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Blood Sugar

by Host Defense MycoBotanicals · capsule · 60 capsules

  • Off the market since March 2024 (NIH)
  • UPC 6 33422 70474 6
  • DSLD label 312619
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 30 servings

Blood Sugar by Host Defense MycoBotanicals lists 6 ingredients, 6 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 300 mg of maitake, 300 mg of gymnema (gymnema sylvestre) leaf extract, 100 mg of reishi and 100 mg of chaga. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 23, 2024.

What is in Blood Sugar?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 capsules. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Blood Sugar: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 312619, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Maitakecertified organic, fermented brown rice biomass300 mgMaitake Mushroom in Blood Sugar against 327 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 100 mg.300 mg

Higher than 83% of 327 products listing maitake mushroom (median 100 mg).

Gymnema (Gymnema sylvestre) leaf extractcertified organic300 mgGymnema in Blood Sugar against 444 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 67 mg to 323.33 mg, the median 200 mg.300 mg

Higher than 67% of 444 products listing gymnema (median 200 mg).

Reishicertified organic, Ganoderma lucidum SubSpecies: s.l., fermented brown rice biomass100 mgReishi mushroom in Blood Sugar against 500 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 500 mg, the median 180 mg.100 mg

58% of 500 products listing reishi mushroom give more (median 180 mg).

Chagacertified organic, fermented brown rice biomass100 mgChaga in Blood Sugar against 163 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 500 mg, the median 200 mg.100 mg

66% of 163 products listing chaga give more (median 200 mg).

Cinnamomum cassia Bark Extractcertified organic100 mgCinnamon in Blood Sugar against 601 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 500 mg, the median 200 mg.100 mg

60% of 601 products listing cinnamon give more (median 200 mg).

Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) leaf extractcertified organic100 mgBilberry in Blood Sugar against 896 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 20 mg to 100 mg, the median 50 mg.100 mg

Higher than 69% of 896 products listing bilberry (median 50 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 312619 (entered May 23, 2024), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

1 product lists the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Directions: As a dietary supplement, take 2 capsules once per day. Can be taken with food or on an empty stomach or as recommended by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Caution: If you have a medical condition, are taking medications, or are pregnant or breastfeeding, consult a healthcare professional before using this product.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten free & Vegan Non GMO

Source: label statements in DSLD label 312619.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Pullulan, Maltodextrin.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Certified Organic Washington State Department of Agriculture Organic Program.

How many labels does Blood Sugar have?

4 labels are on file under this name since June 23, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 312619 (current) Entered May 23, 2024 · off the market March 5, 2024 · 60 capsules · UPC 6 33422 70474 6
  2. Label 278558 Entered December 13, 2022 · off the market March 28, 2023 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 33422 70474 6
  3. Label 200135 Entered February 25, 2019 · off the market February 14, 2022 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 33422 70474 6
  4. Label 74172 Entered June 23, 2017 · off the market June 4, 2018 · 60 vegetarian capsules

DSLD also links this label to: Blood Sugar (image difference, same product).

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Fungi Perfecti, LLC (distributor), Olympia, WA. All Host Defense MycoBotanicals products.

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