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Carb Blockers As A Low Carbohydrate Diet Plan
Billy wrote:
*hackman7777 wrote: The main ingredient in Carb blockers is Phaseolamin which comes from white kidney beans. Will the unmetabolized carbs be converted by enteric bacteria into farts? That and loose stools. Not sure which is worse - endless farting or trotting to the bathroom to do experiments in jet propulsion. Will the liquid stream have enough force this time to lift me up off the seat? One thing I learned back in my years of low fat attempts - Fiber or not the amount of farts I got went up and down with the total carbs I ate. The relative amount of fiber in the total carbs didn't change the amounts of farts all that much compared to the total amount to carbs. That is to say when I ate white flour pasta with very little fiber I got plenty of farts but not much extra stool, and when I ate beans and whole wheat pasta I also got plenty of farts and a lot of extra stool. Right, and the second thing I learned back in my years of low fat attempts is I gained 50 pounds in 20 years. Low fat works just fine for some people, but it doesn't work for everyone - If you try a plan type commit to it for at least several months, but if it's not working for you ing 3-6 months it's time to try a different type of plan. Advice from Dr Atkins - If you exit any tpye of plan, do it by switching to some other type of plan. On the surface carb blockers can't possibly help. Their fiber goes to the colon and is digested there by bacteria into lactic acid and gas - farts. What fiber does not get digested there carries with it non-sugar carbs (at absolutely best they are starch blockers not carb blockers and they used to be marketed as starch blockers) but also vitamins and minerals - that's a big loss. But they aren't completely without worth. I've been told by some long time successful low carbers that they have some use to reduce the "carb hangover" of a cheat. Very much a treatment for a self inflicted problem, but how many people are ever able to go years without cheating? The trouble is these tablets would never sell if their honest small benefits appeared on the label - After several months of being good you finally succumbed and ate the hash browns that came with your breakfast. Your quota for the day is blown and you'll need to go back near 20 for a couple of days but you can pop several of these tablets, end up running for the bathroom very suddenly in about 4 hours, have a much smaller carb hangover. By the way, cheat with something sugary and the only benefit you'll get from these tablets is the sudden rush for the bathroom in several hours. But yeah, diarhea is water loss and most folks watch the scale thinking its numbers really mean fat going up and down so who's going to sneeze at diarhea induced water loss after a cheat? Chuckle. If the label actually said that, who would ever buy the tablets? |
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