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What is konjac flour?
Konjac refined powder is a kind of powder made from taro, which is a kind of food with low calorific value. It can lower blood pressure and cholesterol and promote weight loss.

The efficacy of konjac powder;

The medicinal components of taro can clean up the fat and cholesterol accumulated in the body in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

4. Taro is rich in dietary fiber. In the stomach, dietary fiber can promote intestinal peristalsis, promote defecation and reduce the waiting time of ingredients in the stomach. It takes about 12 hours for meat food to be excreted, and about 7 hours for taro to be excreted. It can reduce the retention time of defecation in gastrointestinal tract by about 5 hours. Thereby reducing the digestion and absorption of nutrients by the colon and reducing the harm of harmful substances in defecation to the human body.

3. The volume expansion index of konjac flour after moisture absorption is very large, which can reach 100 times of its own volume. After taro absorbs water and swells in the stomach, people will feel full, and of course they don't want to eat many other ingredients.

Long-term use of konjac flour products is not only beneficial to fat people. It is also good for constipation, hyperlipidemia and people who want to prevent gastric cancer and rectal cancer.