A research group led by Assistant Professor Akihiro Akita, Associate Professor Takaho Kimura, and Professor Masami Murakami of the Center for Food and Health Science Education and Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, can reduce neutral fat by ingesting konjac flour-containing oysters. I found that.This is because the blood concentration of the enzyme that metabolizes triglycerides rises, and it seems that there are expectations for improvement of metabolic syndrome.
According to Gunma University, the research group asked 13 male subjects to eat porridge with 0.4 minutes, 0.8% konjac flour, and 30% konjac flour, 60 minutes before and 120 minutes after eating, XNUMX. The blood levels of konjac and the enzymes involved in triglyceride metabolism were examined at minutes and XNUMX minutes.
As a result, it was found that eating porridge containing 0.8% konjac flour lowers the triglyceride concentration in the blood from 30 minutes to 120 minutes.Furthermore, it was also clarified that the blood concentration of the enzyme that metabolizes triglyceride continued to decrease after 30 minutes after eating when it was boiled for XNUMX minutes, but it did not decrease when it contained konjac flour.The research group believes that the triglyceride-lowering effect of konjac may be strongly exerted by mixing it with the staple food.
This is the first time that it has been found that ingestion of porridge containing konjac flour raises the blood concentration of enzymes and lowers triglycerides.The research group believes that porridge with konjac flour is effective in preventing metabolic syndrome and vascular disorders such as stroke caused by it.
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