1 Product identity

Ingredient risk

3 ingredients to use with caution

Blood Sugar Formula

Name: Blood Sugar Formula
Brand: Vitabase

BrandVitabase→Other Combinations Capsule 24 ingredients 3 caution DSLD #5495

Net contents: 60 Capsule(s)

Target: Adults and Children 4 years and above

DSLD entry: 2012-03-23

2 Ingredients (24)

IngredientGroupSafety

Vitamin CVitamin CGenerally Safe

Vitamin EVitamin EConditionally Safe

MagnesiumMagnesiumUse with Caution

BiotinBiotinGenerally Safe

ZincZincUse with Caution

ManganeseManganeseConditionally Safe

ChromiumChromiumConditionally Safe

Banababanaba—

GuggleGuggulLimited Evidence

Bitter Melon ExtractBitter Melon—

Licorice extractLicorice —

CinnamonCinnamonUse with Caution

Gymnema SylvestreGymnemaConditionally Safe

YarrowYarrow—

CayenneCapsicum—

Juniper BerriesJuniper—

Huckleberrybilberry Generally Safe

Vanadyl SulfateVanadiumLimited Evidence

Alpha Lipoic AcidAlpha Lipoic Acid—

L-TaurineTaurineGenerally Safe

GelatinGelatin—

Magnesium StearateMagnesiumUse with Caution

Stearic AcidStearic Acid—

Microcrystalline CelluloseCellulose—

Ingredient amounts require the full DSLD label. View full label at NIH DSLD →

⚠️ Use with caution — restricted in some markets

Magnesium — Severe deficiency (<0.50 mmol/L) causes secondary hypocalcemia and hypokalemia that will not correct until magnesium is repleted first [1].

Zinc — Chronic zinc >40 mg/day without copper causes copper deficiency: anemia, neutropenia, myeloneuropathy [1].

Cinnamon 🇪🇺 — Coumarin TDI 0.1 mg/kg BW/day. Cassia type exceeds limits at typical supplement doses.

3 Safety cross-reference

Vitamin C — Generally Safe

⚠ GI distress at high doses

⚠ Kidney stones risk >1g/day

Vitamin E — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Increased bleeding risk

⚠ All-cause mortality at >400 IU/day

Magnesium — Use with Caution

⚠ Diarrhea (especially oxide)

⚠ Accumulates in renal impairment

Biotin — Generally Safe

⚠ Interferes with troponin and thyroid lab assays

Zinc — Use with Caution

⚠ Copper deficiency at >40 mg/day

⚠ Nausea, metallic taste

Manganese — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Neurotoxicity with chronic excess

Chromium — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Hypoglycemia with diabetes meds

⚠ Rare renal/hepatic toxicity

Guggul — Limited Evidence

⚠ GI upset, headache

⚠ Thyroid stimulation

Cinnamon — Use with Caution

⚠ Cassia: high coumarin (hepatotoxic)

⚠ May lower glucose

Gymnema — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Hypoglycemia with diabetes meds

⚠ Temporarily suppresses sweet taste

Vanadium — Limited Evidence

⚠ GI toxicity: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea

⚠ Green tongue

Taurine — Generally Safe

⚠ May lower blood pressure

4 Label claims

• All Other

• Structure/Function

5 Data source

DSLD ID5495

Full labelView at NIH DSLD →

SourceOffice of Dietary Supplements, NIH

Market statusOn market

Entry date2012-03-23

6 More from Vitabase

View Vitabase Safety Scorecard → 264 products

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7 Cite this page

Vancouver

Pkhakadze G. Blood Sugar Formula — product analysis [Internet]. Tbilisi: Public Health Institute of Georgia; 2026 [cited 2026 Jun 28]. Available from: https://supplement.ge/products/blood-sugar-formula-5495/

CC BY 4.0. Product data from NIH DSLD; safety analysis by SupplementIndex.

Analyzed by SupplementIndex

PHIG · Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD

Product data sourced from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD). Safety cross-referencing by SupplementIndex. This analysis is for informational purposes only. For corrections: info@accreditation.ge.
Publisher: PHIG