Yummy Pretty Konnyaku Jelly
Blackcurrant Lychee Konnyaku Jelly
Honeydew Milk Konnyaku Jelly
Konnyaku Jelly with Fruit Cocktail
A Slice of Peach & Milk Layered Konnyaku Jelly Cake
Pretty Konnyaky Jelly Moulds and Unflavoured/Unsweetened Jelly Powder
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Health Benefits of Konnyaku – sourced from Wikipedia 
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Konnyaku Jelly is made from the Konjac plant, grown in Japan, China and Korea. It is a popular Asian fruit jelly and in the US, it is known as Konjac jelly, usually served in bite-sized cups.
Konnyaku Gel, from the Konjac plant
Initially, it was highly appreciated as a medicinal food and eaten as a therapeutic food by Buddhist monks who played the roles of doctors for a long time in Japan. Then, it became widespread among the general public and was popularised. Once it became popular, its therapeutic aspects were highly appreciated and believed for a long time and some of them are still believed. For example, Konnyaku might relieve coughs and be good for tumours. It should heal frost-bitten or chilblained toes or fingers if you put them into hot water in which Konnyaku is warmed up. Or it should cool down skin burns or scalds and reduce the pain and so on.
Konnyaku has been used for a long time as an “old wives’ remedy.” Konnyaku has been called “a broom in the stomach” and “a cleaner in the bowels” because of its function in normalising intestinal disorders. It has often been eaten in order to excrete waste and toxic matters from the body. Medieval Japanese people knew of the benefits of Konnyaku through their experience.
The publication of the book called Konnyaku Hyakusen (100 recipes of Konnyaku) in 1846 shows how much Konnyaku was loved by Japanese people in those days. After its publication, those recipes of Konnyaku became popular. Many of the recipes in Konnyaku Hyakusen are still loved and eaten at the family table and are part of domestic Japanese culinary tastes.
Japanese people knew that Konnyaku was good for the health through their experience. Recently it has been scientifically proved that Konnyaku really is good for the health. Nowadays many people are trying to be slim and to prevent adult diseases (arteriosclerosis, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, constipation, gallstone, and haemorrhoids). Many people are more health conscious and try to eat health food and not to take many food additives. Konnyaku has recently attracted those people a lot.
Konnyaku is very low in calories, and full of dietary fibre and minerals. Moreover, it is a totally natural food. In Japan, Konnyaku is widely perceived as a health food. That is why Konnyaku jelly and a Konnyaku diet are booming in Japan.
