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Healthy Food

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Konjac is a traditional Japanese food is shaped like a jelly. In addition to healthy and have a high in fiber content, konjac also can serve as a healthy food choice for those who want to weight loss.

For information, if konnyaku compared with noodles or kwetiauw, the number of calories in konnyaku much less. Comparison between konnyaku calories and wet noodle / kwetiauw in 100 grams is 1: 15. If you eat 1 cup konnyaku, then you only need 600 (six hundred) steps to burn calories. But if you eat a bowl of noodles, then you need 10,500 (ten thousand five hundred) steps to burn calories. Imagine if you consume more than 1 cup noodles, how many steps you should use to burn calories?






Health Food Supplements

If you are enthusiast noodles or kwetiauw and had problems with weight, konjac is the right choice for you Konjac can be made "shirataki". Shirataki Noodles are a thin transparent material, which is one of typical Japanese food manufacturing that is "Sukiyaki" is already popular in many countries. Konjac is a health food supplements that contains no fat, rich in fiber and minerals, and low in calories. Recent research shows that konjac function in normalizing cholesterol levels, prevent high blood pressure, and normalize blood sugar levels so as to prevent diabetes. For people who are obese, konjac can act as dietary fiber, so konjac suitable as a health food supplements for those who want to diet.


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Glucomannan Weight Loss

Obesity is something serious that plagued modern society. There are several reasons behind this because some of the various weight loss diets, pills and supplements available in the market can not lead to effective weight loss. in such circumstances, it has been observed, that some people choose natural products because it is considered safer and therefore have lower side effects. Glucomannan is a common weight loss products derived from plants konjac and has been used in Japan for several centuries and effectively have proved themselves successful in causing weight loss. There are several studies conducted by researchers at the efficiency of glucomannan which has proved beyond doubt that the consumption of glucomannan for eight weeks as determined by a medical practitioner, an individual can lose up to 5 and a half kilograms on average.


The use of glucomannan in children has also proven effective in weight loss. The use of glucomannan showed weight loss is caused by fat reduction that occurs as a result of the disposal of low glucose in the body. Therefore, the reduction of glucose levels is also beneficial in controlling blood sugar levels in addition to helping weight loss


Because glucomannan can absorb up to 200 times its weight in water, it has been used as a dietary supplement to promote weight loss program by increasing feelings of fullness or satiety. When the Konjac fiber enters the stomach and mixes with other foods, the Konjac absorbs a lot of water, forms a soft gel, which helps slow the digestion process and energy absorption. This causes food to take a longer time to pass from the stomach to the small intestine. This in turn reduces the amount of calories your body absorbs and greatly reduces hunger cravings to accelerate weight loss. Glucomannan fiber is very popular in weight loss plans, coupled with exercise and drinking plenty of water, it may aid in the treatment of obesity. Konjac fiber can be used as an appetite suppressant because it swells when consumed, making a person feel full. Therefore, when pairing it with a controlled diet and exercise, it can be an excellent dietary aid. *)konjacfoods

However, there are some factors to keep in mind in implementing the use of glucomannan. One major factor is to ensure that along with the consumption of glucomannan, mineral and vitamin also need to be consumed. The reason is that the composition of the nutrient in the body is reduced during the consumption of glucomannan and therefore supplements mineral and vitamin needed to maintain balance and ensure food total body. Over the years, various studies have shown that glucomannan effective to cause weight loss.


Mineral and vitamin 

Konnyaku can not be digested by our digestive system. Because it is slippery and chewy konnyaku it can play a role in cleaning up the remnants of food that is in our colon so it can not easily suffer from constipation. In addition to fast can also make the stomach full, scientists recently discovered that konnyaku can normalize cholesterol levels in the body, preventing high blood pressure, and normalize blood sugar levels. This finding is then made konnyaku crowned as the most healthy food in all of Japan. Konnyaku is rich in minerals and other elements that are needed by our body according to the results of the study, as in the *)table below.
 


In 100g
Powder
Fresh Potato
Noodle
Potassium (mg)
60
44
22
Calcium (mg)
43
70
75
Magnesium (mg)
3
5
-
Phosphorus (mg)
5
7
10
Iron (mg)
0.4
0.6
0.6
Zinc (mg)
7.0
190
-
Vitamin B6 (mg)
-
0.02
-

In 100g
Powder
Fresh Potato
Noodle
Calories   (kcal)
5
7
6
Water (g)
97.3
96.2
96.0
Protein (g)
0.1
0.1
0.2
Lipid, or fat  (g)
0
0.1
0
Carbohydrate  (g)
2.3
3.3
3.0
Ash content   (g)
0.3
0.3
0.3
Sodium (mg)
10
2
10
Copper (mg)
2.8
3.7
-
Folic  acid (mg)
-
2
-
Fatty acid  (g)
-
-
-
Total dietary fiber  (g)
2.2
3.0
3.0
Standard`tables food composition in Japan



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