Carbohydrate blockers containing "white kidney bean extract" are ineffective against sugars

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Carb blockers are ineffective against sugars

The reporter searched on the e-commerce platform with "carbohydrate blocker" as the keyword and found that the carb blocker is based on white kidney bean extract as the main ingredient, and many manufacturers claim that taking it before eating staple foods can block the absorption of high-carb foods and help stabilize blood sugar

Wang Wen, a nutritionist in the Nutrition Department of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, said that the actual role of white kidney bean extract is α-amylase inhibitor (α-AI

It is worth noting that for many people, starch is not the main part of the diet, let us fat "culprit" is a variety of sugars added to the refined food, such as sucrose, fructose, glucose, etc.

People prone to diarrhea need to take carbohydrate blockers with caution

How safe are carb blockers? Wang Wen introduced that α-AI is a pure natural biologically active substance, after entering the human body, it will be excreted outside the body through the gastrointestinal tract without entering the blood circulation system, and does not act on the brain center, so it will not inhibit appetite

There are currently no reports of serious side effects caused by ingestion of α-AI in clinical studies, and it can be used as a common food or added to dietary supplements and beverages

In general, the daily intake of carbohydrate blockers does not exceed 10 grams of dose is safe, but if long-term, excessive intake of carbohydrate blockers may lead to physical fatigue, lack of energy and other problems, serious may also lead to hypoglycemia, and then anemia, syncope and other symptoms

Carbohydrate blockers are aimed at people with starchy diets, very fat, and large amounts of food, which may have some effect, but lack rigorous scientific experimental demonstration

In general, relying solely on carb blockers to lose weight is not scientific, because what is really easy to make us fat is white sugar, fructose glucose syrup, oil, etc.