Category Archives: Fat Blockers

Dietary Fibre: Effective Fat Blocker?

Dietary fibres are a heterogeneous group of plant polysaccharides. Unlike starches, fibres possess glycosidic bonds that are not hydrolysable by human enzymes. As a result the sugars within the polysaccharides are not digestible and are not absorbed in the small … Continue reading

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Remember The Fat Blockers? Leaky Gut Showdown

In the 1980s the obesity epidemic was in full swing in both the United States and other Western countries including the United Kingdom. In response the medical community, driven by its paymasters in big pharma, was desperate to find a … Continue reading

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