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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TeddyTottie" data-source="post: 2371621" data-attributes="member: 519030">So I am starting up my veggie-growing again fit this year and have some nice little chilli, pepper and aubegine seedlings sprouting in my heated propagator.  And I have just sat down with a heap of catalogues from gardening companies I bought stuff from last year, and came across the aforementioned yakon.  Which is a perennial root with a daisy-like flower,  and is somewhat sweet due to a whole load of fructooligosaccharides (FOS).  These are apparently indigestible and therefore do not affect BG.  Same thing as inulin, I think.Some of the descriptions I found online suggested it might have a minor positive effect on gut flora (but - could be gassy as a result) insulin resistance, insulin levels, weight loss, etc etc.So I might grow some - not because of these maybe-good effects but because it shouldn’t have any impact on my BG levels and it apparently has a texture like a water-chestnut and an interesting flavour.Has anyone tried it?</blockquote>

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