Olympics ban Jamaicans?

My friend forwarded me this official statement from the Olympics Commission and I feel that it should be shared with as many people as possible. That is why I forwarded it to liberal radio show host Mike Malloy to see if he can delve further into this issue. I hope to hear him discuss tonight (NovaM radio)
In the meantime, the Olympics have decided to ban all these natural foods from Jamaica, basically saying that the natural diet of Jamaicans provide an unfair advantage to their athletes. This list below bans foods such as yams, breadfruit, jerk chicken and cocoa amongst others. If this isn't blatant rascism then I don't know what is. How can Michael Phelps eat plates and plates of eggs and waffles only to go on to win 9 gold medals while Jamaicans, who proved they produce some of the worlds greatest runners, have been prohibited to eat the natural produce and cultural dishes of their country and habitat? My opinion? People should be eating this stuff with wild abandon, if it helps provide an energy boost only nature can give.

Yams are banned but their American cousin, the sweet potato is not.
Cassava root is banned but the good 'ole potato is still allowed.
How is this fair? Well, who said anything about being fair?

see below:
OFFICIAL STATEMENT:In a joint statement issued by the presidents of the World Anti-Doping Agency, International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the following foods have been placed on the list of banned substances issued by WADA: yam, green bananas, cocoa, dasheen, breadfruit, ackee and saltfish, mackeral run down, turned cornmeal, Jerked pork and chicken, escovietched fish Malta, Supligen, Milo (said to be the food drink of Champions), Horlicks and coconut oil. Jamaicans seem to become extremely athletic on diets with these foods. Coming out of WADA labs, one of the major banned substances from Jamaica is the Cassava root, a high fibre, high starch tuber root eaten in Jamaica. It has properties which are said to enhance endurance and cause muscle fibres to twitch faster. This comes after extensive study of the diets of the Jamaican athletes which took part in the Beijing 2008 Olympic games. Though natural foods it is felt by WADA that these foods because of their unique properties give Jamaican athletes an unfair advantage. High concentrations of carbohydrates and other naturally occurring substances are said to be mimicking the effects of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs). Some foods have been noted to in particular cause an unusual increase in the male hormone testosterone. As such WADA has seen it fit to add these foods to the list of banned substances. Given the sensitivity of this issue,Jamaican athletes participating in the current Olympic games underway in Beijing have not been banned but must submit to these new restrictions within the next two years. Two substances which have been discovered in testing of the Jamaican foods are “yamstenine”, a yam derivative and “cocosterone”, a derivative of the coco plant. These substances have been found to mimic nandrolone and the blood booster EPO, hence the preliminary banning of the substances themselves and the banning of the foods they derive from.This ruling will also affect other Caribbean and some African countries which share similar dietsas Jamaicans.