GlucoPril Ingredients
The four ingredients named on the official product pages, described one by one.
Berberine
A root and bark alkaloid.
Gymnema Sylvestre
Leaf of an Indian climbing vine.
Cinnamon Bark
Dried inner bark of a tropical evergreen.
Chromium
An essential trace mineral.
Four ingredients are named for GlucoPril on the product's official pages. Each one is described below: what it is, where it comes from and why it appears on a formula of this kind.
Berberine in GlucoPril
Root and bark alkaloid
Berberine is a bitter, yellow-pigmented compound extracted from the roots, stems and bark of several unrelated plants — barberry, goldenseal, Oregon grape and tree turmeric among them. The colour is strong enough that it served as a dye long before it was studied.
It is the first of the four ingredients named for GlucoPril, and the one with the largest body of published work behind it as an isolated compound.
Gymnema Sylvestre in GlucoPril
Leaf extract
Gymnema sylvestre is a woody climbing vine from the forests of central and southern India, with a range reaching into Africa and Australia. Its Hindi name, gurmar, translates as sugar destroyer, and it earns the name in a way anyone can test: holding a leaf on the tongue temporarily removes the ability to taste sweetness.
The leaf has been carried in Ayurvedic practice for centuries, which is why it appears on formulas of this kind.
Cinnamon Bark in GlucoPril
Culinary spice
Cinnamon bark is the dried inner bark of tropical evergreen trees in the Cinnamomum genus, peeled and curled into the quills sold on a spice shelf. Two kinds are in common trade: Ceylon, often called true cinnamon, and the more common cassia.
It is one of the oldest spices in continuous use, and it became a research subject once its water-soluble fraction drew attention.
Chromium in GlucoPril
Essential trace mineral
Chromium is the one mineral among the four. It is classed as an essential trace element: the body requires a very small amount, cannot make any of it, and takes it in from ordinary food such as broccoli, wholegrains, meat and brewer's yeast.
Its recognised nutritional role is a contribution to normal macronutrient metabolism — a function rather than an outcome, and the most carefully defined statement of the four.
Reading The GlucoPril Supplement Facts Panel
The panel printed on the bottle delivered to you is the complete and current statement of what GlucoPril contains. It is worth reading when the package arrives, and it takes precedence over any description published online, including this page.
Back to the GlucoPril ingredients section, or see how to use GlucoPril.