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YACON Family: Asteraceae Genus: Smallanthus Species: Sonchifolius Common Name: Yacon Parts Used: Leaves and roots Origin: Amazon Rain Forest of Peru Yacon is an Andean root originally from Peru that grows at altitudes less than 9,300 feet high, in climates that are warmer and more humid than those in which other tubers usually grow. |
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The plant is tall, leafy with tiny yellow sunflowers; the tuber grows underground and has white or yellowish transparent flesh. The root is very sweet, rich in oligofructose (also called fructo-oligosaccharide), a dietary sugar, which the human body does not metabolize, hence its potential use for diabetics and in body weight control. Moreover, increased intake of oligofructose has been associated with improved gut health because of the stimulation of (beneficial) bifidus bacteria in the colon. Ancient Peruvians discovered the Yacon’s oligofructose properties but modern medicine found out that if the leaves are used in tea, it has the effect of avoiding the peaks when eating sugary or starchy food - that causes blood sugar level to go up violently and is one of the biggest problems of a diabetic’s person, for those who have high blood sugar levels and whose bodies do not produce or properly use insulin, a hormone that would normally be released to process food. |
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Yacon is a diet and a diabetic food, |
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