I had not heard of these. That is great news. I can get one and use it to pay for the postage to mail out seed packets. Have one for my use and one for Sotall's use. Sounds like a plan to me.
And I love your choices on seeds. I would love to try them all, but I'm afraid they may be too high in carbs for me. Let us know which you prefer. Even if I can't eat them, I would probably grow some of them as survival food sources.
Yes exactly! It really frees up a lot for all of us in exchanging our earnings here for USD. I will keep everyone updated on how we like these different tubers. I may be off, but aren't sunchokes (jerusalem artichokes) low in carbs? I know theyre great for diabetics. Yes to survival food! Really it is likely more food for us to grow potatoes, but these are foods that we don't need to plant each year. I want some large stashes of all of them and to spread them all throughout the understories of our food forests. A little food here, a little food there.... All comes together to make great meals :D
You know, I forgot their carbohydrates are supposed to be inert. I just looked and the glycemic index is 11, which is great! I will still need to do some research because I recently switch to the Keto Diet. Your total carb count for the entire day after subtracting fiber is only 25 grams. 1 cup of sunchokes is 26 grams of carb. Will they affect the diet since they are inert? I'll have to check that out.
hmm great questions! look forward to hearing the results you come up with. Good luck on your Keto Diet :) If i come across any awesome food crops that are low in carbs, I'll send them your way.
I'd appreciate it. Low carb foods are hard to find, almost everything contains some carbs.
I research sunchokes more this morning. The carbs in the are from Inulin, a non-reactive form of starch. Your body doesn't process it like it would most other foods. Knowing that, it just might work.
I occasionally use inulin in a morning shake. It actually allows me to eat a little more fruit without sending the blood sugar sky high.
HOWEVER! (Isn't there always a however.) Inulin, in large quanities, if you are not use to it can cause some fairly major gastric upset. (bloating, gas, diarrhea) and it can be fairly severe. My first time trying it I used 10 grams instead of the recommended 5 grams and paid for it for over 2 days.
But, chances are I can use it on the Keto diet. The people saying no are saying it based 100% on the "its too many carbs theory", people saying yes are the ones who have actually tried it.
I think it is worth a try. Thank you for reminding me about it. It had totally slipped my mind.
What a journey trying to eat so few carbs. Been thinking about other low carb foods that are filling, but cant think of many. I know using herbs like cinnamon help regulate blood sugar but levels, and prickly pear. What comes to mind Is seeds. Sunflower, sesame, pumpkin. Flax is another food I love, low carbs, Hugh fiber and lots of omega 3. The only experiencial knowledge I have is that I would offer is that when I ate a lot of sunchoke I had lots of gas, but when I lactofermented them I couldn't eat huge quantities without gaseous reprecussions. Perhaps the bacterial breakdown of inulin could be he cause. Best of luck with finding solutions to low carb foods.