Haven't heard of yacon? WHAT IS IT: A molasses-like natural sweetener derived from an Andean root WHO TRIED IT: Brooke Showell, PEOPLE.com contributor WHY SHE DID IT: Because a spoonful (or three) of ...

Sweet and plant-based, yacon syrup provides various health benefits. It may even be an effective tool for short-term weight loss. A sweet-tasting syrup that can help you lose weight? It seems almost ...

Yacon root looks like a sweet potato, but it has a completely different taste, texture, and nutrient profile. This tuber has a creamy white-yellow color and a uniquely refreshing taste that's similar ...

Yacon is a perennial plant forming a clump of >20 big, edible underground tubers. Yacon, which originates from South America, has become increasingly popular in the Japanese diet for tubers have a ...

Yacon syrup is made by extracting juice from the roots of the yacon plant, which grows in South America (it's been used for helping diabetes and kidney and digestive disorders in the area for ...

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 ...

Over the course of the growing season, a yacon bush will reach 6 to 8 feet in height with giant showy leaves and small yellow flowers, making it a nice ornamental backdrop plant. To save yacon from ...

Yacon is a sweet vegetable grown in areas including Ecuador and Chile. Ask anyone about natural sweeteners and you'll hear words like honey, monkfruit, stevia, molasses and maple syrup. There is ...

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 ...

What is yacon syrup? Should I add it to my diet? Dr. Oz's recent segment, which involved several women testing out the product as a weight-loss aid, has us all wondering. Yacon syrup is found in the ...

A November episode of The Dr. Oz Show featuring the potential weight-loss benefits of yacon syrup re-aired this week; since then, searches for the stuff on Yahoo! have spiked. Users' searches about ...