Guest guest Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 duncancrow writes: Special mention should have been made of the soluble fiber inulin, which is NOT eliminated as the article asserts but is used up, preforming a crucially important task of fueling probiotic activity in the gut. >> I have "Jerusalem Artichokes" in my yard for 50 years. Can't really get rid of em, so just let em have an area. They're of course a tall, mildowing looking very late blooming Sunflower that makes tuber-like roots, in the late Fall thru Winter. Ever dozen or so years, I'll yank up some of them and go thru the motions. Slice some to put in salads, etc. As we all of us know, the BIG claim to fame of these kooky weeds is...their root is mainly Inulin which is called a "reverse starch". The bottom line is...the roots taste mostly like nothing but mildly like eating DIRT....and...you chew and you chew and you chew to finally be able to swallow any of it. I know you could lose weight ---all the way down to Zero-- if you tried to make a meal out of these things, cause it takes FAR more calories burned just to chew them, then they put back out. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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