"Stop starch" from your usual daily food intake.

Phase 2 is an entirely natural food extract which acts in your body to neutralise starch from the carbohydrate foods in your daily diet. It is a substance which is derived from the kidney bean and can easily be taken as a regular nutritional supplement, making it the first available nutritional supplement which is able to "stop starch".

As a nutritional supplement, Phase 2 is safe and simple to use, but it is also extremely powerful. Specifically, one gram of Phase 2 has the capability to neutralise 2,250 in vitro starch calories, which is roughly the equivalent of a loaf of bread or one pound of pasta. With this degree of effectiveness, it's apparent that the taking of Phase 2 allows the user great freedom to consume those starchy foods that everyone enjoys without undergoing the full intake of calories that would normally follow.

How it works
Phase 2 is able to "stop starch" from usual daily food intake because it effectively prevents the absorption of carbohydrate calories into the body.

During the digestive process, the carbohydrates from starchy foods like bread and potatoes are converted by the body into sugars. The digestive system does this by acting on and breaking down the carbohydrate molecules with a glycoprotein enzyme produced in the pancreas, known as alpha amylase.

The sugar calories created in this way are made available to the body to be used to fuel exercise or to be stored as fat cells for future use. The body's energy requirements may result in the burning of all the calories made available to it, but any calories not burnt in this way will be stored and the accumulation of these stored fat cells inevitably leads to the unwanted outcome of weight gain.

Phase 2 prevents this usual digestive sequence from occurring because it has a "neutralising" effect on the alpha amylase enzyme and in effect prevents it from carrying out its normal function of converting starch into sugar calories. Essentially, by blocking the action of alpha amylase, the presence of Phase 2 allows carbohydrate foods to be processed by the digestive system with a sharp reduction in the calorie intake.

Clinical Studies Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Phase 2
The leading clinical study carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of Phase 2 was a study conducted in Italy in September 2001. This was a study on 60 volunteers who were given a capsule before their high starch meals consisting of either 500 mg of Phase 2 or a placebo. After 30 days the Phase 2 group had experienced an average weight loss of 2.93 kg (6.45 lbs), which was 3.9% of their body weight and 10.45% of their body fat. The placebo group had an average weight loss of 0.34 kg (0.75 lbs).

A similar study was carried out in the United States in December 2002. In this study volunteers who were given Phase 2 to take before their high starch meals lost an average of 3.8 lbs over 8 weeks, this being an over 200% greater loss than those on a placebo. They also lost an average of 1.5 inches from their waist measurements, this being a 43% greater loss than those on a placebo.

Another such study was conducted in Norway and published in September 2000. This study used 40 obese volunteers and over 12 weeks the Phase 2 group achieved an average weight reduction of 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs), this comparing to a loss of 1.2 kg (2.6 lbs) for the study's placebo group. In addition body composition measurements showed that more than 85% of the weight loss achieved by the Phase 2 users was fat loss.

A different kind of study measures the amount of starch being absorbed by volunteers taking Phase 2, rather than the eventual weight they may lose. Such a study was carried out in the United States in September 2001 with volunteers taking 1500 mg of Phase 2 before eating starch and then having their blood glucose level monitored. The result was that the glucose level of the volunteers over a period of 150 minutes after eating was on average 57% less than that of the placebo group.

This study was repeated in November 2001, with volunteers again taking 1500 mg of Phase 2 before eating starch. This time their glucose level was on average 85% lower than the placebo group, meaning that only 15% of the glucose available from the food they had eaten had found its way into the body. The glucose also peaked 15 minutes earlier and cleared from the blood about 30 minutes earlier than occurred with the placebo group.

A further study of this kind was conducted with volunteers being given Phase 2 when eating a typical full meal, rather than a high starch food alone. The meal consisted of sirloin beef, mashed potatoes, mushrooms, beans, gravy and cherry-apple crumb cake. The amount of Phase 2 given to the volunteers in this study was 750 mg and this was mixed into the mashed potatoes. The result obtained from taking blood glucose levels was that starch absorption to the body had been reduced by an average of 28% when compared to the placebo group.

In addition to the above studies using human subjects, a study using rats has been conducted, published in March 2001. This study tested the digestive system of the rats for activity of alpha amylase, the enzyme that breaks down starches, and concluded that administering Phase 2 to the rats decreased amylase activity by 50 - 75%.

Testimonials
Stop starch calories - just by taking "phase 2" before meals?

"YES!" says Joan.
"This sounded like a great idea to me for 2 reasons. Firstly, I don't diet because dieting drives me mad and I never stick to it, and secondly, I do have a tendency to eat a lot of starchy foods. So I started taking the capsules before almost every meal, hoping that they would indeed do something about the starch, and the outcome has been that I lost weight right from the very beginning and have ended up losing 20 lb in 2 months. What a result!"

"YES!" says Andrea.
"I've always found it difficult to lose weight, even though my eating habits are not bad by any means. But with this starch blocker I've lost 5lbs in a month. That may not sound like that much, but I'm surprised to lose even this amount when I haven't made any great effort, just taken the capsules."

"YES!" says Jackie.
"I recently gave up serious dieting since my work involves a certain amount of socialising, which makes it impossible for me to stick to any diet. I thought I'd try this instead, as it seemed an easy thing to do, didn't restrict my lifestyle, and had no adverse side effects. It turned out to be a good decision, as it's actually an extremely easy thing to do and I've lost 5 lb in a month."

"YES!" says Jason.
"I've been trying to lose weight for many, many years. Nothing ever works for me, even going to the gym twice a week, so I wasn't convinced that Phase 2 would either. However, by the end of the first month I had lost 6 lb. As someone who has been overweight for as long as I can remember, I would say that if this can work for a hopeless case like me it can probably work for anyone."

"YES!" says Beatrice.
"I'm one of those who has tried so many ways of losing weight without any success at all. I thought I'd try this as one more thing to try, although the amount of carbohydrates I eat is in fact not that great. I am pleasantly surprised therefore to report a loss of 3 lb in a month and now another 3 lb in the second month. I thought the first month might be a fluke, but there's no disputing now that this positively works for me."

"YES!" says Sue.
"When I first started taking Phase 2 my confidence was at an all-time low. I wondered if I'd ever have the willpower to lose the extra 30 lbs I was carrying. I had tried everything, Weight Watchers, Calorie Counters, Scarsdale diet, Mayo clinic - I found the meals boring and impossible to stick to. The diets never worked for me. I am happy to say that after taking the Phase 2 over a 6 week period, I have managed to lose a total of 19 lb and I feel great."

"YES!" says Lou.
"Prior to taking Phase 2, I was sceptical of the claims being made by diet products. The ability to decrease my weight, by simply taking a few pills sounded too easy. Previous diet products had also contained ingredients that in my mind were questionable, such as stimulants. This was an issue with me, having high blood pressure. However, the idea of an all natural extract made from white kidney beans sounded safe, so I tried it. I was certainly glad that I did because the results were fantastic! In the first 6 weeks, I lost 15 lbs and an additional 7 lbs in the last 2 weeks, for a total of 22 lbs.!! During this time period I did not change my eating habits and my daily activity remained the same."