Phase 2 Carb Blocker Question

Nutrition
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I have a question concerning Phase 2. It is stated to be a carbohydrate blocker. But upon further reading, it specifically mentions starch calories.

Here a quote taken from the official Phase 2 Website.

"Phase 2® Carb Controller is an all-natural, non-stimulant extract of the white bean. It is the first clinically studied carb blocker shown to delay the digestion and absorption of starch calories.

During the digestive process, the body converts carbohydrates into sugar. The body does this by breaking down the carbohydrate molecule with alpha amylase, an enzyme that is produced in the pancreas. The sugar is then used as energy for the body, or stored as fat.

Phase 2® “neutralizes” the digestive enzyme alpha amylase â?? temporarily delaying the digestion and absorption of carbohydrates â?? allowing a portion of them to pass through the system before they can be converted into glucose, and then fat. This both reduces the caloric impact and lowers the glycemic index of carbohydrates consumed."

My question is the following…

If someone were to drink a beverage, which has 10 grams of carbohydrates of which all 10 grams are sugars, am I correct in deducing that phase 2 will not block any of the carbohydrates in the soda, since they are not starch carbs but sugar carbs?

I’m not concerned about whether it actually workd or not, but am I correct in understanding how this supplement is ‘supposed’ to work.

Thanks for the help.

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Pancreatic amylase hydrolyzes polysaccharides (very large sugars) into disaccharides (sugars composed of two subunits) and those disacharrides are further chopped up into monosaccharides before being absorbed by the cells of the intestine and being used by the body.

As far as your question, table sugar (sucrose), which is a disaccharide (fructose + glucose), would be 100% unaffected by the blocking of pancreatic amylase as it is already in disaccharide form and further processing from pancreatic amylase is unnecessary.

Other simple sugars would be similarly unaffected.