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Old 07-06-2005, 08:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Great Supplement!!

I've been using a supplement called GlucoSense for the past couple of months now to help me get rid of my sweet tooth and it's working extremely well. It contains the following nutrients:

- alpha lipoic acid: 600 mg
- bitter melon extract: 600 mg
- holy basil: 600 mg
- gymnema sylvestris extract: 450 mg
- NeOpuntia nopal cactus: 300 mg
- bilberry extract: 120 mg
- fenugreek: 120 mg
- Chromium HVP chelate: 600 mcg

I think the combination of the glucose balancing herbs and nutrients is why it works so well. In chinese medicine for example, they will never give you only one herb to take...it's always a combination of herbs because they work synergistically. It's like vitamin C alone is a good antioxidant, vitamin E alone is a good antioxidant but when they are combined, they a twice as powerful. I've taken chromium alone and did not have the same effect. Now I can feel a noticeable decrease in appetite and refined carbs and sugars. If I have a desert, it's just not as satisfying as it used to be. It's actually getting a bit boring :-)

I take 2 caps 3 times a day with each meal. I read that gymnema sylvestre helps eliminate the taste of sugar which is interesting and it's usually combined with bitter melon. This formula also includes other great herbs like fenugreek and nutrients like chromium and ALA which are known to balance blood sugar. Great all-in-one formula.
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Omg i will have to try that where did you get it? I have a horrible sweat tooth and i cant low carb right now for some reason just sick of the salads and stuff lol.
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Is this what you are refering to? This is all I could find with that name GlucoSense and it has a "TM" next to for trade mark...so I don't know.. It has the alpha lipoic acid at 500mg and doesn't include the other ingredients listed. Instead it has banana leaf, biotin, etc...

http://www.nutrilinksmd.com/NutriShop/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=11

I'm very glad for your results!!!! Where did you get it?
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GlucoSense is a Canadian product but I'm sure you can get it in the states. It's part of a combination of formulas like ThyroSense, AdrenaSense, EstroSense etc. all designed to target specific areas and problems in the body.

Go to www.hormonehelp.com , click on Featured products on the left and you'll see all the different formulas. At the bottom, there's GlucoSense.

Kittykay, the product you mentioned is not the same one although it looks pretty good still.
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It looks like you can BUY it here: http://www.victoriashealth.com/shopping/products.aspx?by=category&value=103 . The link at www.hormonehelp.com had good info, but it didn't look like you could buy it there....
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Thank you!

Also, thank you for originally posting the ingredients.

That's very interesting as I now notice that NeOpuntia nopal cactus is listed as an ingredient. It's a Prickly Pear Cactus! We have it locally in our grocery stores as Mexican families prepare them!

Here's mention of the Prickly Pear from an article I had sitting in my health files from a while back (The full article contains a whole list of natural things. I kept it because it mentioned carob pods and calcium):

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According to long-standing traditions throughout northern Mexico, eating the young prickly pear cactus pad (once the stickers are removed) is said to help with diabetes. In the past 20 years, I have met dozens of people who claim to have had relief from adult-onset diabetes by consuming the cactus, and I've met three who actually stopped taking insulin. Doctors who have researched this have come up with some medical verification. They say that the prickly pear contains a substance that strengthens the pancreas so it is more able to produce insulin. Plus, they say the fiber content of the cactus is beneficial. Consuming the cactus fruits has also been shown to be helpful for prostate problems.

Prickly pear cactus is not restricted to the Southwest. It is common throughout the Plains, and at least one variety is common along the Atlantic coast.

Source: A better way to heal.(using easy-to-find plants for home remedies and nutritional supplements); Nyerges, Christopher
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And here is a link with a history and references on Nopals (Spanish name for the cactus) with applications in herbal therapy: It Includes a study on diabetes. (This is a PDF file)

http://www.herbalsafety.utep.edu/herbs-pdfs/nopal.pdf

A bit from the link:

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The sliced or diced tender young pads or “paddles” (cladodes) of some species of the
genus Opuntia are commonly known as "nopalitos" (meaning “little nopales”), which
have been a traditional vegetable in the Mexican diet for centuries, and more recently, a
specialty vegetable in the United States. Usually, prickly pear cactus is consumed as a
fresh or cooked green vegetable (Pimienta, 1993; Russell and Felker, 1987). The cactus
pads, or stems, are sliced, diced and cooked (boiled or broiled) much like string beans,
and consumed as a salad or as part of a meal. (Nobel, 2002).
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Hmm, it looks like there are teas, capsules, and a ton of recipes for it online too. I'm very fascinated by this. hehe

Thanks again!
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