subject: Decarb Carb Blocker [print this page] Most people who want to lose weight are aware of low Carb diets. Examples of these include the Atkins diet, which makes use of a high protein but low carbs to help dieters lose weight. Yet not as many are aware of Carb blockers.
Next in line is the body's glycogen stored in the liver immediately after which stored as body fat. In a nutshell, reducing Carb intake forces the body to burn fat. Second, carbs stimulate the production of insulin. Insulin converts excess carbs to fat. Less carbs means less insulin and consequently, less fat.
Unfortunately, carbohydrates make up a large proportion of the Western style diet which means it is highly likely that you may have soft spot for certain Carb foods such as bread. If so, starch blockers can help you with your Carb cravings.
Furthermore, these starch blockers will not absorb all the carbs you eat but only a percentage. So, taking these supplements isn't an excuse to eat more carbs.
Shortly after a Carb laden meal your blood sugar levels crash back down again, which can trick the body into thinking it is still full.By preventing some carbs from releasing their sugars into the blood stream. Carb blockers should help with hunger pangs too. Two issues arise from taking Carb blockers. The first being that you can not ensure 100% of the carbs you eat remain undigested. This really is because the lower digestive tracts contain many other enzymes that can break down carbs into their constituent parts. Carbohydrate blockers contain or have a digestive enzyme that helps to break starchy or fatty carbohydrates. The starchy carbohydrates include foods like potatoes, bread among many others. The process of the breaking down of starchy foods prevent carbohydrates from being absorbed into the body. They're instead passed out through the digestive tracts. Thus, you can maintain your weight and do not have to worry about gaining that extra pound from the consumption of carbohydrates.
More recently there were new products released onto the market that utilise a substance from the northern white kidney bean called phaselous vulgaris. The claim would be that this component interferes with all the action of the enzyme alpha amylase and stops the carbohydrates from being converted into sugar. The carbs are instead passed out through the waste instead of being absorbed of the body.
There are no official long-term studies of Decarb as a carb blocker. Manufacturers quote results from their own personal research, that could obviously be biased and dubious at best.
