Konjac is a perennial growth of herbaceous plants, also known as miller's yam, stalks of lotus, hemp taro, snakehead grass, stalks of asparagus, and so on, and its main ingredient is glucan, and contains a variety of human body can not be synthesized amino acids and minerals such as calcium, zinc, copper, it is a kind of low-fat, low-sugar, low calorie, no cholesterol, high-quality dietary fiber. Konjac glucan has hydrophilic, gel, antimicrobial, edible, low calorific value and other characteristics, can be used as a gel, emulsifier, thickener, stabilizer and filler, not only in the food processing in a wide range of prospects for application in the pharmaceutical, health care and other industries also has a wide range of prospects for development.
Konjac as a food raw material has a long history, konjac food varieties are more and more, mainly konjac vermicelli, konjac silk knot, konjac vermicelli, konjac hooves, konjac plum blossoms, konjac butterflies, konjac shrimp, konjac tofu, konjac noodles and so on. China's Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian and other places of konjac food consumption, Jiangsu, Beijing, Shanghai and other places of consumer awareness of konjac food and its health care functions gradually improved, its consumption is on the rise.
Konjac food has now been recognized by the United Nations Food and Health Organization as a "valuable natural health food". Konjac food health function is glucomannan has a variety of special physical and chemical properties.
1, blood purifier: due to the konjac glucan can effectively inhibit the small intestine on cholesterol, bile acid and other lipolytic substances absorption, promote fat out of the body, reduce fat, cholesterol into the blood, reduce the total amount of serum triglycerides and cholesterol, so can play a role in preventing high blood pressure, hypertension, high blood fat and cardiovascular disease. According to the relevant information, if the human body every day into 3 grams of konjac glucomannan (are three times into), and adhere to long-term consumption, you can achieve the above results.
2, the gastrointestinal tract scavenger: a lot of research has shown that konjac's unique bundle of hydrogel fibers, can make the intestinal tract to maintain a certain degree of fullness, to promote intestinal physiological peristalsis, so that the feces soften, accelerate the speed of defecation, reduce intestinal pressure, lifting constipation pain.
3, the nemesis of intestinal cancer: konjac's unique bundle of hydrogel fiber, can promote the rapid elimination of heavy metal elements and food toxic substances in the intestinal tract, reduce the contact time of harmful substances and intestinal walls, prevent the intestinal absorption of these substances, remove the stomach, intestines, gallbladder in the stagnant material, and effectively reduce the probability of harmful bacterial infections in the colon, rectum, is the ideal anti-cancer health food.
4, the gospel of diabetic patients: due to the viscosity of the konjac glucan is very large, enhance the viscosity of the digestive tract of celiac disease, slow down the retention time of the celiac paste in the gastric cavity, and the formation of a protective film in the wall of the intestines, and effectively inhibit the rise of blood glucose value and urinary glucose value. Domestic and foreign experts have confirmed that konjac food is a more ideal food for diabetics, lower blood sugar, improve symptoms, control the effect of the disease.
5, the health of the best food: konjac in the "Sea Manna" material, so that people eat after a sense of satiety, thereby reducing the amount of food people consume and energy consumption of fat in the body, is conducive to controlling people's body weight, to achieve natural weight loss effect. Healthy consumers often eat, can maintain a healthy body.