Part1. Characteristics of Konjac Extract
1. Easily soluble in water, forming viscous glue.
2. It can form coagulation with gangue type K-type carrageenan.
3. It can be co-dissolved with corn and wheat starch, which can improve its gel strength.
4. The gel has good thermal stability.
5. It can interact with K-type carrageenan to form an elastic thermoreversible gel.
6. It can be combined with locust bean gum to improve the cohesion strength and elasticity of K-type carrageenan.
7. Good acid resistance.
Part2. Efficacy
The nutrition and health function of konjac extract is to play the role of dietary fiber in regulating nutritional imbalance, such as preventing and treating constipation, lowering blood fat, lowering blood sugar, weight loss and bodybuilding. In addition, it can also be used to make contact lenses and medical optical products; adding konjac extract glucomannan to eye care solution can prevent the eyes and contact lenses from drying out.
Konjac extract glucomannan gel can be used to stop bleeding and promote wound healing after disinfection; it can also be made into drugs for reducing blood fat, blood sugar, weight loss, and laxative.
1. Weight loss effect.
The glucomannan with the largest content in the konjac extract has a strong expansive force, which is more viscous and tough than any other vegetable glue. It can fill the stomach and intestines, eliminate hunger, and because it contains very little calories, it can control weight , to achieve the purpose of weight loss and bodybuilding.
2. Lowering fat.
Some foreign nutritionists have done such an experiment, divided the mice into two groups, and fed them with the same amount of high-fat food. One group did not add konjac extract, and the other group added a small amount of konjac extract powder. The cholesterol content in a group of mice treated with the extract was more than 100 mg lower than that in the other group. Scientists believe that konjac extract contains some chemical substances, which can reduce serum cholesterol and triglycerides, and can effectively reduce high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases.
3. Anti-cancer.
Konjac extract contains a gel-like chemical substance, which has the magical power of anti-cancer and anti-cancer. As long as the mature konjac extract is simply extracted and separated to make konjac extract powder, and then the powder is heated with water to produce konjac extract gel. After this gel is eaten into the body, it can form a translucent film coat, which adheres to the intestinal wall and hinders the absorption of various harmful substances, especially carcinogens. Therefore, konjac extract is also called "anti-cancer magic coat". ".
4. Appetizers and digestion.
Konjac extract can increase the secretion of enzymes in the small intestine, speed up the removal of sediment on the intestinal wall, and make it excreted from the body as soon as possible. Therefore, konjac extract can not only appetize food, but also clear intestinal garbage.
5. Other functions.
Konjac extract also contains pectin, bioalkaline, 17 kinds of amino acids and trace elements that are beneficial to the human body, and it also has obvious curative effects on modern affluence. In addition, konjac extract also contains a kind of natural antibacterial. Konjac extract powder is used as the main raw material. After being mixed with other raw materials to make food, konjac extract can form an antibacterial film on the surface of food, which can prevent bacterial invasion and prolong storage. Time, play the role of fresh-keeping and anti-bacteria.
