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HUMAN EFFECT MATRIX

Quick Summary:

How much glucose, or blood sugar, is floating around in your blood. How much glucose, or blood sugar, is floating Fasting blood glucose is measured during a fasted state and around in your blood. blood glucose is Postprandial blood glucose after a meal. Both used asFasting indicators of measured during a fasted diabetes risk. state and Postprandial
blood glucose after a meal. Both used as indicators of diabetes risk.

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Robust research conducted with repeated double blind clinical trials

Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled Single double blind study or multiple cohort studies

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HUMAN EFFECT A MATRIX

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Comparative Health Goals evidence only available to buyers of our Panax ginseng (/supplements Supplement-Goals Reference (/store /reference/)
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How much glucose, or blood sugar, is floating around in your blood. Fasting blood glucose is A

measured during a fasted Fish Oil (/supplements/Fish+Oil/) state and Postprandial blood glucose after a meal. Both A used as indicators of diabetes /Chromium/) risk.

Chromium (/supplements

L-Carnitine (/supplements

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Berberine (/supplements /Berberine/)

Psyllium (/supplements /Psyllium/)

Caffeine (/supplements /Caffeine/)

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Magnesium (/supplements /Magnesium/)

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HUMAN EFFECT B MATRIX Salacia reticulata (/supplements

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/Salacia+reticulata/)

B Quick Citrulline (/supplements Summary: /Citrulline/)

How much glucose, or blood sugar, floating B is Blueberry (/supplements around in your blood.

/Blueberry/) Fasting blood glucose is

measured during a fasted state and Postprandial blood glucose after a meal. Both used as

Zinc (/supplements/Zinc/)

indicators of diabetes risk.

Inositol (/supplements/Inositol/)
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Astaxanthin (/supplements /Astaxanthin/)

Fenugreek (/supplements /Fenugreek/)

Curcumin (/supplements /Curcumin/)

C
ECA (/supplements/ECA/)

Chlorogenic Acid (/supplements /Chlorogenic+Acid/)

Glutamine (/supplements /Glutamine/)

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HUMAN EFFECT C MATRIX Coenzyme Q10 (/supplements

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CHANGE ()

SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS

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/Coenzyme+Q10/) Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid C Quick (/supplements Summary:

How much glucose, or

/Tauroursodeoxycholic+Acid/)

blood sugar, floating C is Black Cohosh (/supplements around in your blood.

/Black+Cohosh/) Fasting blood glucose is

measured during a fasted state and Postprandial

Whey blood glucose after a Protein (/supplements /Whey+Protein/) meal. Both used as
indicators of diabetes risk.

Alpha-Lipoic Acid (/supplements /Alpha-Lipoic+Acid/)

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Gynostemma pentaphyllum (/supplements /Gynostemma+pentaphyllum/)

Green Coffee Extract (/supplements /Green+Coffee+Extract/)

7-Keto DHEA (/supplements /7-Keto+DHEA/)

Artichoke Extract (/supplements /Artichoke+Extract/)

Bladderwrack (/supplements /Bladderwrack/)

Ashwagandha (/supplements /Ashwagandha/)

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HUMAN EFFECT C MATRIX Olive leaf extract (/supplements

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/Olive+leaf+extract/) Eleutherococcus senticosus C Quick (/supplements Summary:

How much glucose, or

/Eleutherococcus+senticosus/)

blood sugar, floating C is Resveratrol (/supplements around in your blood.

/Resveratrol/) Fasting blood glucose is

measured during a fasted state and Postprandial

Ecklonia cava (/supplements blood glucose after a /Ecklonia+cava/) meal. Both used as
indicators of diabetes risk.

Salvia hispanica (/supplements /Salvia+hispanica/)

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Japanese Knotweed (/supplements /Japanese+Knotweed/)

Irvingia gabonensis (/supplements /Irvingia+gabonensis/)

Melatonin (/supplements /Melatonin/)

Royal Jelly (/supplements /Royal+Jelly/)

Capsaicin (/supplements /Capsaicin/)

Vitamin D (/supplements /Vitamin+D/)

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Krill Oil (/supplements/Krill+Oil/)

Branched Chain Amino Acids C Quick (/supplements Summary:

How much glucose, or

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blood sugar, floating casei C is Lactobacillus around in your blood. Fasting blood glucose is

(/supplements

measured during a fasted

/Lactobacillus+casei/)

state and Postprandial Sodium Bicarbonate C blood glucose after a meal. Both used as

(/supplements

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Arginine (/supplements/Arginine/)
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Vitamin K (/supplements /Vitamin+K/)

Eucommia ulmoides (/supplements /Eucommia+ulmoides/)

Ginkgo biloba (/supplements /Ginkgo+biloba/)

Quercetin (/supplements /Quercetin/)

Nigella sativa (/supplements /Nigella+sativa/)

Rooibos (/supplements /Rooibos/)

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Garlic (/supplements/Garlic/)

Anethum graveolens C Quick (/supplements Summary:

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/Anethum+graveolens/)

blood sugar, floating C is Hesperidin (/supplements around in your blood.

/Hesperidin/) Fasting blood glucose is

measured during a fasted state and Postprandial Citrullus colocynthis C blood glucose after a meal. Both used as

(/supplements

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D
Ginger (/supplements/Ginger/)

Coconut Oil (/supplements /Coconut+Oil/)

Aronia melanocarpa (/supplements /Aronia+melanocarpa/)

Banaba Leaf (/supplements /Banaba+Leaf/)

Yerba mate (/supplements /Yerba+mate/)

Sulbutiamine (/supplements /Sulbutiamine/)

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HMB (/supplements/HMB/)

D Quick Vanadium (/supplements Summary: /Vanadium/)

How much glucose, or blood sugar, floating D is Safflower Oil (/supplements around in your blood.

/Safflower+Oil/) Fasting blood glucose is

measured during a fasted state and Postprandial

Emblica blood glucose after a officinalis (/supplements /Emblica+officinalis/) meal. Both used as
indicators of diabetes risk.

Moringa oleifera (/supplements /Moringa+oleifera/)

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Pyrroloquinoline quinone (/supplements /Pyrroloquinoline+quinone/)

Tetradecyl Thioacetic Acid (/supplements /Tetradecyl+Thioacetic+Acid/)

Ruscus aculeatus (/supplements /Ruscus+aculeatus/)

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References
HUMAN EFFECT 1. Vanscheidt W, et al. Efficacy and safety of a Butcher's broom preparation (Ruscus aculeatus L. extract) compared to placebo in patients suffering from chronic venous insufficiency (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12040966). MATRIX
Arzneimittelforschung. (2002)

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