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		Anti-atherosclerotic effects of konjac
	


	
	
		

							
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								Hidekatsu Yanai
							
															
									Department of Internal Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Kohnodai 
Hospital, Chiba, Japan
																	
																																		
	
							
								Hiroki Adachi
							
															
									Department of Internal Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Kohnodai 
Hospital, Chiba, Japan
																	
																																		
	
							
								Hisayuki Katsuyama
							
															
									Department of Internal Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Kohnodai 
Hospital, Chiba, Japan
																	
																																		
	
							
								Hidetaka Hamasaki
							
															
									Department of Internal Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Kohnodai 
Hospital, Chiba, Japan
																	
																																		
	
							
								Akahito Sako
							
															
									Department of Internal Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Kohnodai 
Hospital, Chiba, Japan
																	
																																		


				
			
																	
					
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							https://doi.org/10.31989/ffhd.v5i4.178
						
					
				
			

						
										
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					Definition: The Konjac plant comes from the genus Amorphophallus. Japanese food uses Konjac cake. Konjac contains almost no calories and a great amount of dietary fiber. Here, we reviewed possible anti-atherosclerotic effects of konjac, using the search Pubmed ®. Konjac ingestion is likely beneficially associated with obesity, blood pressure, lipid and glucose metabolism. However, evidence is lacking on the relationship between konjac ingestion and development of atherosclerotic diseases. To more fully understand the anti-atherosclerotic effects of konjac, future studies, preferably with larger numbers of subjects, will be performed.
Keywords: atherosclerosis, body weight, glucose, konjac mannan, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol

				
			
			

						
																																															
						
		


		

						
										
					
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