Low Carb Diet Tips- Don't Fall For Carb Cutters Articles | Low Carb Lifestyle Pages

By: Pauline K

If you have been on a low carb diet, I am sure that you are running out of patience, because it takes a little time before you can lose weight, right? Chances are that you have thought of purchasing carb-blockers such as Carb Trapper, Carb Cutter, and Carb-X. I am here to warn you against these carb blockers. Hopefully, after reading this article, you will think twice before falling for the carb cutters.

Why do people fall for carb cutters? Because they are advertised as being the easiest and quickest way to lose a lot of weight with little or no effort. They say things like: 'eat just two or three tablets and you will lose about 400 calories' worth of bread, pasta, or potatoes'. But do you know whether these carb blockers are really as effective as they are hyped? Perhaps not. Here is how carb blockers work: carb blockers contain bean and wheat germ extracts which are believed to slow down carb adsorption by blocking a digestive enzyme that helps in breaking down starch. The hypothesis is that if starch is unable to break down inside your body, your carb absorption will be slow and you will start losing weight.

So far, the theory sounds good. But here is a reality check: there is little or no evidence to prove that these carb blockers actually help in weight loss. Numerous researches conducted during the 80's showed that bean extract has no effect on calorie absorption or body weight.

In recent times however, researchers have found that a very high dose of bean extract and wheat gram extract might work, but then those carb blockers don't contain very high levels of bean extracts. So, even if it is proved that carb blockers help in slowing down the absorption of carbs, there is again no evidence that slowing carbohydrate digestion actually helps a person in losing fat.

If I were you I would go to the old way of eating a low carb diet and doing regular exercises. If you need more information about the natural ways to lose weight with the help of low carb diets, simply click on the link in my resource box below.