date:Jan 18, 2017
In 2015, farmers produced more sweet potatoes than in any year since World War II. After the war increased industrialization saw production drop for sweet potatoes and as production dropped so did consumption.
Fast-forward to the 2000s when the sweet potato began its ascension. One big reason: the fad diet. For anyone on the South Beach Diet, Paleo diet, or Atkins diet.
All these diets that have tons and tons of followers are really touting sweet potatoes as being this super food, McGreger say