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Glucose Balance

by Protocol For Life Balance · capsule · 90 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 07359 13318 1
  • DSLD label 326441
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 90 servings

Glucose Balance by Protocol For Life Balance lists 10 ingredients, 10 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 8 mg of thiamine, 1 mg of biotin, 8 mg of pantothenic acid and 67 mg of magnesium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 25, 2025.

What is in Glucose Balance?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veg capsule. 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).

Glucose Balance: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 326441, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Thiamineas Thiamine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B18 mg667%Thiamin in Glucose Balance against 9,830 products8 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 1.5 mg to 25 mg, the median 5 mg.DV 1.2 mg8 mg

Higher than 58% of 9,830 products listing thiamin (median 5 mg). Per day at the most servings: 24 mg.

Biotin1,000 mcg1 mg3,333%Biotin in Glucose Balance against 9,447 products1,000 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mcg to 300 mcg, the median 200 mcg.DV 30 mcg1,000 mcg

Higher than 84% of 9,447 products listing biotin (median 200 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 3,000 mcg.

Pantothenic Acidas Calcium Pantothenate8 mg160%Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) in Glucose Balance against 10,060 products8 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 6 mg to 50 mg, the median 12 mg.DV 5 mg8 mg

72% of 10,060 products listing pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) give more (median 12 mg). Per day at the most servings: 24 mg.

Magnesiumas Magnesium Citrate, Magnesium Oxide67 mg16%Magnesium in Glucose Balance against 14,003 products67 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 86 mg.UL 350 mgDV 420 mg67 mg

55% of 14,003 products listing magnesium give more (median 86 mg). Per day at the most servings: 201 mg.

ChromeMateas Chromium133 mcg380%Chromium in Glucose Balance against 7,825 products133 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 45 mcg to 200 mcg, the median 100 mcg.DV 35 mcg133 mcg

Higher than 68% of 7,825 products listing chromium (median 100 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 399 mcg.

GlucoFitas Banaba Leaf Extractmin. 18% corosolic acid1.5 mgBanaba in Glucose Balance against 241 products1.5 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 16 mg to 80 mg, the median 25 mg.1.5 mg

95% of 241 products listing banaba give more (median 25 mg). Per day at the most servings: 4.5 mg.

GS4 Plusas Gymnema sylvestre Leaf Extractmin. 25% gymnemic acid67 mgGymnema in Glucose Balance against 444 products67 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 67 mg to 323.33 mg, the median 200 mg.67 mg

74% of 444 products listing gymnema give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 201 mg.

L-Glutaminefree-form167 mgGlutamine in Glucose Balance against 1,850 products0.167 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.356 g to 3 g, the median 1 g.0.167 g

83% of 1,850 products listing glutamine give more (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 0.501 g.

Alpha-Lipoic Acid15 mgAlpha Lipoic Acid in Glucose Balance against 2,407 products15 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 150 mg, the median 50 mg.15 mg

82% of 2,407 products listing alpha lipoic acid give more (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 45 mg.

Vanadiumas Vanadium Amino Acid Chelate167 mcgVanadium in Glucose Balance against 1,744 products167 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mcg to 100 mcg, the median 25 mcg.UL 1,800 mcg167 mcg

Higher than 84% of 1,744 products listing vanadium (median 25 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 501 mcg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 326441 (entered March 25, 2025), 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?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • 95% of the 241 products that print an amount of banaba list more than its 1.5 mg of GlucoFit (filed by NIH under banaba) (median 25 mg).

The NIH database records 3 servings 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?

4 products list 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
Suggested usage: Take 1 capsule 3 times daily with food or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
Cautions/interactions: Some ingredients in this product may interact with anti-diabetes medications, consult your healthcare practitioner.
This product contains Biotin which may interfere with some blood test results. Go to protocolforlife.com/biotinlab for details.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 326441.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Rice Flour, Stearic Acid.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Crescent H (Halal).

How many labels does Glucose Balance have?

7 labels are on file under this name since July 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 326441 (current) Entered March 25, 2025 · on the market · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 13318 1
  2. Label 73362 Entered May 24, 2017 · off the market May 26, 2023 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 13318 1
  3. Label 69147 Entered December 23, 2016 · off the market March 7, 2017 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 13318 1
  4. Label 68905 Entered December 23, 2016 · off the market August 14, 2016 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 13318 1
  5. Label 40678 Entered December 29, 2014 · off the market March 31, 2016 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 13318 1
  6. Label 15548 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market November 26, 2014 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 13318 1
  7. Label 11498 Entered July 25, 2012 · off the market July 25, 2011 · 90 capsules · UPC 7 07359 13318 1

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

Who makes it?

The label names Protocol For Life Balance (manufacturer, distributor), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.

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