The "sugar destroyer" .

Gymnema sylvestre, known as the "sugar destroyer", is showing up in more and more over the counter weight loss products and blood sugar balancing formulas. What does it really do?

Blood Sugar

The main focus of gymnema research is blood sugar regulation and glucose metabolism. It has been used in India for treatment of diabetes for about 2000 years. Today in India it is being used to treat primarily type II diabetes and type I as well. The herb has shown to reduce blood sugar, glycosylated haemoglobin and glycosylated plasma proteins when used for 18-20 months [1]. The effect is gradual rather than immediate with conventional drugs. The active components responsible for lowering glucose are the gymnemic

Acids/Weight Loss.