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...

Doesn't taste so good, and kind of expensive for so little pills.

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 mainly take these starch neutralizers before a meal or snack that I know is full of bad carbs/sugar. I don't notice any negative side effects but I also haven't lost much weight by taking them and keeping my diet the same. When taking these before eating some high carb or high sugar foods, I do notice that I don't feel as sluggish or bad afterwards. These aren't going to be a miracle worker if you keep up a bad diet like I sometimes do, but may work fine for the occasional carb/sugar cheat while on a diet.

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.

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.

I follow a low carb diet pretty strictly, but every now and then I do like to appreciate a serving of pasta, potatoes, pizza, or a regular hamburger with a bun. This product allows me to enjoy the OCCASIONAL high carb treat without guilt or weight gain. It works by helping some of the starches pass through before being converted into sugar by your body. It should be noted that it does not work with foods that are already in sugar form (and therefore no conversion is needed), like candy and cake.

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！

“ダイエット効果がある”とは思いませんが、“な〜んんとなく炭水化物をブロックはしているのかなぁ…”と感じる程度。 このシリーズのキトサンとダブルで飲むことがあります。 下腹が張ってオナラが出ることがしばしばあり、食べたモノによるのかも知れませんがけっこう臭いです。 と言うことはダイエット効果は無いのかもしれないが、炭水化物はブロックしているんでしょうか… 専門医では無いから分かりませんけど《飲まないよりかマシだろ》という気分的な問題で飲んでます。 年齢的な事もあるため御守りみたいな感覚である程度は続けてみようかと思います。 なんでも言えることでしょうが、運動をしてナンボでしょう。

2ヶ月ほど使ってますが 目に見えて効果はないかと思われます

白インゲン豆抽出のファセオラミン。炭水化物多めの食事の前に。

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。