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How Can a Carb Blocker Help You Achieve Your Dieting Goals?

A carb blocker can enable you to enjoy a carb-rich meal (like pasta, pizza, etc.) without breaking your diet.

But what are carbohydrate blockers? How do they work? And are they the "magic" solution to eating what you want and still losing weight?

To answer these questions, below you can find information on what carbohydrate blockers are, what they do, and how they can help you achieve your dieting goals.

What are Carb Blockers?

A buttery bowl of popcorn, a steaming plate of spaghetti and garlic bread, or even a hot stack of pancakes with maple syrup for breakfast. Sounds great, but too much starch, too quickly, can be a problem for your body (especially for low carb dieters).

When a carb-rich meal is converted in your body into glucose (blood sugar), it can cause your insulin levels to spike. Too much glucose, too quickly, in your body can cause:

Fatigue
An irritable mood
Or even problems focusing throughout the day

Worse yet, is that excess glucose in your blood stream isn't wasted, your body converts it into fat and stores it for a rainy day.

A carb blocker works by inhibiting the action of the digestive enzyme that converts starches into glucose. This allows glucose to enter your body at a slower, more "waistline friendly" rate.

How Does a Carbohydrate Blocker Work?

In truth, carb blockers aren't complete carbohydrate blockers at all, they are actually just

"starch blockers” (starches are complex carbohydrates such as pastas, breads, cereals, etc.).

For example,

The ingredient in a "starch blocker" (which actually blocks the conversion of starch's into glucose) is called Phaseolamin. Phaseolamin is a natural extract taken from the North American white kidney bean. This extract works by inhibiting the production of the digestive enzyme alpha amylase, which converts starches into sugars in your pancreas.

How Can a Carbohydrate Blocker Help You Achieve Your Goals?

At this point you might be thinking "Wow, all I need to do is just take a carbohydrate blocker, eat whatever I want, and hello bikini!" Sorry, carbohydrate blockers aren't the end-all and be-all of healthy weight loss. There isn't any concrete scientific evidence that inhibiting the conversion of starches into blood sugar will help you lose weight alone.

However, added to a regular exercise routine and healthy diet, taking a carbohydrate blocker before starch-rich meals can help you keep your diet, while occasionally taking a vacation from it

(without the added inches to prove it!)

And at $10 for a 75 capsule bottle, how can you go wrong?

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