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Sugarcane: Chew the Sweet Stalk, Spit the Fiber
Chewing Sugarcane · อ้อย · Saccharum officinarum
Chewing Sugarcane — อ้อย (oi) — Saccharum officinarum.
Sugarcane — อ้อย, aoy. Everyone chews the sweet stalk, but the liver-injury work used discarded leaf extract. The edible part is the stalk, chewed fresh or pressed into sugarcane juice. In animals, sugarcane leaf extracts were tested against liver-injury markers. Pla Taphiam Tom Khem is a slow-simmered barb fish cooked over sugarcane stalks until the bones are soft, classically eaten with jasmine rice and fresh chilies. Oi Khwan consists of peeled sugarcane cut into small rounds, chewed cold from a bed of crushed ice to release its sweet juice. The fibrous stalk is chewed for its sweet juice and then spat out; the juice is mostly natural sugar, so it is enjoyed in moderation. To propagate, lay a mature cane stalk horizontally in a shallow trench; each node sprouts a new shoot. Follow Longevity Biome for a new Thai plant every day.
Pla Taphiam Tom Khem — ปลาตะเพียนต้มเค็ม (plaa-ta-piam-tom-kem)
Oi Khwan — อ้อยควั่น (oy-kwan)
Source: Hepatoprotective effect of ethanolic sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) leaf extract. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol (2021), PMID 34214375; molasses polyphenols & alcohol liver damage (PMC12073286)
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Research context
Sugarcane leaf extracts protected the liver in animal studies — J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol, 2021 (animal); note: cane juice itself is high in sugar