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What is konjac health soup and what is its function?
Amorphophallus konjac is warm, pungent and toxic; Has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, detoxicating, relieving swelling, moistening intestine, relaxing bowels, resolving phlegm and softening hard mass; Indications: scrofula, excessive phlegm, traumatic injury, constipation, abdominal pain, sore throat and gum. In addition, Amorphophallus konjac also has the functions of supplementing calcium, balancing salt, clearing stomach, regulating intestine and expelling toxin. Konjac, also known as konjac, is mainly composed of glucomannan and is a soluble polysaccharide. From the nutritional effect, it is an ideal ultra-low calorie soluble dietary fiber. Dietary fiber has five functions in preventing and treating diseases:

1. Dietary fiber absorbs water in the gastrointestinal tract, expands, increases in volume, enhances satiety, and soluble fiber forms a colloidal state, delaying the absorption of glucose and fat. Gradually reduce blood sugar and blood lipid levels. So as to effectively prevent the occurrence of hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia.

Second, shorten the time that food stays in the stomach. Generally speaking, it takes 28 hours for ordinary food to be emptied from the intestine, while the food rich in dietary fiber only takes 14- 16 hours, which greatly reduces the absorption of harmful substances.

Thirdly, dietary fiber can also adsorb and dilute carcinogens and poisons, so that they can be excluded from the body, thus having the effect of preventing cancer to a certain extent.