Re: Konnyaku Flour (Glucomannan)

[Guest guest]

I guess what was confusing me (and again, I still figured it was illegal) was

that when I started trying to look into it myself I found some sites that said

it wasn't a starch and some that said it was. And then I started trying to

figure polysaccharides out and started learning about polysaccharides that are

SCD legal (like glycogen if we eat meat and the ones that exist in small amounts

of fruit). So then I was trying to figure out which poly's are allowed and

which aren't and how we determine what that is. I really shouldn't have read

anything, I'm just so confused now because I thought we were supposed to avoid

all polysaccharides. Is it just the pure poly's we're supposed to avoid?

Geesh...I need to take biology again!

Stacey

> >So anyway, the reason I'm making this post is

> >that it seems wrong to me. It seems like it's

> >still an illegal product but I'm not exactly

> >sure why. Could you help explain why it's

> >illegal so I can pass that information along?

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucomannan

>

> Glucomannan is a water-soluble polysaccharide

> that is considered a dietary fiber.

>

> http://www.konjacfoods.com/order/index.htm

>

> Made by the whole konjac root, the konjac root

> naturally contains rich nutrients such as fiber, starch, protein, minerals,

>

> (Bolding mine) That enough reason for you? We

> SCDers don't do starch and/or polysaccharides.....

>

>

>

> — Marilyn

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