Cassava / Manioc / Yuca - Is Eating Cassava Root Healthy & Safe?

[@DoctorKlaper]

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[@michaelallsopp1286]

This is the question I asked! Many thanks Dr. Klaper!

[@alianaacevedo]

I live in Puerto Rico, we grow cassava or yuca as we call it and eat just like a potato. Peel it and boil it. Delicious and nutritious. My favorite root vegetable in the whole world.

[@celiaribeiro5834]

The native in the Amazon in Brasil and in the northeast eat a lot of cassava.

[@charlesdematas3742]

Trying to grow it. Very good survival crop.

[@adamaj74]

Cassava has a lower glycemic load than sweet potatoes, very low.

[@ima7333]

I live in indonesia and when camping i often roast cassava in my camp fire. But then again obesity is not an issue in rural Indonesia. We eat the leaves too but cooked twice much like Americans eat collard greens. We usually eat cassava leaves when our BP dip super low. Again high BP is not an issue in rural Indonesia.

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

so you just bake it and eat it? and ive never heard of cooking collard greens twice, alot of people just eat them raw or in smoothies

[@ima7333]

@@VeganChiefWarrior with cassava leaves you could pound them (in my case just blend w/ food processor) then braise in coconut milk w/ lots of spices. The root you can simply bake then peel & eat.

[@navajo6931]

Indigenous Montagnard we eat cassava roots for centuries and the cassava leafs we make soup or fry so tasty

[@lana7422]

I use Arrowroot or Tapioca powder from the health food store to make a thickened white sauce from vegetable broth and soy milk with herbs to season and put it over vegetable or potatoes. Just takes a spoonful or two...yum!

[@ladyjennyver6303]

I don’t understand why starches are bad for obese or people with diabetes. What do you recommend they eat?

[@adamaj74]

Me either. And cassava has a lower glycemic load than sweet potatoes.

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

@@adamaj74 pretty sure klapers background is surgery so i wouldnt expect him to know but yea, surely a stupid claim

[@Phyto_Chemicals]

I’m very surprised as well, from what I’ve learned about plant based nutrition and my personal experience, this doesn’t make sense. Would be interesting to see a debate with Dr McDougall and or Dr Doug Lisle on this channel. Or even with Chef AJ!

[@leekit6099]

As a type 1 diabetic since 1998, when I eat a cup of white mashed potatoes the starch ups my normal blood sugar level from 120 up to 580. A cup of red potatoes ups me to 380. Yams up to 280. A cup of ice cream to 280.

[@First-gd7ci]

@@leekit6099what about cassava boiled?

[@carlo6912]

I LOVE yuca on my soups/stews but it backs me up for days. Not sure if there a way to address this so I can add it to my dishes.

[@dailydoseofmedicinee]

good topic

[@martavollero8250]

Dr.Klaper! Thank you for very knowledgeable information…. Not long time ago lol last week I introduced my self to this plant…. Beautiful flower plant….. with healthy roots. And very tasty…. Now I know more and will Be very wise to used this roots in my cooking….

[@erictorbet8104]

I was under the impression that there were two kinds of cassava, one with cyanide and one without, and in the U.S. they sell the without kind?

[@antoniozavala4538]

The one at the grocery store is fine. Eat all you want. Boil it, then add some onion powder, garlic powder, maybe some turmeric and ground pepper, and definitely add some balsamic vinegar to protect your endothelium. Read a book called "the starch solution", my wife and I have never been healthier. Look up doctor John McDougall, and Dr esselstyn.

[@erictorbet8104]

@@antoniozavala4538 Thank you for the response. Are you confirming that there are indeed two types of cassava, one with and the other without cyanide? Or, are you disagreeing with Dr. Klaper, and saying that all cassava is fine, no need to worry about cyanide, eat all you want?

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

how do so many different plants know how to make cyanide.. the same thing? whaaat?

[@jaym9846]

Maybe since we all evolved from the same we share traits. Maybe because through trial and error many plants settled on those toxins that worked the best. Only God knows for sure.

[@patnyaka9227]

There are no side effects of cassava, this video is misleading

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

surely you can bake it like a potato.. i swear they just boil the roots n eat it in jamaica

[@obiorah1]

Cassava is grown in Africa, don’t forget that, Cassava is Used for Garri, Fufu, Ethanol, Toothpaste, Mouth Wash, beer, biofuel, Tapioca, Don't Forget that,