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One of the most recent emails I received from our readers was about Konjac Fiber.

Hi Joe,

Recently I heard about something called Konjac Fiber being used to help lose weight. Do you know what it is and could you tell me anything about how it would contribute to weight loss? Thanks.

Jenny P.
Madison, Wisconsin

Konjac Fiber is dietary fiber that is water soluble. You can find it at just about any health store or vitamin shop. It is typically found in and sold as glucomannan or amorphophallus konjac. Konjac is primarily grown in Asia mainly in China and Japan. It is actually an extremely powerful form of fiber (maybe a bit too powerful if you know what I mean).

Aside from being used for weight loss the konjac root could be used to treat constipation, high cholesterol, high blood pressure & hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).

Konjac helps promote weight loss by creating a feeling of fullness, leading to a decrease in appetite and caloric intake. As a soluble fiber, it reduces the metabolic impact of food by delaying gastric emptying and slowing the release of sugar into the bloodstream, reducing the insulin response.

It does have some side effects. Like with other soluble fiber konjac can reduce the absorption of nutrients. You could typically counter act this with a multi vitamin. If you mega dose vitamin and mineral supplements I do not recommend doing so with you konjac supplement. Since it reduces nutrient absorption you could wind up preventing your other supplements from being absorbed and you would be wasting money.

A few years ago we all started to hear about Acai Berry this and Acai Berry that. I also receive many questions about Acai Berry on our Weight Loss Forum. First let me start with what an Acai Berry is. Acai is a type of palm tree found in Brazil. Acai does help in detoxifying the body with its antioxidant properties however it is no different than a Blue Berry or Strawberry. All berries have antioxidant properties.

The Acai craze was simply the work of some very smart marketing professionals. These marketing professionals simply took something as a berry found in a country outside of the United States and made it look like the best thing since sliced bread. These marketing professionals even generated a marketing campaign that included Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as users of Acai Berry. Once that marketing campaign went live, Acai sales skyrocketed.

Not only are the marketing tactics of Acai Berry unethical but their “Free Trial” practices and billing for these products are dangerous. Typically on these Acai Berry Free Trial ads that you find online, there is small print that states you will be billed on a continuous basis some amount of money like $19.99 or $29.99 to continue being enrolled in their “Acai Berry Membership Program”.

When shoppers purchase the product online they normally don’t read all the way through the terms of the purchase thus letting the advertiser of the product off the hook from anything misleading. What happens to the consumer is once they finally receive their credit card statement they find out that they had been either billed for additional items they did not want or after the first month they find out that they are being billed month after month for some subscription service.

I have made references to falling for misleading advertisements in other articles on LackFat.com. Always remember not to believe everything you hear and that Free or Free Trial is never really free. Use this advice wisely in all of your weight loss efforts and I promise you will be better protected in your personal battle of the bulge.

Joe Maresca
Health & Fitness Expert
Founder, Editor & Author @ LackFat.com

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