The function and effect of konjac

Konjac, also known as mushroom, flower stem lotus, paraquat, snakehead grass, flower stem Araceae and so on. It belongs to the same family as Shantou and belongs to Araceae in the plant classification.

Konjac is a low-calorie, high-fiber traditional food. In recent years, konjac food has swept the world due to its peculiar health care and medical efficacy, and is known as “magic food”.

Konjac contains unique nutrients. According to the analysis, there are as many as 50 grams of grape mannan in every one hundred grams of konjac spherical stems, and glucose, fructose, and sucrose are also contained. Each gram of konjac flour contains 1.64 g of protein, 0.004 g of fat, 148 mg of calcium, 57 mg of phosphorus, 4.06 mg of iron, 1.23 mg of zinc, 0.2 mg of manganese, 0.25 mg of chromium, 0.08 mg of copper, and 79.37 mg of grape mannan. .

The function and effect of konjac

Detoxification: Its rich plant cellulose helps to activate intestinal functions, speed up the excretion of harmful toxins in the body, and prevent and reduce the incidence of diseases of intestinal system diseases.

Weight loss: konjac is a low-calorie food. Its grape mannan absorbs water and swells. It can be increased to 30 to 100 times the original volume, so that it has a satiety after eating. It will fully satisfy people's dietary pleasure and will not increase their weight. If you deliberately diet, you can achieve a balanced diet and ideal weight loss.

Constipation: Konjac glucomannan can effectively stimulate the intestinal wall, increase the secretion of intestinal enzymes, speed up the removal of sediments on the intestinal wall, and increase the volume of the konjac glucomannan after absorbing water, and the stool becomes softer and makes it more It facilitates expulsion from the body as soon as possible, so the konjac can both serve as an appetizer and remove intestinal waste.

Clean stomach: A large number of soluble plant fibers promote gastrointestinal motility, which can reduce the residence time of harmful substances in the gastrointestinal and gallbladder, effectively protect the gastric mucosa, and clean the stomach wall.

Disease prevention and treatment: natural mannan has been fully demonstrated by the medical profession to inhibit cholesterol, lower blood fat, lower blood sugar, dilate blood vessels, prevent arteriosclerosis and other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Konjac also contains a chemical called gel, which has anti-cancer and anti-cancer effects. The gel can form a semi-permeable membrane attached to the intestinal wall in the human body and hinder the absorption of harmful substances, especially carcinogens; in addition to the konjac Enzymes can promote the secretion of pancreatic and intestinal fluids, stimulate gastrointestinal motility, speed up the removal of harmful substances attached to the intestinal wall, and reduce and prevent colon cancer.

Anti-diabetic: konjac can delay the absorption of glucose, effectively reduce the postprandial blood glucose, thereby reducing the burden on the pancreas, so that the diabetic patient's glucose metabolism is in a virtuous circle, and does not cause a sudden drop in blood glucose as some hypoglycemic drugs and appear low Blood glucose phenomenon. In addition, the plant fibers in konjac have been medically proven to increase insulin in the blood, lower blood sugar, and have an excellent auxiliary effect in controlling, preventing and treating diabetes.

Balanced Salt: Konjac has the effect of regulating or balancing body salt. Because konjac is an alkaline food, in the process of physiological metabolism, it can neutralize the body's acidic metabolites, so that the body's blood to maintain the best value of acid and alkali to prevent blood acidification.