White kidney bean extract may be working

randomtai

basschick wrote: »

Wow, I had no idea this thread had been resurrected. For those of you who think I'm looking for a "magic pill": suck it. I work hard, eat right, and have maintained a 50 lb. weight loss for over 3 years. I'm no Dr. Oz fanatic -- some things that he recommends are good, some aren't. I do the research and have the critical thinking skills to know which is which. (Dr. Oz also recommends drinking green tea. Would you not drink it just because Dr. Oz recommended it?) If you're someone who never, ever, ever, ever eats carbs, more power to you! I like to splurge occasionally. So does nutritionist JJ Virgin, who also takes and endorses white kidney bean extract capsules. Have you seen her abs? Does she look like someone who is takes the "easy way out?" FWIW, I don't even take these pills anymore, not because they didn't work but because I could never remember to take them a half hour before a high carb meal. Reading this old post has renewed my interest. I think I'll pop one tomorrow before my Thanksgiving meal. :-)

eric_sg61

So wait you're trying to neutralize/ block carbs by eating carbs. Last I check beans were what's the word....carbs

basschick

There's an extract in white kidney beans that helps the body stop carbs from breaking down into sugars.

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blueakama

TheVegthlete wrote: »

If you plant the pills, will a giant beanstalk grow?

Lol

usmcmp

basschick wrote: »

There's an extract in white kidney beans that helps the body stop carbs from breaking down into sugars.

Looks like in this study (which was done on a very small group) that the capsule didn't do anything. Have to take it as straight powder and has to be 3000mg.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776021/

It also didn't "block" carbs, it lowered the GI of it. All of the studies done on whether it actually caused weight loss had a variety of flaws and there were zero studies that showed it blocked carbs from being digested.

GaleHawkins

I cut out the carbs and so carb blocking was required.

What is the point of eating something then try to block it from being digested. Just do not eat the flipping stuff so no blocking is required even if it does work.