Guest guest Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 and Pandora, Wow! I just browsed the Internet for Yacon Syrup. It really does look like good stuff! __________________________________ Discover Use to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Amen sister, you preach it and I'll try the pages. C Henley <heavenlycoconuts@...> wrote: and Pandora, Wow! I just browsed the Internet for Yacon Syrup. It really does look like good stuff! __________________________________ Discover Use to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover./ --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 claudia diltz <oxyqueen1187@...> wrote:Amen sister, you preach it and I'll turn the pages. C Henley <heavenlycoconuts@...> wrote: and Pandora, Wow! I just browsed the Internet for Yacon Syrup. It really does look like good stuff! __________________________________ Discover Use to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover./ --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Rowena I've been told that Fructose, Glucose, Sucrose are still translated into blood sugar when digested. Re: Re:Yacon syrup Yacon Syrup. It really does look like good stuff! Agreed, . Word will get around for sure. Hope the Peruvians can keep up with the demand! One of the sites that came up also had an interesting product. Rowena http://shop.deliciousorganics.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display & category\ _ID=104 Agave Nectar, 8 oz Certified organic Sweet Cactus Farms (SCF) - The original people of Mexico discovered the many uses of the Blue Weber Tequilana. The most famous use of the Blue Weber is in the making of fine tequila. However, the exceptional sweetness of the nectar of the Blue Weber has come to be recognized and the syrup's high fructose level makes Agave Nectar an excellent choice for diabetics and other discerning consumers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Yacon Syrup. It really does look like good stuff! Agreed, . Word will get around for sure. Hope the Peruvians can keep up with the demand! One of the sites that came up also had an interesting product. Rowena http://shop.deliciousorganics.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display & category\ _ID=104 Agave Nectar, 8 oz Certified organic Sweet Cactus Farms (SCF) - The original people of Mexico discovered the many uses of the Blue Weber Tequilana. The most famous use of the Blue Weber is in the making of fine tequila. However, the exceptional sweetness of the nectar of the Blue Weber has come to be recognized and the syrup's high fructose level makes Agave Nectar an excellent choice for diabetics and other discerning consumers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Rowena, I saw that too. Did not have time to research it much but at first glance it did not seem to have as many healthful benefits as the yacon. I'm certainly not an authority on it tho. What I am wondering is how yacon has been such a well kept secret. We know that the soybean industry squashed the coconut oil, but who squashed the yacon, um, the pharmaceutical companies maybe? C Rowena <newses@...> wrote: Yacon Syrup. It really does look like good stuff! Agreed, . Word will get around for sure. Hope the Peruvians can keep up with the demand! One of the sites that came up also had an interesting product. Rowena --------------------------------- Discover Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news & more. Check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Oh, all the info Clauda posted is quite interesting. I have not tried the Yacon syrup yet. I just got an email letting me know its a new product the the Salt and Grain society carries now. I purchase my salt from that website. I was going to try it in my next order. Here is the website for the Salt and Grain society, since someone mentioned their place was out of it. http://www.celtic-seasalt.com/ I do use the agave syrup listed below. Its very good. I get the light variety that my Health Food Store carries. Its a wonderful light mild neutral taste and the syrup dissolves easily in liquids so I can sweeten some of my herbal teas, cold or hot. It comes in a darker version that I suppose would have more flavor. I haven't tried the dark though. " Rowena " <newses@a...> wrote: > Yacon Syrup. It really > does look like good stuff!> > Agreed, . Word will get around for sure. Hope the Peruvians can keep up with the demand! > > One of the sites that came up also had an interesting product. > > Rowena > > http://shop.deliciousorganics.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=category.display & category_ID=104 > > Agave Nectar, 8 oz > Certified organic Sweet Cactus Farms (SCF) - The original people of Mexico > discovered the many uses of the Blue Weber Tequilana. The most famous use > of the Blue Weber is in the making of fine tequila. However, the > exceptional sweetness of the nectar of the Blue Weber has come to be > recognized and the syrup's high fructose level makes Agave Nectar an > excellent choice for diabetics and other discerning consumers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 I've been told that Fructose, Glucose, Sucrose are still translated into blood sugar when digested. I don't know, , I have never really studied it. That is in the Agave Syrup, isn't it? http://shop.deliciousorganics.