Glucose Essentials

product on market Capsule Dr. Whitaker 🟢 Safety: 94/100
Brand: Dr. Whitaker
🟢 94/100

This product looks safe

  • Vanadyl Sulfate: 33mg is 18.3× the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (1.8mg)
  • 33% of ingredients have research evidence
C Label Compliance Grade

Product Label

Label for Glucose Essentials
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Safety Alerts

⚠️ Vanadyl Sulfate: 33mg is 18.3× the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (1.8mg)

Label Data

1 Capsule(s) Serving Size
90 Servings
Botanical with Nutrients Product Type
33% Evidence Coverage

Supplement Facts — Evidence Check

66 mcg (55% DV)
✅ 1.9× RDA — within safe limits 📚 197 studies (Tier A: 1, B: 55)
RDA 0.035mg This product: 0.066mg
Indian Kino Tree extract
150 mg
Gymnema extract
133 mg
Purslane extract
60 mg
33 mg
⚠️ Exceeds Tolerable Upper Intake Level by 18.3× (UL: 1.8 mg) 📚 1 studies (Tier A: 0, B: 1)
This product: 33mg UL 1.8mg
Banaba extract
18 mg

Other Ingredients

Microcrystalline Cellulose Gelatin Silicon Dioxide Magnesium Stearate

Label Claims — Verification

❓ Nutrient
❓ All Other
All Other (98% of products) Structure/Function (81% of products) Nutrient (36% of products)

Target Groups

Adult (18 - 50 Years) Gluten Free

Product Information

📋 Directions for Use

Doctor's suggested use: take 3 capsules daily; 1 before each meal. Do not exceed 3 capsules daily or take additional vanadyl sulfate without consulting a health care professional.

⚠️ Warnings & Precautions

Do not exceed 3 capsules daily or take additional vanadyl sulfate without consulting a health care professional.

Warning: if you are on insulin treatment, or are pregnant or lactating, consult a health care professional before using this product. If you are on oral hypoglycemic agents, this product may require an adjustment in your medication. Always consult a health care professional before making an adjustment.

Note: Vanadyl sulfate may cause a harmless darkening of stools. Use of this product may result in gastrointestinal upset including loose stools, abdominal discomfort, or nausea.

Keep out of reach of children.

🧪 Formulation Notes

With research levels of Silbinol, Portusana, and vanadyl sulfate.

Standardized levels: Indian Kino Tree extract: 5% pterostilbene, 0.01% epicatechin; Gymnema extract: 25% gymnemic acids; Banaba extract: 1% corosolic acid

GF Gluten Free

Additional Information

For blood sugar support

GF Gluten Free

Product Details

DSLD Entry Date 2019-10-23
Product Type Botanical with Nutrients
Form Capsule
Brand Dr. Whitaker
DSLD ID 207838
Data Updated 2026-04-11

Research Evidence

212 Research Sources
54 Avg Quality Score
102 Meta Analysis
79 Systematic Review
19 Rct
3 Narrative Review
3 Regulatory Source
2 Other
2 Clinical Trial
1 Openfda Safety
A 1-year outcomes with the Absorb bioresorbable scaffold in patients with coronary artery disease: a patient-level, pooled meta-analysis
Meta Analysis Lancet (London, England) 2016
PubMed DOI
B Interventions for preventing weight gain after smoking cessation
Meta Analysis The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2021
PubMed DOI
B Prenatal metal(loid) exposure and preterm birth: a systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence
Systematic Review Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology 2025
PubMed DOI
B Effects of cobalt-chromium everolimus eluting stents or bare metal stent on fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events: patient level meta-analysis
Meta Analysis BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2014
PubMed DOI
B Chromium picolinate supplementation for overweight or obese adults
Meta Analysis The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2013
PubMed DOI
B Metalloestrogens exposure and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: Evidence emerging from the systematic review and meta-analysis
Meta Analysis Environmental research 2024
PubMed DOI
B Trace elements in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 39 studies (N = 5151 participants)
Meta Analysis Nutrition reviews 2020
PubMed DOI
B A meta-analysis of heavy metals pollution in farmland and urban soils in China over the past 20 years
Meta Analysis Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2021
PubMed DOI
B The spatiotemporal variation in heavy metals in China's farmland soil over the past 20 years: A meta-analysis
Meta Analysis The Science of the total environment 2022
PubMed DOI
B Human health risk assessment from potentially toxic elements in the soils of Sudan: A meta-analysis
Meta Analysis The Science of the total environment 2025
PubMed DOI
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