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How To Choose Konjac Products For Diabetics?

2022-08-20 Page view : 289 views



Excessive eating and irregular eating will lead to fluctuations in blood sugar. After controlling the diet, diabetics often feel hungry, and even severe hypoglycemia. Blood sugar is so capricious, what should I do? Satiety zero-calorie konjac noodles may become the first choice for diabetics.

Konjac is a food produced by using the taro plant konjac bulb. Its main ingredient is soluble dietary fiber glucomannan, and its calories are zero. For diabetics who need to strictly control their daily calorie intake, konjac is very suitable for consumption.

There are many kinds of konjac products on the market. The common ones are konjac tofu, konjac flour, konjac rice, konjac noodles, etc. In addition to konjac ingredients, some of them also contain a small amount of starch. People with diabetes should choose reasonably according to their own conditions.

Konjac tofu: The content of konjac is 2%-3%, and the water content is 97%. As the most common konjac product, konjac tofu can be eaten in a variety of ways, including roasting, frying, and hot pot. However, due to its gelatinous shape, it is best for the elderly to cut tofu into smaller pieces and eat it carefully.

Konjac flour: The content of konjac in konjac flour is about 0.3%, that of konjac noodles is about 0.5%, and the rest is starch. Konjac flour or noodles can be used as a staple food for diabetics. Even if it contains starch, there are only about 15 kcal of calories per 100 grams of konjac flour.

Konjac rice: The content of konjac is 5%-10%, and the rest is starch. The calories per 100 grams of konjac rice are about 20 kcal, but its taste is quite different from that of ordinary rice. It is recommended to cook konjac rice and rice together.