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display & category\ _ID=104 : " syrup's high fructose level makes Agave Nectar an excellent choice for diabetics and other discerning consumers. " There must be something we are missing. With the Yacon, as I understand it, Yacon has simple sugars, and not many of them. FOS or fructooligosacaride (saccharide?) is a substance the body can't process, as it doesn't have the right enzymes. It goes through the digestion unabsorbed, with hardly any calories going into the body. The parts that don't get absorbed help the colon bacilli, reducing the bad ones and helping the good ones. As it helps us absorb calcium and magnesium and helps get rid of toxins, as well as helping us absorb vitamins eg the B vitamins, it works for us. It lowers the glucose levels in the blood. It works as a fungicide and antioxidant. Well, that's as I understand the blurb below, but it's not my field. Regards Rowena http://www.essentiallivingfoods.com/products-functional-food-yacon.html - The unique market potential for yacon in the U.S. is as a dietetic fiber due to its unique carbohydrate composition. Most other roots and tubers store carbohydrates as starch - a polymer of glucose; yacon stores carbohydrate as fructooligosacaride (FOS) - a polymer composed mainly of fructose. Yacon has a strong potential in international markets as an ingredient in diet, diabetes, and colon-related heath food products. Dried yacon root powder contains 50-70% (dry basis) FOS and low proportion of simple sugars (e.g., glucose, fructose and sucrose). The human body has no enzyme to hydrolyze FOS, so it passes through the digestive tract unmetabolized, providing few calories, a marketing strength for dieters and diabetics. Yacon also acts as a prebiotic. The undigested portion of yacon serves as food for " friendly " bacteria, such as Bifidobacteria and Lactobacillus species, in the colon. Clinical studies have shown that administering inulin can increase the number of these friendly bacteria in the colon while simultaneously reducing the population of harmful bacteria. Yacon syrup, pressed from the roots, has a sweet flavor, and is used as an alternative glucose free sweetener and prebiotic with few calories. Other benefits noted with FOS supplementation include increased production of beneficial short-chain fatty acids such as butyrate, increased absorption of calcium and magnesium, and improved elimination of toxic compounds. Preclinical studies indicate an increase in bone density after consumption of FOS. In addition, the beneficial effects of FOS on the presence of Bifidobacteria suggest an improved absorption of vitamins, such as the B complexes. Yacon leaves carry only traces of FOS, but diabetic preclinical studies resulted in lowering glucose levels in blood. Compounds identified in yacon leaves (sesquiterpene lactone and flavenoids) have fungicide and antioxidant properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 I know that I, as a diabetic, stay away from fructose. Alobar Re: Re:Yacon syrup > I've been told that Fructose, Glucose, Sucrose are still translated into > blood sugar when digested. > > I don't know, , I have never really studied it. That is in the Agave > Syrup, isn't it? > > http://shop.deliciousorganics.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display & category\ _ID=104 > : " syrup's high fructose level makes Agave Nectar an > excellent choice for diabetics and other discerning consumers. " > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has heard of this sweetener. I think it is relatively new and is from the root of the yacon plant. Unlike agave it has no glucose of any kind. In the Andes where it originates they believe it creates a healthy digestive system and does not raise the glycemic levels in any way. My question is if this would be similar to Stevia in any way as I think it's sweetness is similar to honey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 > > Hi all, > > Just wondering if anyone has heard of this sweetener. I think it is relatively new and is from the root of the yacon plant. Unlike agave it has no glucose of any kind. In the Andes where it originates they believe it creates a healthy digestive system and does not raise the glycemic levels in any way. > My question is if this would be similar to Stevia in any way as I think it's sweetness is similar to honey. > +++Hi , Yacon syrup is 50% fructose so it is not similar to Stevia. Fructose is one of the worst kinds of sugar for anyone's health, even healthy people because of how the body processes it. Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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