| Teenager17
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| Anyone tried these? They really work i can white rice and anything but i limit them off course lolz.... anyways the way it works if u eat something with 1000calories with starch (carbohydrates 4 calories). the starch blocker blocks about 70-90% of starch so u only consume about 250calories of it and the rest gets burn by the pill....this is verysafe....it's just beans extract nothing scary hehehehe...... it's really hard for me to reduce carb intake...i rather take these..... |
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:48 am |
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| RedRox
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| But the right kinds of carbs are really, really good for a healthy functioning body and brain. Why would I want to block something that is so essential and necessary to my continued well being? Personally, I'll take the "right carb" approach and avoid the magic pill solutions. YMMV. |
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:37 am |
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| Teenager17
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| well, they are not really magic pills at all, they are for emergencies or something, if u like go out with ur friends and ate at a fast food restaurants i would take these and block the carb of it.....but it doesnt block fats and protein on carb....good thing eh... cuz im a carb addict and i finally foudn this bean extract works good it feels like ur in phase 2 lolz |
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:46 pm |
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| LyndaB
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You're not learning a thing if you take pills like this. And no, they don't work to "save you" if you go out with your friends and eat and drink anything you'd like. Don't kid yourself. Learn from our life experiences.
You're young so I won't hit you with a hardball, but c'mon... if there really was a magic pill... everybody would be losing weight that way.
Any of these pills you take now will come back to haunt you in a few years. They introduce a myriad of health issues, such as water on the heart, edema, etc.
Don't do it. |
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:58 pm |
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| A-Rod
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250 cals of starch per meal is quite a bit. a healthy portion [1/2 cup or so] is less than that. i don't think i could possibly eat 1000 calories of starchy food in a day.
that said, i do eat white rice or white bread from time to time. better to limit yourself, enjoy it when you do have it, and not do strange things to your body. going out and drinking and eating a crap meal one night in a blue moon isn't really going to set you back either, in the long or short term. one meal won't make you gain significant weight.
if you can't start learning to limit certain foods you crave, you'll never be successful with dieting anyway. the biggest and most important thing SB does for you is teach you to exercise willpower and self-control, moreso than changing blood chemistry or calorie intake. |
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:30 pm |
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| oldpjams
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all excellent answers from our esteemed panel, tho i can't get past feeling dumbstruck that we're to believe that these pills actually work. where pray tell do the other 70-90% of the starches go? ether? ah, no.
i'll excerpt from a UC Berkeley study:
...products, such as Carb Crusher, Starch Away, and Slender Now System, claim that you can eat all you want and still lose weight—provided you take these pills, at a cost of $50 to $100 a month. The idea is that the pills block starch digestion....The pills usually contain an extract of white kidney beans, a protein compound that blocks an enzyme in the intestine (alpha amylase) and keeps it from breaking down starch, as it normally would do. Thus, in theory, the starch passes into your large intestine and is excreted.
....but no human studies on these products have yet been published—and most investigators are involved financially with the manufacturers. The idea of starch-blocking may sound logical... But the protein in the pill, or most of it, is itself probably digested before it can block anything. Starch digestion begins in the mouth, and continues in the small intestine....problem: the body is likely to produce more alpha amylase than a pill could block...undigested starch in your large intestine would cause gas, bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Customers who complain of such symptoms are told it’s a sign that the pills work.
Starch blockers are nothing new—the FDA took several such products off the market in the 1980s. There actually is an FDA-approved prescription drug (acarbose, brand name Precose) that does slow starch digestion. It is used only for people with diabetes as a means of blocking a rapid rise in blood sugar. Its effects are moderate, and it does not lead to weight loss. Side effects include gas and diarrhea.....No one, particularly people with diabetes, should take starch blockers sold over the counter...
don't do the crime if you can't do the time. :roll: |
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:12 pm |
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| lorka150
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| i use them. they're great. |
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Sat Mar 11, 2006 4:38 am |
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| AleciaBneedstobefreed
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| riiiiight! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: |
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:06 am |
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| southbeachinit
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Yeah they are probably a huge waste of cash, especially because we have so much at our disposal, lol.
I know it can be hard to feel guilty or worried about cheating, but it is a part of the SBD. Although this is a WOE, everyone cheats sometimes. If you didn't you may be risking deprivation.
I have been Beachin in for 2 years w/o pills or supplements. Easy to find, easy to pop, but you will feel so much more satisfaction doing this all by yourself, the natural way.
And it sounds really scary healthwise, might not want to risk anything.... |
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Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:38 pm |
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