Unusual crops for diabetics

Yacon, Jerusalem artichoke and stevia are less well known crops in our country. This is certainly a pity, because it is proven that they are a suitable food for diabetics, and the number of diabetics is increasing every year. However, they are also interesting for those of us who care about good nutrition. Although they come from far away South America, they can be grown quite easily in the climatic conditions of the Czech Republic. On the contrary, our ancestors already knew chicory as a medicinal herb and also used it as a substitute for coffee. Chicory buds are still a welcome addition to salads today. From the book, the reader will learn specific information about the substances contained in these plants and how to use individual plants for diabetics. A substantial part of the book is then devoted to questions of propagation, cultivation, storage and, above all, the processing possibilities for sweet yacon and the other species mentioned, that can be cooked, choke, prepare by drying in the form of crucibles or chips, prepared as a sweet juice or eaten just like that - raw.