Konkonte Fights Colon Cancer, Lowers Blood Sugar

Recently one study conducted by a team of scientists at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology found that foods processed through solar and sun drying possess a lower glycaemic index, which is healthy for consumption.The study revealed that consuming traditional staples like ‘Konkonte’ processed through solar or sun drying, could reduce your blood sugar levels and lower the risk of heart diseases.Why is Konkonte a low Glycemic Index food?

Maier et al.(2017) found that resistant starches promote gut health by providing beneficial gut bacteria as they ferment.These provide several possible health benefits to eating resistant starches in cassava flour such as Konkonte.

As the resistant starch in cassava flour ferments inside the colon, it feeds the healthy bacteria there.

Butyrate is an important component in the cells of the colon.One study by Zimmerman et al.(2012) found that Butyrate can also decrease the levels of inflammation inside the colon.

This means that frequent eating of konkonte in theory increases your butyrate content and could also help protect a person from other inflammatory issues in the bowel and colon, including: constipation, diarrhea, Crohn’s disease and diverticulitis.However, Zimmerman et al.(2012) study was quick to note that most of the studies into these specific positive effects of resistant starches were based on animals and not humans.Therefore, studies on humans are required to find out if these benefits affect humans.Maki et al.(2012) study found that resistant starch can increase a person’s insulin sensitivity.

(2017) found that eating resistant starch can help people feel more full.

The study further notes that eating 30g of resistant starch each day for six weeks reduced the levels of the hormones that cause hunger in healthy people who were overweight.This means that eating Konkonte, which contained 40g of carbohydrates, for just six weeks, could help you reduce some weight as the resistant starch in the diet also increased the presence of compounds that help a person feel less hungry in the morning.What this means is that konkonte should be included in the diet plan of those on weight loss programmes as it lowers their daily calorie intake.Source, Vitamin CAccording to the fdc.nal.usda.gov, Cassava is loaded with vitamin C, with 20 per cent of the Daily Value in each 3.5-ounce (100-gram) serving.