Is this the ultimate diet carb? The rice with just 8 calories in every bowl

• One part of Slim Grain is stated to help you feel full for four hrs

By Larisa Brown

Released: 23:00 GMT, 15 Feb 2013

Cool product Slim Grain is stated to possess only 7.7 calories per 100g in comparison to 350 calories in whitened basmati grain

For anybody attempting to stay with an eating plan, carbohydrates will be the enemy.

But one sort of grain is flying from the shelves, since it has without any calories.

Slim Grain, a brand new British product, can help you feel full while barely signing up in your waistline.

You will find 7.7 calories inside a 100g serving, in comparison to 350 calories within the same weight of whitened basmati grain.

Regular boiled grain consists of 64 percent water. Slim Grain, which will come already cooked, consists of 97 percent water and also the Asian root konjac.

Some nutrition experts declare that vegetable extract konjac – also called Moyu – can stabilise bloodstream-sugar levels and stop food cravings and also over-eating.

The unusual product smells strongly of starch and must be washed a minimum of two times under tepid to warm water to get rid of its distinctive odour.

Advocates claim the grain, that is chewier than usual types, methods your mind into thinking you've eaten a complete meal.

One portion can make the feeling to be full for approximately four hrs.

The Slim range – including Slim Pasta and Slim Noodles – is flavourless, permitting you to definitely give a sauce of your liking. More...

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Produced by company Eat Water, it's offered by Holland & Barrett and independent food stores and charges ?2.55 a packet.

However, Tam Fry, in the National Weight problems Forum, stated: ‘There are nasty unwanted effects to konjac. It'll make you are feeling larger but doesn’t do much for you personally.

‘Konjac is diet and individuals will eat it thinking they'll get slim but may not be aware they may be depriving themselves of nutrition.

‘You don’t wish to starve the body of products it needs.’

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