Healthy Blood Sugar Balance
by Douglas Cooper Co. · capsule · 90 veg capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- DSLD label 247355
- Serving 1 veg capsule
- 90 servings
Healthy Blood Sugar Balance by Douglas Cooper Co. 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 May 22, 2021.
What is in Healthy Blood Sugar 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thiamineas Thiamine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B1Thiamin (Form: from Thiamin HCl) (Alt. Name: Vitamin B-1) | 8 mg | 667% | Higher than 58% of 9,830 products listing thiamin (median 5 mg). Per day at the most servings: 24 mg. |
| BiotinBiotin Note: 1,000 mcg | 1 mg | 3,333% | Higher than 84% of 9,447 products listing biotin (median 200 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 3,000 mcg. |
| Pantothenic Acidas Calcium PantothenatePantothenic Acid (Form: from Calcium Pantothenate) | 8 mg | 160% | 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 OxideMagnesium (Form: from Magnesium Oxide, and Magnesium Citrate) | 67 mg | 16% | 55% of 14,003 products listing magnesium give more (median 86 mg). Per day at the most servings: 201 mg. |
| Chromiumas Chromium PolynicotinateChromium (Form: from Chromium Polynicotinate (Alt. Name: ChromeMate)) | 133 mcg | 380% | Higher than 68% of 7,825 products listing chromium (median 100 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 399 mcg. |
| GlucoFitas Corosolic Acid, Lagerstroemia speciosa extractGlucoFit (Form: from Lagerstroemia speciosa extract (Alt. Name: Banaba) PlantPart: leaf Genus: Lagerstroemia Species: speciosa, min 18% Corosolic Acid) | 1.5 mg | 95% of 241 products listing banaba give more (median 25 mg). Per day at the most servings: 4.5 mg. | |
| Gymnema sylvestre extractas Gymnemic AcidGymnema sylvestre extract (Form: min. 25% Gymnemic Acid) (Alt. Name: GS4 Plus) PlantPart: leaf Genus: Gymnema Species: sylvestre | 67 mg | 74% of 444 products listing gymnema give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 201 mg. | |
| L-GlutamineL-Glutamine Note: free-form | 167 mg | 83% of 1,850 products listing glutamine give more (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 0.501 g. | |
| Alpha Lipoic Acid | 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 ChelateVanadium (Form: from Vanadium Amino Acid Chelate) | 167 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 247355 (entered May 22, 2021), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. 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.
- GlucoRexNewtonEverett same ingredients
- Metabolism SupportU.S. Longevity Institute · off the market same ingredients
- Glucose Metabolic SupportNOW same ingredients
- Glucose BalanceProtocol For Life Balance same ingredients
- GlucotheraKlaire Labs · off the market 6 shared, 62% alike
- GlucoResistanceBioMed Balance · off the market 6 shared, 49% alike
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.
- Warnings
- Caution: For adults only.
- Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition (including diabetes, low blood sugar levels).
- Keep out of reach of children.
- To report a serious adverse event, or for product information, contact 1-800-234-8686
- 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.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 247355.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate.
How many labels does Healthy Blood Sugar Balance have?
One label is on file, entered on May 22, 2021.
- Label 247355 (current) Entered May 22, 2021 · on the market · 90 veg capsules
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Douglas Cooper Co. (distributor), Carmel, IN. All Douglas Cooper Co. products.