Apparently, the inulin in chicory is sweet but it's indigestible so it doesn't affect blood sugar at all.
It's safe to limit your coffee intake during pregnancy, but leave the chicory out.
Medical research has shown it can reduce the heart rate, thus it can help counteract the stimulating effect of caffeine when blended with coffee.
Some chicory taproots can grow as deep as two feet under the ground.
Chicory might prompt the onset of menstruation and cause a miscarriage.
While wild-type chicory has naturalized over a wide range of regions, improved varieties of chicory, Cichorium intybus, have been bred to meet a multitude of uses.