Anyone use a "starch blocker" such as phaseolus extract?

[Lift Chief]

Supposedly the new generation of these supps are supposed to be quite effective at blunting the insulin spikes resulting from eating significant amounts of carbohydrates... anyone have any opinions?

I know this is the wrong forum but this forum gets the most traffic obviously.

 

[satchboogie]

no i havent used but i've read some warnings about those...

stomach pains, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, headaches are just a few potential symptoms.

 

[junk]

bumpo

 

[Lift Chief]

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[NapoleanComplex]

I know someone who is using a carb blocker. She hasn't mentioned any side, and says that it blocks up to 500carb cals per day.

I'm getting interested in these products myself.

 

[Goldprospector]

Agree with Satch...There are too many bad's and not enough good's to even think about them. Ive tried about every kind of blockers that have hit the market. I don't put much stock in them...Just a money making scheme. IMO

 

[Lift Chief]

Agree with Satch...There are too many bad's and not enough good's to even think about them. Ive tried about every kind of blockers that have hit the market. I don't put much stock in them...Just a money making scheme. IMO

Well if someone just lists the potential negative side effects steroids would seem to have more bads than goods as well and yet we know that not to be the case in actual practice.

 

[Goldprospector]

LC, as far as listing and experiencing sides are two different things. The AAS that I have done only gave me oily skin as a negative, but I reaped quite alot of benifit from it..including both mental and physical effects that were great.

The "Blockers" always seemed to affect me in one way or another negatively, but I never noticed ANY true benifit.

 

[mbl05]

i used one (metabolife carb cutter) for a few weeks last month....i kind of expirimented with it by eating loads of carbs after taking it. after three weeks, my weight hadnt gone up or down an ounce. so i think they are worth using if your on a carb binge for whatever reason. but otherwise they arent gonna help you lose a significant amount of weight. and as for the side effects, i didnt feel a single one. in conclusion, not worth buying unless you know ur going to be ingesting alot of carbs and want to keep the weight gain at a minimum.