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As millions of of travelers have learned, New Orleans coffee and chicory
is richer, more invigorating, more delicious — and every day it makes
enthusiastic converts who never want to go back to ordinary coffee.
It's an entirely different product — not just another coffee. And
French Market Coffee and Chicory customers just won't settle for regular
coffee.
Enjoyed all across America... Famous in the South since 1890.
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Chicory 101 |
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Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Chicory
is a blue-flowered herb with a long white root. It contains no
caffeine. When roasted and ground properly, it has a chocolate-like
flavor that adds flavor and body to coffee.
Chicory is closely related to endive. Odd as it is for Coffee & Chicory drinkers, great recipes can be found for chicory salads.
Chicory is good for ...
Your skin
Your bones
Your heart
Your liver
Your cholesterol [Just ask The Editors of Prevention Health Books]
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LOWERS CHOLESTEROL:
A
new study* reports that chicory reduces cholesterol levels and
increases the ratio of HDL (the good stuff) to LDL (the bad stuff) in
the blood of tested animals.
*Journal of Nutrition, vol. 128,
pgs. 1731-6, by Drs. Meehye Kim & Hyun Kyong Shin, Korea Food &
Drug Administration and the Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition,
Hallym U., Chunchon, Korea.
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LOWERS BLOOD SUGAR:
Laboratory
research by Leroux (Europes largest chicory producer) has shown chicory
root extracts to be anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, and slightly
sedative. It also slows and weakens the pulse and lowers the blood
sugar.
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THERAPEUTIC FOR DIABETES:
A 1984
study* demonstrated that daily intake by diabetics of a large amount
of the fructo-oligosaccharides and insulin contained in chicory (i)
reduces the glucose rate in blood, (ii) decreases serum LDL cholesterol
levels, and (iii) does not change the levels of triglycerides or HDL
cholesterol. This lessens the disturbances in carbohydrate and lipid
metabolism found in diabetes.
*Effect of fructo
oligosaccharides on blood glucose and serum lipids in diabetic
subjects, Nutrition Research, 1984, vol. 4, pp. 961-66, by Yamashita Y,
Kawai K, and Itakura M.
Web links for research on the health benefits of Chicory:
Its Benefits: Drink Without Moderation!
Chicory SA - health benefits ...
Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia
Chicory |
It's not just the Chicory that's good for you!
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