In order to celebrate the launch of their Yacon Root product, BioGanix has just announced a new special: customers who purchase the pure Yacon extract through the company's Amazon store will receive ...

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Ever heard of yacon? It’s the new root crop "craze" in the Cordillera because of its potential as a food and cash commodity. A member of the sunflower family, it belongs to the ...

Smallanthus sonchifolius, known as yacon or “earth pear”, is a perennial tuber hailing from South America, more specifically ...

Yacon, a tuber that grows in the Andean region of South America, was identified as a potential diet food as far back as 1989, in a book by United States government researchers. “Yacon stores ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. To some, it’s yacon. To others, Peruvian sweet root. ‘My partner is from ...

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) --Imagine a sweet treat that doesn't make you fat -- indeed is positively good for you -- and that you can indulge in even if you're diabetic. Peru, the land that gave the world ...

Many US consumers are still unfamiliar with the term prebiotic. One independent entrepreneur wants to change that with her line of yacon root bars. Nevada-based Kellie Lee, an avid backpacker, came up ...

Recently there has been a lot of buzz around yacon syrup. It soared in popularity when it was featured on a Dr. Oz show (photo by LivligaHOme.com). As a blogger about healthy lifestyle living I get ...

There is something deeply satisfying about bringing food out of the earth. As shadows lengthen in the garden and the days grow darker, long stems of the yacon (Polymnia sonchifolia) growing in The ...

The Claim: The fruity syrup from the root of a South American plant is rapidly gaining popularity because of hopes it may aid weight loss, and may be a good sugar alternative for diabetics. The ...