Konjac and Reduced Blood Cholesterol

• Effects of Glucomannan Supplementation on Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Humans: A Meta-Analysis.

  • 2023-01-24
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 440
  • Nutrients 15(3)
  • • Zhanzhi Zhang
    • Yu Zhang
    • Xiaomei Tao
    • Yuying Wang
    • Benqiang Rao
    • Hanping Shi

  • PubMed: 36771306
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu15030601

  6 Insights on

  • Reduced Blood Cholesterol

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Clinical

  Glucomannan not only reduced the total cholesterol (TC) (MD -0.38 [95% CI: -0.61, -0.15], p = 0.001) ... compared with the control group

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

• The effect of glucomannan supplementation on lipid profile in adults: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2024-10-09
  • Meta-Analysis
  • BMC cardiovascular disorders 24(1)
  • • Vali Musazadeh
    • Rogheye Yaraee Rostami
    • Amir Hossein Moridpour
    • Zahra Bokaii Hosseini
    • Omid Nikpayam
    • Maryam Falahatzadeh
    • Amir Hossein Faghfouri

  • PubMed: 39385065
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12872-024-04223-0

  10 Insights on

  • Reduced Blood Cholesterol

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  Glucomannan supplementation significantly decreased TC (SMD: -3.299; 95% CI: -4.955, -1.664, P < 0.001; I2 = 95.41%, P-heterogeneity < 0.001)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes