Konjac and Reduced Waist Circumference

• [The Effect of Konjac Glucomannan on Blood Glucose and Insulin Levels in Obese Patients With Prediabetes].

  • 2026-05-01
  • RCT · n = 102
  • Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition 57(3)
  • • Renhua Wu
    • Lirui Tang
    • Xiaoling Yang
    • Qing Ou
    • Yan Gu
    • Li Yuan
    • Nanwei Tong

  • PubMed: 42369710
  • DOI: 10.12182/20260560508

  10 Insights on

  • Reduced Waist Circumference

  • High evidence
  • Large Human Trial
  • Clinical

  The KGM group also had higher effective rates in reducing fasting blood glucose, fasting insulin, insulin resistance, insulin sensitivity, body mass, and waist circumference compared to the control group (P < 0.05).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  60 g of konjac-based dietary fiber biscuits daily

• Gummies candy enriched with Konjac glucomannan reduces hunger intensity and waist circumference of overweight individuals.

  • 2023-01
  • RCT
  • International journal of biological macromolecules 226
  • • Ana Carolina Santos Fernandes
    • Luana Muxfeldt
    • Neli Gehlen Motta
    • Calinca Skonieski
    • Karina Raquel Fagundes
    • Gabriela Sandri
    • Daniel Barbosa de Chaves
    • Gabriela Suthovski
    • André Lazarin Gallina
    • Stífani Machado Araujo
    • Dalila Moter Benvegnú

  • PubMed: 36435474
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.11.232

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Waist Circumference

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  reduction in waist circumference and in the intensity of hunger/satisfaction of the participants who consumed KGM for fourteen days

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  250 mg per candy, 2 candies per day (500 mg/day)