But when you consume more calories than your body needs, the body saves the extra calories in fat cells to be used later. This process is known as lipogenesis followed by triglyceride synthesis, which enables your body to efficiently store energy (calories) in the form of fats. When you eat carbohydrates and digestion begins, your body naturally transforms the carbs into glucose by interacting with the amylase enzyme. Amylase helps digest carbohydrates and convert them into glucose (sugar). Once your blood-glucose level reaches a certain threshold, your body releases insulin and converts the glucose into fatty acids. Fatty acids then combine with a a glycerol molecule to form triglyceride — aka body fat. The synthesis that occurs to create body fat requires a compound called glycerol-3-phosphate, which our body most commonly gets from foods heavy in starch and sugar (bad carbs). As an amylase-inhibitor, CARB CRUSH slows down the rate at which glucose enters the bloodstream, thereby slowing down the fat creation process. CARB CRUSH diminishes your body’s ability to store carbohydrates you consume as unwanted fat.