NOW Supplements, Phase 2® (White Kidney Bean Extract) 500 mg, Weight Management*, 120 Veg Capsules

This is my go to for reducing the carbs I take in daily. Adding treadmill exercise I have lost 20 pounds over the last 4 months. Safely and gradually reducing belly fat. At 66 that's no easy feat! This product is the only one I've found to reduce your carb intake by about half when taken 1 to 2 hours before a meal. I just found it again on Amazon at a great price! Only 2 tablet per day works for me along with a healthier diet. But if I'm going to eat a burger or my favorite pasta then I take it before 😉 Only this Now Phase 2 brand has work effectively for me. I've tried other brands, nope! Hope this helps 😀

I know there is a lot of debate about this product only being able to neutralize starches, but I suspect it works for other carbs as well (simple carbs). I did read the studies, and without providing all of the science behind digestion - all carbohydrates are broken down beginning with amylase (in the mouth). Since white kidney bean targets amylase, this is my reasoning behind it also working for simple carbohydrate and not just starch. However, there are some caveats, and I do not know what the upper limit for carbohydrate digestion would be. I follow a ketogenic diet, in which I choose to restrict my carbohydrate intake because I am carbohydrate sensitive, and really it's about having my body run a certain way, reducing cravings, etc. However, I work out 5 or 6 days a week, and sometimes decide to go outside of what I normally eat, like pizza, which is definitely not on my weekly menu!! In order to avoid a massive glucose spike, get a sympathetic response (i.e., rapid heart rate, etc), I take 4 of these + Heather's Tummy Tamers Peppermint Oil Capsules (to avoid digestive issues). I take it about a half hour before I enjoy a couple of slices of pizza in order to avoid the major glucose spike as well as the sympathetic response insulin seems to give me. If I didn't take these, I wouldn't be able to eat too many carbohydrates, because unfortunately for me, it doesn't take much for me to get an undesired response. The thing is, it works fine for a couple of slices for pizza, but if 2 hours later I have that piece of cheesecake, I will get a slight sympathetic response even if I take 4 more capsules. This is why I say that I have no idea what the upper limit is for inhibiting digestion of carbohydrate. Curiously enough, I will be back in ketosis by the next morning, even after 2 slices of pizza and a small slice of cheesecake. However, I don't do this often, so I am quite adapted to the way I already eat. I could experiment with more than 8 capsules, but I am not interested in the accompanying gastric distress - 8 is enough for one night. Obviously, I don't think one could eat carbs all day and just take these, nor would I think you would want to. Carbohydrate is not inherently "bad", and I don't avoid them because I think they are, but I am particularly sensitive to them. Plus, I lift heavy weights, so I tend to consume more protein anyway, and the way I set up my macros fits me perfectly. I have always known I was carb-sensitive, even when in med school, when my friend told me she thought it was all "in my head". Of course, one has to consider this if you aren't checking glucose regularly, but if I had never eliminated carbohydrate to begin with, I would have never known how bad the sensitivity actually was. These work well for what I need, but I also don't take them every day, nor every week - only when I decide to eat pizza for that high calorie day, or when we are out running errands and we stop to eat at our favorite restaurant. I hope this review helps someone...

Hard to tell if it helps to lose weight. Not a drastic change.

This controlled my appetite waaaay better than I thought it would! I started out by taking just 1 in the middle of the day, as 3 causes my belly to feel off. I’ll take 2 if I know I’ll have a big meal, but 1 feels safest for my tummy and I still get the benefits of what feels like controlled blood sugar and cravings. 10/10! I’ll be taking this for a while, since it’s so safe and actually works.

I am a type 2 diabetic and I just received this product yesterday and gave it a test at dinner time to see if the carbs would raise my blood glucose. I took 3 capsules before having a bowl of macaroni with tomato sauce and tested my sugar 2 hours later and it was 87; normally my sugar would be 170 after having that. When I tested my sugar this morning, it was 111 and that made my day! Today I did a second test by having potato salad and tested my blood glucose 2 hours later and it was 114 and potatoes would normally raise my sugar to about 180. I am on Metformin. If you are on a medication that can cause low blood sugar, I would advise you not to use this as it might get too low. My medication (Metformin) never caused low blood sugar, at least for me anyways. I was skeptical about buying this product because it says not to use if you are diabetic or hypoglycemic, but I figured I would give it a shot just to see for myself if it really works and it does. Overall I am very happy with this product and will continue to buy it.

This is a nice placebo pill. It may work, it may not. But for those days where you really feel like eating that entire bag of chips. It may make you feel better. Note these statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Diet and exercise make up 90% of your weight loss. I have lost 60 pounds doing just that. I can't say whether or not this pill blocks or neutralized carbs. But I do know, getting off my but and exercising, eating right did.

Yes! So Natrol Carb Intercept no longer carries phase II white kidney bean, and Natrol were nice enough to share with me the same ingredient trademark that NOW supplements also use. I am very happy with NOW.

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これとガルシニアを併用すれば好き勝手食べても体重減っていきます。

摂った後に炭水化物を食べるとあまり甘くない？美味しくない？ような感じがしました

効果はイマイチ分からない！気休め程度に飲む感じですが、精神衛生上、メンタルは落ち着きます。 ダイエット系サプリはフォースコリーのようなものと、燃焼系があるけどもフォースコリー系ですね。 吸収阻害してエネルギーを取り込まない。 つまり、どか食いしてしまう懇親会などで使うにはもってこい！でもトレーニングするアスリートが飲めば栄養食べても無意味になるかもしれません。

便秘解消にもなってる気がして、炭水化物食べる前は必ず飲んでる！

10年近く糖質制限をしているので、普段から糖質は控えめにしているのですが、お付き合いの席でどうしてもガッツリな炭水化物や糖分を飲食しなけばならない場合のお守りとして購入しました。 大量に糖質を摂ると、異常な睡魔と体調不良に陥るのですが、こちらを飲んでいるとそれが起きない気がします。実際の数値を測った事はないのでブラセボなのかもしれませんが…笑 これからもお守りとして持っていたいサプリです。