Those who are interested in holistic nutrition will find chicory nutrition to be particularly useful.

Some simply use roasted chicory as a coffee replacement. Some eat the roots and leaves. But chicory’s nutrition is an excellent reason for using it, apart from the flavor.

The roots can be simply simmered into a tea, or they can be roasted and ground to be used as a caffeine free coffee replacement.  The leaves are an excellent source of many vitamins and minerals.

In fact, the nutrition in chicory isn’t the only reason to use it. Irritated skin can be bathed in chicory to relieve the pain, and it can even help athlete’s foot.

And get this, with all of chicory’s nutrition, it even contains insulin! And it can help circulation. Combined with the insulin, beneficence to circulation, the amount of potassium that chicory contains, and its lack of caffeine, chicory nutrition seems to be an excellent fit for nearly every person. It even aids in digestion.

When used as part of a well rounded diet, chicory nutrition is an excellent addition to a holistic nutrition regimen.

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