams) and one is a tuber (sweet potatoes.) They are entirely different species.Here's more info than you need!

What's the recipe and how much of the "yam flour" is in it?

Wow...what a lesson for today..Thanks Ruthie!!

Sometimes I even bore myself!

That looks familiar. Is it those tofu noodles?
Sarah

I did check Phase I sticky and could find no reference to sweet potatoes as being allowed, is that a new revision?
I just double checked the sticky on Phase II foods and yams are allowed on phase II, along with rice and soba noodles which we love. But do not know about tofu noodles since we have never eaten them.
Also does anyone know whether mung bean threads are allowed, I think they're also called glass noodles?

My rule of thumb has been that if it is a root vegetable. (eg.. potato, turnip, carrot, yam.. ) it doesnt always hold true but helps me to think 2x..
In order for me to remember which was witch..I would think Yam..Yuck.


That RUTHIE.. A PLETHORA OF INFORMATION!

Sorry! I meant Phase II for Sweet Potatoes. I'll go back and edit my post.

Sarahyu those are the Tofu noodles. Hungrygirl.com recommended them. They're called Tofu Shirataki Noodles. The whole bag has 40 calories, 1 gram of fat, 0 sat. fat, 6 carbs, 4 fiber, 0 sugars and 2 protein. I thought maybe they would be alright to add back in on phases 2 & 3 in moderation. I've heard nothing but great things about them and thought I would give them a try. The only thing is they are supposedly hard to find. I'm going to check Whole Foods and see.

As Ruth commented, the true yam, as used in Asian cooking, is not the same thing as sweet potatoes. Here in the US at least, yam and sweet potato both refer to the sweet potato, which is related to the morning glory. I forget which is which, but one refers to red sweet potatoes and one refers to yellow sweet potatoes. The true yam is not related to the sweet potato. It is frequently used both medicinally and as a source of starch in Asian cooking. True yams are not usually sold in the produce section of American groceries.

Prettybunny,

Check and see if you have an Asian market near you. Plus when you do find them, check carefully the expiration dates on the packages. I bought the first package at a Japanese market and didn't notice until after I ate them that it had expired several days earlier. I tried it again with a fresher package and the flavor was better.

If you go to the web page for these, there is a place you can email to find a store near you that sales them. That's how I found the Japanese store but then later I found it at a international market. There are pretty fast at answering your question-with in a day or 2.

Let me know how you like them and how you used them. I might not have made them properly.

Sarah

I find them just ok.