GlucoBalance
Gymnema sylvestre – leaf extract
Vegan product manufactured in Finland
- Helps to regulate blood sugar levels
- Maintains sugar balance
- Gymnema sylvestre leaf extract with a standardized dose of gymnemic acid and chromium to help with glucose and lipid metabolism
- One capsule includes 100 mg gymnemic acid and 20 g chromium picolate, which is highly absorbable.
Formula
1-2 capsules of daily intake contain:
- Gymnema sylvestre leaf extract 400–800 mg
containing gymnemic acid 100–200 mg
- Chromium 20 – 40 µg
Ingredients
Gymnema sylvestre leaf extract, plant-based capsule shell hydroxypropyl methycellulosa, Anti-caking agent microcrystalline cellulose, Surface finishing agent magnesium salts of fatty acids, Chromium picolinate.
Daily Intake
1–2 capsules per day after meals.
Caution/Allergy
Free from lactose, yeast, sweeteners and gluten.
Pack size
60 capsules / 46 g
Physiological effects
- Gymnema sylvestre, native in India, is a woody, climbing shrub, whose roots, leaves and their actual active ingredients gymnemic acid and gurmarin have been used as a medicinal plant in India for over 2,000 years. Other ingredients found in this plant are tartaric acid, calcium oxalate, glucose, stigmasterol, betaine and choline. The plant’s Hindu name is “gurmar”, which means “sugar destroyer”.
- Gymnemic acid reduces the absorption of carbohydrates in the digestive tract, which means that the sugar in the diet is not completely absorbed, and blood sugar cannot rise and fall sharply. This prevents fatigue and other symptoms caused by fluctuations in blood sugar.
- Human trials in healthy volunteers have shown that Gymnema sylvestre does not lower normal blood sugar or cause hypoglycaemia.
- Gurmarin, found in Gymnema sylvestre, numbs the taste for sweets, thus decreasing the desire to eat foods containing high amounts of sugar. A clinical study shows that people using Gymnema sylvestre consumed less sweet drinks and nutrition compared to the control group.
- Chromium is an important trace element for sugar metabolism and cellular energy production, which is required for the formation of insulin in cells.
- Chromium promotes the normal metabolism of macronutrients and the maintenance of normal blood glucose levels. Chromium balances blood sugar fluctuations and curbs cravings for sweets.
Chromium is needed for muscle growth as it affects the utilization of amino acids in the body.