I am a fan of Irwin Naturals product line, so when I was looking for a carb blocker and saw they had one in their product line, I had to try it.
I first tried a carb blocker about 4 years ago just by reading through a Vitacost website, but I never really tried it faithfully until the last 3 months or so. Last year (July 2014), I decided to try once again to lose weight, and found my way to a ketogenic "diet". It's not that I never could lose weight eating sweet potatoes, but I needed something that would help me keep it off since I was tired of losing the same 60lbs over and over again. I did successfully lose 95lbs, but after experimenting with some intermittent fasting, found myself with cravings I hadn't had for the entire year. This is where a carb blocker steps in and helps me control the water weight gain and blood sugar spikes, so long as I have reasonable expectations of what its role is in my nutrition plan.
The only carb blocker I tried was one I purchased from Vitacost 3 or 4 years ago, and it was simply the white kidney bean, and it DOES work, but I was left with colicky abdominal pain (depending on how much I took!) that left me writing on the couch, and it always left me wondering if that slice of pizza was really worth it!! When my husband and I were out over the weekend, I always wondered WHY I didn't have my carb blocker to negate the breakdown of carbohydrate, but oh yeah, then I would remember how bloated I would feel after taking it and the abdominal pain was unbearable - and nothing seemed to calm it down!
This is where I am glad I found this product. The list of ingredients is fairly impressive, except for the cinnamon - 100mg of cinnamon isn't really going to do much to lower your blood sugar, especially not when it comes to consuming refined carbohydrate. This product also has a small amount of digestive enzymes as well as ginger, which helps digest the food (in turn reducing intestinal cramping).
Here is why I would use a product like this: In following a ketogenic way of eating still 1.5 years later, I eat plenty of protein, round out my nutrition with good fats and yes, sometimes I decide I want a couple of slices of pizza, or Indian food with a 1/4 cup of basmati rice, but one, if I consume too many carbohydrates at once, I get mad palpitations, have abnormal blood sugar responses and at times have even felt ill. I am NOT recommending anyone do what I do, but it works for me, which is why I continue to do it! If I decide to consume a couple of slices of pizza, something I rarely eat, but just get a hankering to do so, I take 4 capsules of this product (the bottle says 2 capsules, but I want to make SURE it impairs carb digestion haha). I also take 2 capsules of Heather's Tummy Tamers Peppermint Oil (fabulous product, by the way!). About a half hour after I eat, I am notorious for taking Jarrow Glucose Optimizer as well as cinnamon to negate blood sugar spikes.
Is this nuts, you ask? Maybe. It's worse to have palpitations for 3 hours after eating carbohydrate and feel ill. Could I actually avoid eating the food (pizza, rice, etc) forever? Indeed I could...but why would I when I can just sort of negate the effects it has? Obviously, I don't do this regimen every day, nor every week...but at least I have access to manage carb consumption should I decide to have something that I know will knock me of ketosis for days and cause an overnight water weight gain of about 5lbs. It's kind of like insurance against cravings the next day; kind of like actually having my cake and eating it, too.
My husband asked if carb blockers work - yes, not just based on my own research, but they work for ME since I know how I feel if I don't take them before eating wheat, corn, rice, etc. I can eat a little bit of carbohydrate without feeling ill, and I have no idea what my threshold is (I wish I did!). Then he asks, "So, can I eat bagels all day, and this product will prevent the breakdown of the carbohydrate?!" Yeah, I don't think it works that way. I think it will help, but you would have to take a lot of white kidney bean to obtain that effect, and I can't imagine how much abdominal cramping one would have if they took it several times a day.
At any rate, sometimes understanding a product and understanding its use makes all the difference. If you are not carbohydrate-sensitive, you likely won't notice the effects of this product. That's not to say it won't provide benefits. I hope this review has helped someone understand what its purpose is and how it may help you.
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