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The Chinese Yam or Light Root Dioscorea batatas: Fundamental research into the possible beneficial health effects of this plant as a nutrient
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The veneration and appreciation of the Chinese yam or Shanyao (Dioscorea batatas) in China and its neighbouring countries has a long tradition indeed.
In the last decades scientific research has been carried out in these countries regarding its nutritional value as food for humans.
Additionally and quite unexpectedly, confirmation of the importance of this plant came from Europe. As early as 1924 Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy, remarked that this is the only plant being able t...