Gymnema sylvestre: Sugar Destroyer & Sweetness Blocker? (Part 2)

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ABOUT THIS VIDEO: This is part 2 in a 2-part series on Gymnema sylvestre. This herb has been used for centuries in Ayurvedic medicine for glucose control. It seems to block sugar and sweet receptors on the tongue, in the gut, and maybe even in the bloodstream, suggesting an application for weight loss and diabetes. We go into more of the biochemistry and pharmacology of the supplement and its active chemicals.

ABOUT DR. BREWER:
Dr. Brewer started as an Emergency Doctor. After seeing too many preventable heart attacks, he went to Johns Hopkins to learn Preventive Medicine. While there, he went on the run the post-graduate training program (residency) in Preventive Medicine. From there, he made a career of practicing and managing preventive medicine and primary care clinics. His later role in this area was Chief Medical Officer for Premise, which has close to 1,000 primary care/prevention clinics. He was also the Chief Medical Officer for MDLIVE, the second largest telemedicine company. More recently, he founded PrevMed, a heart attack and stroke prevention clinic.

At PrevMed, we focus on heart attack, stroke, and cognitive decline. We serve patients who have already experienced an event as well as those who have not developed a diagnosis or event. Dr. Brewer provides services via telemedicine or in person if you're in the Lexington, KY area. We find a lot of undiagnosed prediabetes or insulin resistance. Treating unrecognized risk factors like prediabetes allows reduction of risk and prevention of disease.

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[eliashyam]

Dr. Brewer, it has helped me with my sugar cravings. Very effective.

[ace]

Just started the supplement, my blood sugar was a little higher than 200 and in a little longer than an hour I tested 101 I am very interested to continue using it as directed and verifying with testing.

[frankenz]

I have taken this 400mg daily since June. Still progressing well with blood sugar and weight loss goals, but I have been doing other things in tandem. Couldn't separate this herb out specifically. Maybe it is helping with cravings. They have seemed much better controlled since early summer.

[inotmark]

Gymnema is very effective, more so than any prescribed diabetic medicine in my experience.

[raymondsanders]

Great product love it a true sugar blocker no side effects yet drop my sugar a whole bunch with metforming

[witzviewer]

It wasn’t clear what interaction there would be between gymnema sylvestre and a statin? Should one avoid gymnema if taking a statin?

[jameskantor]

Can you attach link to the article you discuss, thanks.

[ladibyrd]

Hey :) i've started to take both gymnema and Dihydroberberine lately. and my craving for carbs has gone up!? Gymnema when taken by caplet knocks out the ability to taste sugar for approx. 30 mins.

[rosieoberon]

I'm trying a supplement with 2g in it after meals. It is making me less hungry. Now I am worried, statins to me are evil. I associate them with Alzheimer's. Are you saying gymnema is like statins?

[taerkeles]

Blood sugar level has reached 385 after eating some fruits. After taking gurmar one hour later it has been 145 .

[trotskyite]

my sister in law is a prof at uni of louisville and was asking whether she could bring some nursing students to the conference? I think she'll probably get in touch through official channels to ask you.

[kidpoker]

So is it ok to take if you are on a statin?

[jameskantor]

I have been using in a product called Sugar Control Keto living by nature’s plus. I have only used one bottle for a month. But does seem to help with Metformin to help lower my blood sugar after I take it. It appears to be short acting.

[amytremper]

R people drinking the tea or using pill form. How long before results r noticed

[MrJoeyBoombotz]

I found that salted sauer kraut, with the tiniest amount of artificial sweetner added takes my cravings for sugar away. Every day I have one or two small mouthfuls of that sauer kraut and I don't even think of eating sugary foods.

[kitkat]

The teabags taste nice but I do add sweetener. Sugar doesn't taste the same afterwards, its like cardboard!... Its only my first cuppa and I had a sweet 10 mins after to test, as I've got a terrible sweet tooth. And I could barely taste the sweet.! I need to loose a stone and the reason I haven't been able to is sugar cravings so ill carry on and see. I got it from ebay. 👍

[jrowlove]

Love your informative videos. Than you. 😽

[Jollyprez]

Doesn't any "sugar" that goes to a receptor trigger insulin secretion? Coffee black, or coffee with cream doesn't trigger insulin - but coffee with artificial sweeteners DO, apparently. Insulin starts, autophagy stops - seems like this chemical would have the same effect? Not sure what good it'll do.

[Karan-rgok]

Gymnema main sugar ko kaam karne vale kayi gunn paye jaate hai, iska regular use karne se bad cholesterol ko kam karne main help milti hai better results ke liye Planet Ayurveda Ke Gymnema Sylvestre capusles use karne chahiye

[jrgnfrndsn]

Supposedly statins block CoQ10 which blocks HDL production. CoQ10 is important for health of the liver and heart and muscles I think. It appears Gynema might also do the same. If so it may have similar side effects. Can you confirm please?