{"product_id":"glucomannan-multi","title":"Glucomannan Multi","description":"\u003cp\u003eVitamin B6, Choline, Minerals \u0026amp; Botanicals · 90 Vegan Capsules\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEach serving (2 capsules) provides\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVitamin B6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e714%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCholine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e-\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZinc\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChromium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50μg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e125%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIodine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40μg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*NRV = Nutrient Reference Value\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAlso provides\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGreen Tea**\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1000mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRaspberry Fruit**\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e600mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSiberian Ginseng**\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e350mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAfrican Mango**\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCayenne Pepper** (Chilli)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e80mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCaffeine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eL-Tyrosine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGuarana Seed**\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCitrus Aurantium Fruit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePiperine**\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***Glucomannan (Konjac) Powder - 1000mg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e** = Equivalent weight from extract\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*** = Beneficial effect is obtained with a daily intake of 3g of glucomannan in three doses of 1g each, together with 1-2 glasses of water, before meals and in the context of an energy-restricted diet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe bottle, in your hand\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking for glucomannan supplements? Here is ours: Glucomannan Multi (Vitamin B6, Choline, Minerals \u0026amp; Botanicals, 90 Vegan Capsules), made in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA clean cream pot. Ninety vegan capsules. The dose is two capsules, two or three times a day, taken with water before meals. At three doses a day the pot lasts fifteen days; at two, it lasts about three weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few notes up front, because they matter:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese warnings are real and we'd rather flag them at the top than bury them at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGlucomannan — the konjac root, and why Japan has used it for 1,500 years\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlucomannan is a soluble fibre extracted from the root of \u003cem\u003eAmorphophallus konjac\u003c\/em\u003e — a soft, fibrous tuber native to East Asia. Konjac arrived in Japan from China in the sixth century alongside Buddhism. Mediaeval Japanese monks ate it during fasting periods because it filled the bowl without filling the body in the conventional sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalk into any Japanese supermarket and you will find konjac in three forms. \u003cstrong\u003eKonnyaku\u003c\/strong\u003e — a slightly translucent grey jelly, sliced and added to \u003cem\u003eoden\u003c\/em\u003e hot-pot. \u003cstrong\u003eShirataki\u003c\/strong\u003e — long, near-transparent noodles that bounce against the teeth and make up the soft thread of certain ramen and sukiyaki bowls. \u003cstrong\u003eKonjac powder\u003c\/strong\u003e — the form we're using here, the dried and milled root.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe thing that gives all three of these their character is the same thing that gives the powder its function: glucomannan is a fibre that absorbs roughly fifty times its weight in water. Drop a teaspoon into a glass and watch — within minutes the powder has formed a thick gel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside the gut this property does what fibre always does: it adds bulk. \u003cstrong\u003eThe food safety regulator has authorised a specific wording for glucomannan\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eglucomannan, in the context of an energy-restricted diet, contributes to the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol levels and to weight loss.\u003c\/em\u003e The authorised dose for those effects is \u003cstrong\u003e3g of glucomannan per day, in three doses of 1g each, with one to two glasses of water, before meals\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis formula provides 1,000mg (1g) of glucomannan in a two-capsule serving — at three servings a day, exactly the EFSA-authorised dose. The caveats remain: an energy-restricted diet, plenty of water, before meals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are not going to dress it up beyond what the law and the science actually permit. The fibre is real. The mechanism is real. The dose matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach two-capsule serving holds 1000mg of konjac glucomannan powder: glucomannan 1g per serving, in plain numbers. We sell this glucomannan UK-wide as vegan glucomannan capsules, ninety to a pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGreen tea — the leaf that anchors most of Asia's afternoons\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1,000mg equivalent weight of green tea (\u003cem\u003eCamellia sinensis\u003c\/em\u003e) per serving, from concentrated extract.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTea entered Chinese cultural life around the eighth century — the Tang Dynasty poet Lu Yu wrote \u003cem\u003eThe Classic of Tea\u003c\/em\u003e in 760 AD, the first systematic treatise on its cultivation, preparation and ritual. From China the leaf travelled to Japan with the Buddhist monk Eisai in the twelfth century, where it became inseparable from Zen practice. From Japan it eventually travelled west — slowly, a luxury at first, then a daily fact in millions of British and Indian and Russian kitchens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe compounds in green tea that have earned the most modern attention are the \u003cstrong\u003ecatechins\u003c\/strong\u003e — particularly EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate). Catechins belong to the polyphenol family — the same broad family of plant compounds that gives dark berries, red wine grape skins, cinnamon bark and turmeric root their character. They are, in plain words, plant compounds that the plant uses to defend itself against environmental stress, and which seem to do useful work in our own internal balancing systems when we eat them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small amount of caffeine comes along for the ride — roughly 25-40mg per gram of green tea extract, depending on the standardisation. We've kept the dose modest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRaspberry, Siberian ginseng, African mango — the three quieter plants\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree plants that earn their seat at the table for very different reasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaspberry fruit\u003c\/strong\u003e — 600mg equivalent weight per serving. Raspberry (\u003cem\u003eRubus idaeus\u003c\/em\u003e) is a hedgerow plant of northern Europe, the small red drupe of every British country lane and northern French farmhouse garden. The fruit is rich in anthocyanins (the red