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Dinner is a Date with the Doctor: 5 Asian Superfoods

October 26, 2011

Medicine doesn’t always come in a pill. In fact some of the most powerful medicines are delicious and can be found at your local supermarket or “farmacy”. Healing foods have been used for centuries in Asia as part of the cuisine. In Asia food and medicine are often the same thing.

Here are five foods you may never have heard of but can be found at most Asian markets and even places like Whole Foods. Try them. You might be surprised by their unique and extraordinary good taste. And they may help you lose weight, reverse diabetes, lower cholesterol and prevent cancer.

Konjac: The Asian Super Fiber

Long used to make konnyaku, a jelly prepared in Japan for over 1,500 years whose medicinal properties were appreciated as early as the 6^th century, konjac fiber or glucomannan has multiple benefits. Konjac is much more viscous than usual fibers, retaining up to 17 times its weight in water.

Expanding in the stomach and the small and large intestine, it absorbs fat, accelerates elimination, reduces Back to Content Library