Has anyone tried the Fat and Carb blocker? How is it supposed to work? I'm leaving town for Thanksgiving and have a wedding the day after that so it was suggested that I buy it, but I don't have money to throw away if it doesn't do anything. There are always so many products thrown at me that I don't know what to buy if anything. I did buy the B6 pills yesterday. Has anyone seen any difference with these? I have problems with fluid retention.

No idea about the B6 but I did a trial with Carb Blockers and they did absolutely nothing. Save your money.

Does it work? Well, it does not make me gain big time after eating out. I take it when eating out only, and I may gain 1/2 pound the next day, but nothing drastic, but I do stay on program as best I can when I do eat out.

I have a friend tell me she took it when she ate out and had a glass of wine, and next day stayed the same on scale.

Know this really does not help, but I do take it.

Patzi

I was told that it blocks the equivalent of 1 piece of bread. I take it before going out sometimes, not sure if it really works.

Yeah I was told a piece of regular bread and a tablespoon of butter's fat. So it helps, but its not going to give you allowance to pig out and eat wedding cake and not gain....

I take it when I eat out to cover the hidden carbs and fat....like breadcrumbs sprinkled over my kabobs...or butter used to grill my chicken.

I don't think it helps much, but when I go off it is usually more than a piece of bread. I won't be purchasing it again.

I have a bottle of Alli (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000175) left over from a long time back. I have occasionally resorted to taking one of those after a restaurant meal, particularly when I was unsure of the fat content of the food and I had limited OP choices. I haven't taken any of it in months, but I do know that it DOES block a percentage of the fat you eat from being absorbed. So it works, you just have to be careful because there are numerous unpleasant "treatment effects" if you overdo it.

Oh no. I've heard about Alli. If it has side effects like that, no thanks.

I have never had those side effects from Fat and Carb Blocker.

Yes, I don't get the impression that MRC's fat/carb blocker is terribly similar to ALLI. I took ALLI several years ago and I know the what happens. Not had that with MRC's though.

I have not had any problems with the fat/carb blocker at all! Haven't noticed any different results but I've only taken it when off plan while out of town...