Anchor Health's Carbo Smasher ingredients are:

• Phaseolamin 2250
  Phaseolamin is the active ingredient found in white kidney beans that can inhibit the action of alpha-amylase, the enzyme that converts starch to glucose.
  
  By preventing the breakdown of complex carbohydrates, phaseolamin limits its absorption, thus allowing the body to pass excess carbohydrates undigested instead of storing them as fat.
  
  
• Bitter Melon
  In addition to food, bitter melon is also used as an herbal treatment, especially for maintaining healthy blood sugar levels.
  
  
• Gymnema Sylvestre
  Indian Ayurvedic medicine has used the leaf of this climbing vine for thousands of years as a digestive, diuretic, and a tonic. Scientists have discovered that gymnemic acid, the active ingredient in gymnema sylvestre plants, can inhibit the absorption of sugar, control sweets cravings, and help in weight loss efforts. Some studies even suggest that gymnema can help lower cholesterol level.
  
  Gymnema extract acts in two major ways: first, it blocks sugar receptors in the taste buds, therefore suppressing the taste of sweet food and subsequently the desire to eat.
  
  Second, gymnema also blocks the absorption of sugar by inhibiting the action of receptors in the absorptive lining of the intestines.
  

Select Scientific References

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• Morelli V and Zoorob RJ. Alternative therapies: Part I. Depression, diabetes, obesity. Am Fam Physician 2000; 62(5):1051-60.
• Kurihara Y. Characteristics of antisweet substances, sweet proteins, and sweetness-inducing proteins. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 1992; 32(3):231-52.
• Jiang H. Advances in the study on hypoglycemic constituents of Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) Schult. Zhong Yao Cai 2003; 26(4):305-7.