Glucomannan is a sugar made from the root of the konjac plant (Amorphophallus konjac). Glucommanan powder, capsules, and tablets are used as medicine. Glucomannan is used for constipation, weight loss in adults and children, type 2 diabetes, blood sugar control, and lowering cholesterol. In foods, glucomannan is used as a thickener or gelling agent. Glucommanan flour and powder are used in food.
Dionysus; God of the vine, grape harvest, winemaking, wine, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre
Caius /ca-ius/ [3 sylls.] as a boys' name is pronounced keys. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Caius is happy. Common Roman form of Gaius.This was the name of the infamous Roman emperor called Caligula, a nickname meaning little boots. This referred to the minature soldier's footwear he wore when he was young. A 16th-century English physician endowed a college at Cambridge University called Gonville and Caius.aius is an uncommonly occurring first name for men. Caius is an equivalently unusual last name too for all people. (2000 U.S. Census). Below is a graphed comparison of the usage of the boy name Caius and corresponding names.