Shirataki or Konnyaku (Konjac) is no-fat, calorie free, gluten free, soy free traditional food. We Japanese have been eating it over thousand years to keep slim and healthy, and beautiful!
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Shirataki Konnyaku is a Japanese traditional food.
Shirataki Konnyaku is a traditional Japanese jelly-like health food made from a kind of potato called “Konnyaku potato” and calcium hydroxide or oxide calcium extracted from eggshells. The Konnyaku potato is native to Indonesia and is a kind of herbaceous perennial plant called “Amorphophallus Konjac”(K. Koch). Konnyaku potatoes are cultivated for food only in Japan, but wild forms grow naturally in Southeast Asia and China.
We Japanese have been eating it over 1500 years.
It was originally introduced to Japan as a medicine in the sixth century and has been eaten for almost 1500 years in Japan. It is a totally natural food. Ninety seven percent of Konnyaku is water and three percent is Glucomannan, or dietary fibre. It is also rich in minerals and very low in calories.
Full of dietary fibre
Glucomannan is a dietary fibre and it is extremely difficult for humans to digest. Therefore, Konnyaku usually just goes through your body and sweeps your intestines. That is why it has been regarded as a no calorie food for a long time in Japan. Konnyaku does have calories, however, the calories would be so few in the normal quantities that they are negligible in number. When Glucomannan in Konnyaku is ingested, it stimulates excretion and helps us to keep good shapes. To see nutrition data of fibre in Konnyaku.
Konnyaku is practically water and dietary fibre. Therefore, Konnyaku is useful preventing such adult diseases. It is not only a low calories health food but also defends you from bowel cancer and haemorrhoids. When dietary fibre is taken, it easily adsorbs water and it can expand ten to twenty times in the body. Then, it stimulates the intestines and helps to discharge. In other words, dietary fibre helps to excrete harmful matters from the body. Dietary fibre activates the function of the intestines and allows the harmful things to go quickly out of your body. As a result, it defends you from intestinal cancer.
Shirataki Konnyaku is a marvellous health food
It does not have fat, it is rich in dietary fibre and is low in calories. Moreover, it has recently been found that it normalises the level of cholesterol, prevents high blood pressure and normalises the level of sugar in the blood. Because of these scientific findings, it has been perceived as a excellent health food in Japan.
Ideal food for weight control and prevention of obesity
Konnyaku is not only an ideal food for weight reduction because it is low in calories and has no fat but also it is wonderful in helping maintain our health. If you take Konnyaku with other foods, you can easily feel satisfied, but still you have eaten few calories. It is quite difficult to fight hunger, so you can gain physical and mental health at the same time. Too see nutition data of Konnyaku.
Normalises the level of sugar in the blood and prevents diabetes
According to the studies of Ebihara (1981), if Konnyaku is taken with other foods, it reduces the speed of sugar intake and it normalises the level of sugar in the blood. Hence, Konnyaku could prevent diabetes. Read more.
Normalisation of the cholesterol level
According to the studies, Konnyaku lowers and normalises the cholesterol level and neutralises fat in blood but it never lowers it too much. Read more.
Prevention of high blood pressure
According to the studies, Konnyaku lowers high blood pressure. Read more.
Rich in Mineral
Konnyaku is rich in mineral. A 100 grams block type of Konnyaku contains 75 milligrams of calcium. A 100 grams noodle-shaped Konnyaku contains 43 milligrams of calcium. Moreover, calcium in Konnyaku would be readily soluble in gastric juices. As you can see in the table* below, the assimilation rate of calcium in Konnyaku is almost equal to that of milk.
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* Nagayama, Nakamura, Suzuki 1975. Eiyougakuzasshi, 33. 265 (1975)
