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What is konjac commonly known as?
Amorphophallus konjac is also known as sweet potato, pedicel lotus, taro, snakehead grass, pedicel Dananxing and so on. It belongs to the same family as taro and belongs to Araceae in plant classification. Konjac is a traditional food with low calorie and high cellulose. In recent years, konjac food is popular all over the world because of its unique health care and medical efficacy, and is called "magic food".

Amorphophallus konjac contains unique nutrition. According to the analysis, every100g of Amorphophallus konjac spherical stem contains up to 50g of grape mannan, glucose, fructose, sucrose and so on. Every100g of konjac flour contains protein1.64g, fat 0.004g, phosphorus 57mg, iron 4.06mg, zinc1.23mg, manganese 0.2mg, chromium 0.25mg, copper 0.08mg and glucomannan 79.37mg. Because of its strong water absorption and low calorie, it can not only increase satiety, reduce hunger, but also lose weight. It is an ideal food for diabetics and obese dieters.

The cellulose in Amorphophallus konjac has the functions of promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels, and can quickly expel toxic substances in the intestine, thus effectively preventing constipation, and has adjuvant therapeutic effects on colon cancer, hemorrhoids and venous tumors. In addition, it can also reduce the accumulation of cholesterol in the body, which is of great significance for the prevention and treatment of hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Konjac is also a unique food additive. If a small amount of konjac flour is added to food, it can not only increase nutrition, but also improve food quality. Therefore, Amorphophallus konjac is an ideal new nutritional health food.