1, laxative weight loss
Konjac food is not only flavorful, pleasant taste, but also weight loss and fitness, treatment of disease and anti-cancer effects.
2, prevention of atherosclerosis, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases
Konjac is pungent and warm, have to promote the blood line, to prevent the role of stasis. Konjac contains mucin can reduce the accumulation of cholesterol in the body, prevention of atherosclerosis and prevention of cardiovascular disease. So konjac is known as "gastrointestinal scavenger", "blood purifier".
3, lower cholesterol
Konjac glucan can effectively inhibit the absorption of cholesterol, bile acids and other lipolytic substances in the small intestine, promote the fat out of the body, reduce the total amount of serum triglycerides and cholesterol.
4, improve immunity, prevention and treatment of tumors and cancer
It can improve the immunity of the body, the mannan anhydride contained in the cancer cell metabolism has an interfering effect, and the excellent dietary fiber contained in it can stimulate the body to produce a kind of substance that kills cancer cells. Pharmacognosy test is sensitive to cardia cancer and colon cancer cells, it can dissolve phlegm and soften hardness, disperse swelling and detoxify, and treat lumps, phlegm nuclei, scrofula and other conditions, and can prevent and control cancer tumors.
Consumption taboos:
1, raw konjac is poisonous, must be decocted for more than 3 hours before consumption.
2, indigestion, each time the amount of food should not be too much.
3, people with skin diseases eat less.
4, konjac cold, cold and flu symptoms should be eaten less.
Expanded information:
Konjac is good, but it is poisonous, can not be eaten raw
The best to buy processed konjac products, such as konjac tofu, konjac noodles etc., which has been detoxified, safe to eat.
In addition, konjac is cold, cold cold and flu symptoms should be cautious of eating, skin disease people should also eat less. Due to the konjac dietary fiber content, the gastrointestinal tract is not easy to digest and absorb, so poor gastrointestinal function, indigestion, each time you eat should not be too much. Too much dietary fiber intake will interfere with the absorption of vitamins and minerals, so the konjac can not be eaten as a meal, should be moderate, konjac products daily consumption of 50 grams -100 grams is appropriate.
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