pigment) and in a particular polyphenol called raspberry ketone — the compound that gives ripe raspberries their unmistakable smell. We use it for its polyphenol profile, not for any specific claim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSiberian ginseng\u003c\/strong\u003e — 350mg equivalent weight. \u003cem\u003eEleutherococcus senticosus\u003c\/em\u003e is the \u003cem\u003eeleuthero\u003c\/em\u003e of Russian and northern Chinese herbal medicine — a different plant from the Korean \u003cem\u003ePanax\u003c\/em\u003e ginseng, with its own long traditional history of use in cold-climate, hard-working populations. In traditional Chinese medicine it sits in the category of \u003cem\u003eadaptogens\u003c\/em\u003e — plants used to help the body's own balancing systems through stress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfrican mango\u003c\/strong\u003e — 200mg equivalent weight. \u003cem\u003eIrvingia gabonensis\u003c\/em\u003e is a tree of the West African rainforest. Its fruit is mango-shaped but not the same plant as the Indian mango most of us know; the seed inside has been a traditional Cameroonian and Nigerian kitchen ingredient for centuries, ground and used to thicken stews. Modern interest centres on its high soluble-fibre content — a different fibre profile from glucomannan, included here for plant-variety reasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCayenne, guarana, citrus aurantium — the small bright trio\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree traditional warming plants, in modest doses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCayenne pepper\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eCapsicum annuum\u003c\/em\u003e) — 80mg equivalent weight. The capsicum that defines a thousand cuisines from Mexico to Sichuan to West Africa. The compound that gives cayenne its heat — capsaicin — has been a culinary and traditional medicinal ingredient since the Aztecs cultivated it, and probably long before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuarana\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003ePaullinia cupana\u003c\/em\u003e) — 40mg equivalent weight, providing a small amount of natural caffeine. Guarana is a climbing vine native to the Amazon basin, used by the Sateré-Mawé people of Brazil for centuries before European contact. The dried roasted seed has roughly twice the caffeine concentration of a coffee bean. It is included here at a \u003cem\u003every\u003c\/em\u003e modest dose to round out the plant-variety side of the formula.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCitrus aurantium\u003c\/strong\u003e (bitter orange) — 40mg whole-fruit powder. The fruit of the bitter orange tree, the original sour orange of Mediterranean cooking — used in marmalade, in Cointreau, in the dressing on a Sicilian fennel salad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe supporting ingredients\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA handful of supporting ingredients earn label-accurate mentions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVitamin B6\u003c\/strong\u003e (10mg per serving — 714% NRV) — \u003cem\u003econtributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eto the reduction of tiredness and fatigue\u003c\/em\u003e. Authorised EFSA wording.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCholine\u003c\/strong\u003e (8mg) — a B-vitamin-adjacent nutrient we get mostly from eggs. Included here as a small dietary contribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZinc\u003c\/strong\u003e (4mg, 40% NRV) — \u003cem\u003econtributes to the maintenance of normal hair, skin and nails\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eto normal immune function\u003c\/em\u003e. Authorised EFSA wording.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChromium\u003c\/strong\u003e (50µg, 125% NRV) — \u003cem\u003econtributes to the maintenance of normal blood glucose levels\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eto normal macronutrient metabolism\u003c\/em\u003e. Authorised EFSA wording.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIodine\u003c\/strong\u003e (40µg, 26% NRV) — sourced from kelp extract (\u003cem\u003eLaminaria japonica\u003c\/em\u003e). Iodine \u003cem\u003econtributes to normal thyroid function\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eto normal energy-yielding metabolism\u003c\/em\u003e. Authorised EFSA wording.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eL-tyrosine\u003c\/strong\u003e (40mg) — an amino acid the body uses as a building block for thyroid hormone (in concert with iodine) and certain neurotransmitters. Included here as a small dietary contribution; no specific claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePiperine\u003c\/strong\u003e (3mg, equivalent weight from black pepper extract) — the compound that gives black pepper its bite. Used as a small absorption helper for the polyphenols in the formula.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to use it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo capsules, two or three times per day, taken with \u003cstrong\u003eplenty of water\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ebefore meals\u003c\/strong\u003e. The water matters — glucomannan absorbs many times its weight, and you want it absorbing in your stomach with adequate fluid, not in your throat without any.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the EFSA-authorised effect of the glucomannan, take three doses a day (3g total), with at least one to two glasses of water per dose, and as part of an energy-restricted diet — the law is specific on this. Without the energy-restricted diet, you're getting the fibre but not making the authorised claim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf caffeine sensitivity is a concern, take both daily doses earlier — breakfast and lunch — and skip the third. The 50mg per serving (mostly green tea, a touch of guarana) is roughly half a small cup of coffee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHonest caveats\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a food supplement — complements a varied diet, doesn't replace one. \u003cstrong\u003eContains caffeine\u003c\/strong\u003e (50mg per serving — not for children, not for pregnant or breastfeeding women). \u003cstrong\u003eChoking risk\u003c\/strong\u003e for people with swallowing difficulties — take with plenty of water. If you are on prescription medication — particularly anything that interacts with fibre absorption (some heart medications and certain diabetes medications need to be timed apart from soluble-fibre supplements), or anything affecting thyroid function (we have iodine here), or any blood-thinner — talk to your GP before starting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuitable for vegetarians and vegans. Kosher-approved. Halal-approved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep cool, dry, sealed, out of reach of children. Best before date on the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you've read this far, thank you. We've tried to write the kind of page we'd want to read before spending money on a fibre supplement — no neon claims, no overblown promises. The Japanese root has been earning its place in noodle bowls for fifteen hundred years; the green tea leaf has been earning its place in tea cups for thirteen hundred. The dose matters. The water matters. The diet around it matters. None of those are revolutionary points, but they are the honest ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Vitadefence\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vitadefence®","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61267679084878,"sku":"sku-51715120988426","price":20.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/7194\/5806\/files\/THERMOthinv10_SN085_3pp-1panel_FP200ML_front.png?v=1792317496","url":"https:\/\/www.siocolat.uk\/products\/glucomannan-multi","provider":"Siocolat","version":"1.0","type":"link"}