Carb Busters

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Can we really end weight gain? Carb Busters. Effective or not?

Biology 107 Students at the University of Alberta test the effect of the carb-busters, a dietary pill, on Amylase; a starch digesting pill. Carb busters are advertised as pills that inhibit the breaking down of carbohydrates like starch; this results in the body not being able absorb it, then the body cannot use the carbohydrate which eventually prevents weight gain. The biology students were shocked to find the pill did not work as advertise, rather than block amylase they react with the starch molecules. Source: Ebay by Gym bunny (Edmonton, AB,October 15 2017) Biology 107 students from the University of Alberta find that Carb-Busters do not work as advertised to consumers. …show more content…
The weight gain is caused when the body does not require glucose as much as given. Amylase is an enzyme produced by the human body to break down the glucose chain so it can be absorbed. These simpler glucose chains can then be used to power the body. An inhibitor is a substance that attaches to an enzyme and prevents it from performing its function. So an amylase inhibitor would stop the breaking of starch meaning the body does not absorb it.This is what producers of Carb-Busters claim that it will inhibit the function of Amylase. BIKINI BOD; a website that distributes Carb Busters claims that the Carb-Blocker “control the assimilation of carbohydrates and alter sugars” (BikiniBOD, 2017). To further increase the reliability of this experiment the students created control groups. These control made sure that the Amylase used could actually break down the starch and that the starch did not break down by itself. They also made sure that the Amylase did not react by itself and that the Carb-Buster itself did not break down the starch. The students used Iodine which changes to the color blue when starch is present, this allows them to know
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