{"id":1799,"date":"2013-02-05T08:39:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T10:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogpratocheio.wordpress.com\/?p=1799"},"modified":"2013-02-05T08:39:30","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T10:39:30","slug":"batata-yacon-caracteristicas-e-beneficios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/sem-categoria\/batata-yacon-caracteristicas-e-beneficios\/","title":{"rendered":"YACON POTATO: CHARACTERISTICS AND BENEFITS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogpratocheio.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/batata-yacon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1806\" alt=\"Imagem\" src=\"http:\/\/blogpratocheio.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/batata-yacon.jpg?w=280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b>Source: http:\/\/www.educacaoemdiabetes.com.br\/tag\/beneficios-batata-yacon\/<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yacon is a tuberous root, originating from the Andes region, and can be considered as a functional food which has beneficial properties for the body.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among the benefits we have:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Assistance in the treatment of diabetes mellitus;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Control of cholesterol levels;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Improves the absorption of calcium from other foods (e.g. vegetables);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Helps protect intestinal flora.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The root contains a large amount of fiber and potassium (230mg\/100g of yacon), with a low protein and lipid content.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0However, the most relevant property of this food is due to its composition in relation to carbohydrates, as it contains a large amount of fructooligosaccharides \u2013 soluble dietary fiber with prebiotic properties (stimulates the production of bacteria beneficial to the intestinal flora) \u2013 in this case, inulin, being a type of carbohydrate that contains fewer calories (1Kcal\/g of carbohydrate) and has greater sweetening power than sucrose (table sugar).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0It can be consumed raw like fruit and should not be cooked or fried. Its leaves can be used to make tea.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<b><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">ATTENTION<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>People with kidney problems should be careful when consuming Yacon, due to the large amount of potassium.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>REFRESHING POTATO YACON JUICE WITH ORANGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogpratocheio.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/suco-de-batata-yacon1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1808\" alt=\"Imagem\" src=\"http:\/\/blogpratocheio.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/suco-de-batata-yacon1.jpg?w=710\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\" align=\"center\">Source: http:\/\/www.educacaoemdiabetes.com.br\/tag\/beneficios-batata-yacon\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 150g of Yacon potatoes<br \/> \u2013 3 oranges<br \/> \u2013 5 mint leaves<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method of preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Peel the Yacon potato and cut into medium-sized pieces and place in the blender jar.<\/p>\n<p>2. Remove the juice from the oranges and place them in a blender along with the potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>3. Add the mint leaves and beat for 10 to 15 seconds, just to mix everything.<\/p>\n<p>4. Serve in glasses and, if desired, garnish them with mint leaves, pieces of orange or even Yacon potatoes.<\/p>\n<p><b>Performance:<\/b> 2 glasses of 250ml<br \/> <b>Preparation time<\/b>: 5 minutes<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the good that this juice will do for your body!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To the next!!!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Fonte: http:\/\/www.educacaoemdiabetes.com.br\/tag\/beneficios-batata-yacon\/ \u00a0 O Yacon \u00e9 uma raiz tuberosa, oriunda da regi\u00e3o dos Andes, podendo ser considerada como um alimento funcional o qual apresenta propriedades ben\u00e9ficas ao organismo. \u00a0 Dentro dos benef\u00edcios temos: &#8211; Aux\u00edlio no tratamento do diabetes mellitus; &#8211; Controle dos n\u00edveis de colesterol; &#8211; Melhora na absor\u00e7\u00e3o de c\u00e1lcio de outros alimentos&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/sem-categoria\/batata-yacon-caracteristicas-e-beneficios\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More \u00bb<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">YACON POTATO: CHARACTERISTICS AND BENEFITS<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sem-categoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}