Yacon, as a fruit, can be eaten at 1 hour 30 minutes after meals, which can help food digestion. For people who lose weight, you can eat some yacon in moderation before meals to reduce the intake of food for dinner, which will help you lose weight.

You should not eat yacon at night. Because the oligosaccharides in yacon are not easy to digest, eating yacon before going to bed may cause food to accumulate in the stomach; Yacon is cold, which will affect the normal function of stomach and intestines. Abdominal distension and even diarrhea will occur after eating yacon at night, which will affect the quality of sleep.

Yacon is not recommended to be eaten on an empty stomach. The content of oligosaccharides and dietary fiber in yacon is high, which is not easy to digest, and can quickly form a feeling of fullness, affecting the intake of other breakfast foods. However, oligosaccharides are easily digested and absorbed by human body, and yacon itself has less fat and absorbable sugar, which can not provide enough energy.

Eating yacon on an empty stomach will lower the blood sugar level, which may lead to dizziness and listlessness. In addition, yacon is cold, and eating it on an empty stomach will lead to weakness of the spleen and stomach and affect digestive function.

Normal people should eat yacon no more than100g or about 1-2 every day. Eating too much will also affect the normal metabolism of the body. Yacon tastes sweet, so children must not be greedy. Children usually eat half a yacon, not more than one, so as not to cause gastrointestinal discomfort and affect normal meals.