[fast5] Re: konjac

How do you take konjac, and what is the purpose for you?

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
>
> In what I've read, there isn't actually any indication that konjac prevents
> food absorption. But it does make it so that the food absorbs over a longer
> stretch of the intestine. All the food gets absorbed though: in fact maybe
> MORE gets absorbed.
>
> I suppose that might be an issue with medication if it's one that needs to
> be absorbed quickly. For painkillers though, you'll know if it isn't being
> absorbed: you'll still be in pain! For vitamins, I thing slow-release is
> probably better anyway. Mostly the only medications I take for illness are
> antibiotics on occasion, and it doesn't seem to interfere with those.
>
> The directions on PGX are for trying to control appetite (i.e. making you
> feel fuller). I don't really have that issue on Fast-5, so it's not the way
> I take konjac.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:26 AM, tamaratornado <tamaratornado@...>wrote:
>
> > It says: "You can take 2 to 4 capsules with a glass of water, 30 to 60
> > minutes before eating. Don't take any medications within 1 hour before or 2
> > hours after taking it because the fiber may absorb the medication."
> >
> > I take a probiotic 30 minutes before I eat, so how do I take the konjac and
> > the probiotic?
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yeah, and maybe why Japanese people tend to be skinnier. I think in the
> > past
> > > people ate a lot more polysaccharides, and seaweed was popular food
> > (human
> > > beings tend to live near the coastlines: take a look at a satellite
> > picture
> > > of earth at night!).
> > >
> > > I do love my seaweed. I use ground seaweed, mixed with seseme seeds,
> > instead
> > > of table salt.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:37 AM, RickS <rstewart@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hmm... that may explain why the nori sheets I snack on every day get
> > rid of
> > > > my hunger.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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>
> --
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>
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