I'm sure you could toot the national anthem after taking those- the
undigested carbs would make a nice ferment in the large bowel.  Bad to see
it. Still, it simply confirms what we are doing.
Ben
----- Original Message -----
From: Anna L. Abrante <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, 18 November 1999 7:14 AM
Subject: [P-F] "Trimplex" = carb blocker = poison from beans?


> ck out this excerpt from a page at Netrition.com
>
> http://www2.netrition.com/cblock_page.html
>
> "The active ingredient is the trademarked "Trimplex" (phaseous vulgaris)
> which has been shown to effectively prevent the body from absorbing up to
35
> grams per meal of unwanted starches (about the size of a medium potato.)
> CBlock is safe. There have been no known reported side effects with this
> product. Order some right away and start losing body fat NOW!
>
> Amylase, a digestive enzyme, is a natural plant extract which helps the
body
> to break down and assimilate the starches and carbohydrates ingested. The
> common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, contains an alpha-amylase inhibitor,
which
> is one of a plant's insect defense proteins found in a number of bean
> species. With a reduced amount of amylase available to break down and
> assimilate (digest) the carbohydrates, it can have a better chance of
> traveling through the body without being assimilated, or made available as
> energy, and eventually excreted rather than being used as energy or stored
as
> fat."
>
> The above is an ad for a starch blocking product....it admits, clear as
day,
> that the amylase inhibitor is an insect
> defense protein and that is in the common bean (this has been talked about
> here many, many times). This inhibitor prevents the absorption of carbs,
in
> other words,
> it interferes with the digestion of the food ( we all know how beans
affect
> us and why ).  I am pointing out what is
> obvious to *us* because we are told  (on this list ) that these "insect
> defense proteins" are POISONS...these pills concentrate these poisons
> deliberately to prevent absorption of carbs and thus cause weight loss.
>
> Is there supposed to be an amount of this stuff that is safe to consume?
> Obviously we are much, much bigger than insects, are they assuming this is
> not hazardous to humans? They
> claim they've not had complaints of side effects. (they gave me tons of
gas
> years ago).
>
>
> I, for one, am amazed that "the other side" has the same information we
have,
> and yet they literally use it towards
> their own ends, and claim it's a good thing. How can there be such
directly
> opposite views of the same information??
>
>
> (Uh,, i know how naive that sounds, obviously this happens every day, it
just
> pisses me off).
>
> Any comments??
>
> anna 8-)