Hello and welcome to the Nutrition Diva podcast. I'm your host Monica Reinagle.

If you have a sweet tooth or you find it difficult to keep yourself from overeating sweet foods,

I have something to tell you about this week that could be really useful.

Sweet defeat is a new product that claims to lessen your desire and therefore your consumption of sweets. But does it work? Well, I reviewed the science behind this interesting product and also put it to the test and I have a full report for you today.

The active ingredient in Sweet Defeat is an herb called gymnema Sylvester.

This herb has been used for centuries in traditional medicine, mostly as a treatment for diabetes.

In fact, the Hindi name for this herb translates to destroyer of sugar.

Modern pharmacological research seems to support this traditional wisdom.

Compounds extracted from gymnema have been shown to reduce the absorption of sugar from the intestinal tract,

and also to boost insulin production, and all of that could help lower your blood sugar.

In fact, animal testing confirms that Gymnema does reduce blood glucose levels.

Lab rats who are given gymnema extracts also end up eating less and losing weight.

And as a result, you'll also find lots of weight loss supplements that contain

gymnema.

Unfortunately, the research on humans is all but non-existent.

And as we know all too well,

what works for lab rats does not always work for humans.

I wouldn't waste your money on Jim NEMA-based supplements

for weight loss, but Jim NEMA has another interesting property and this is one that you can test yourself.

One of the compounds in this herb binds to the taste receptors on your tongue that perceive sweetness.

As a result, it makes sweet things taste a lot less sweet.

Sweet defeat lozenges, coach your tongue with gymemic acid, rendering you temporarily unable

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