Simply Supplements Glucomannan Fibre 500mg capsules utilise a unique EasyGest capsule system, which offers customers more additional benefits than other supplements on the market. of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China After extensive research, we couldn’t trace the roots of the word at all, except to a vague and improvable reference to a Taiwanese tea marketed in the 1980’s.

Glucomannan is a fibre that comes from the root of the konjac plant. It is naturally-occurringand is readily used in a variety of medicines and food supplements which according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), support healthy weight loss efforts, when paired with an energy restricted diet*.Harmless and reasonably useless, it made a splash in the early part of the 2000’s without landing its proponent in very much legal trouble, and it remains fairly well known today, partly thanks to a seemingly perpetual ad campaign that never uses the word ‘glucomannan.’

With so many products out there claiming to help you lose weight, it’s not always easy to know what to trust – and it can be pretty hard to find reliable information. I hadn’t heard of Glucomannan and weight loss until I was recently asked ‘what does glucomannan do?’A specific drug delivery system is necessary to enhance the efficacy of existing chemotherapeutic drugs and to reduce their side effect. Glucomannan exhibits very low toxicity, modifiability, and the absence of immunogenicity ( Zhan et al., 2014). These outstanding characteristics make it an ideal drug carrier. This means when consumed as part of a healthy, active lifestyle, glucomannan can be hugely helpful in reducing the risk of heart disease and cardiovascular disease. 3. Glucomannan appears to ease constipation