Taro is high in calories, similar to potatoes, but it has an element that is not suitable for the body. Medically speaking, it is okay to eat it occasionally, but eating it often will be bad for the stomach and will not get fat. Taro contains 33 calories1kj, 78.6g of water, 2.2g of protein, 0.2g of fat, eudk dietary fiber 1g, carbohydrate 17. 1g, etc. It is also reported that it contains a large amount of saponin and other medicinal components.

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Taro, also known as taro and taro, is the underground bulb of Araceae plants. Its shape and meat quality vary with varieties, and small taro is usually eaten. Perennial tuberous plants, often cultivated as annual crops. Leaf blade peltate, petiole long and fat, green or purplish red; A short stem is formed at the base of the plant, which gradually accumulates nutrients and hypertrophy into fleshy bulbs, which are called "taro" or "mother taro", spherical, oval, oval or block. The mother taro has a brain bud in each node, but the axillary bud in the middle and lower nodes has the strongest activity, and it tillers for the first time, forming a small bulb called "son taro", and then "sun taro" occurs from the son taro, which can form great-grandson or great-grandson taro under suitable conditions.

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