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@yahoo.com> 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:
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> 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!).
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> I do love my seaweed. I use ground seaweed, mixed with seseme seeds, instead
> of table salt.
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> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:37 AM, RickS <rstewart@...> wrote:
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> > Hmm... that may explain why the nori sheets I snack on every day get rid of
> > my hunger.
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