What is the relationship between yacon and sweet potato?

Yacon does look like a sweet potato, but it is far from sweet potato.

Yacon, meaning "sacred fruit", is a perennial herb in Compositae. It originated from the Andes in South America at an altitude of 1000 meters, and is a traditional root dish of local Indians. It has a history of 500 years since 2065,438+03.

Yacon is a tropical alpine fruit. Fruit trees look like ramie and can grow to 2-3 meters high. When it matures, five beautiful and delicate sunflowers will bloom at the top of the branch. The pulp tastes like water pears. Juice is crystal clear, sweet and crisp, and it is a low-calorie food. Branches, leaves and barks can also be processed into tea, which is used to lose weight and lower blood pressure, and has high nutritional value and pharmacological effects.

Sweet potato, formerly known as sweet potato, is also called sweet potato, sweet potato and so on. , rich in protein, starch, pectin, cellulose, amino acids, vitamins and various minerals, has the reputation of "longevity food". Has anticancer, heart protecting, emphysema and diabetes preventing, and weight reducing effects. Sweet potato is called sweet potato by most people, especially millet. Leaf growth is generally oval, and corolla has many colors, mostly pink, white and purple. Most of the buried parts are oval roots.

Sweet potato, also called sweet potato in northern China, is a very important ingredient. Sliced sweet potatoes, dried in the sun and made into dried sweet potatoes are very delicious food. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in Ming Dynasty recorded that "sweet potato can tonify deficiency, strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite, and strengthen kidney yin", and said that people in the sea can eat for a long time. Chinese medicine regards sweet potato as a good medicine.

The main component of sweet potato is starch, while yacon is an underground fruit, which is rich in vitamins and minerals. The stems and leaves of yacon are like hemp plants; Sunflowers bloom on the branches when the fruit is ripe. The fruit and seed of yacon are separate, but coextensive. The seed part looks like ginger, and the fruit part looks like sweet potato. It has many functions. People with three high symptoms can eat it, which can reduce blood fat, blood pressure and cholesterol.

In addition, the sugar contained in yacon is fructooligosaccharide, so although it is sweet to eat, it is okay for diabetics to eat it, and fructooligosaccharide can regulate the stomach, and people with constipation can eat it immediately. Yacon can not only be eaten raw, but also stewed ribs, soup and juice. The juice of yacon is a little special. It is yellow before juicing, but it will turn green after juicing, but the taste remains the same. Why this color changed from yellow to green is still a mystery.