What Is Sugar Defender Good For? What the Evidence Allows

• Chromium

  0.3% of the low end
  1 mL, the label dose0.7 mcg

  200-1,000 mcg a day in glucose studies200-1,000 mcg

  Printed on the label: 0.7 mcg per mL. (NIH ODS, Chromium)

• Gymnema

  4.5% of the low end (even split)
  1 mL, the label dose, even split9.1 mg

  1 mL, label-order ceiling (place 8)25 mg

  200-400 mg a day of extract200-400 mg

  Not printed: #8 in a 200 mg blend of 22. (Drugs.com, Gymnema monograph)

• African mango

  3.0% of the low end (even split)
  1 mL, the label dose, even split9.1 mg

  1 mL, label-order ceiling (place 4)50 mg

  300 mg a day (150 mg twice)300 mg

  Not printed: #4 in a 200 mg blend of 22. (NIH ODS, Dietary Supplements for Weight Loss)

• Panax ginseng

  9.1% of the low end (even split)
  1 mL, the label dose, even split9.1 mg

  1 mL, label-order ceiling (place 12)17 mg

  From about 100 mg a day (up to 20 g)100 mg

  Not printed: #12 in a 200 mg blend of 22. (Shishtar et al., PLoS One 2014)

• Coleus (forskolin extract)

  1.8% of the low end (even split)
  1 mL, the label dose, even split9.1 mg

  1 mL, label-order ceiling (place 9)22 mg

  500 mg a day of 10% extract500 mg

  Not printed: #9 in a 200 mg blend of 22. (MSKCC, Forskolin (Coleus forskohlii))

Red bars: what the label dose of 1 mL can hold. The label prints only the chromium amount; for blend ingredients we show an even split (200 mg / 22, about 9 mg per mL) and the most the label order allows. Gold bars: daily amounts of that ingredient alone in studies; the light extension shows a range. Even the ceilings sit under the studied doses.