GlucAffect Proves Effective In Clinical Study

Reliv International’s GlucAffect, a nutritional supplement, seems to be effective in reducing blood glucose levels and control weight in study participants.

The study included 50 overweight individuals who had pre-diabetic glucose levels prior to the study. Subjects taking GlucAffect, a powdered product mixed with water or other liquids, lowered their fasting blood glucose by an average of 30%, and they lost an average of 16 pounds. Subjects in the control group reported a marginal decline in blood glucose levels and no significant weight loss.

Carl Hastings, vice chairman and chief scientific officer, Reliv, said: The people in the GlucAffect group achieved statistically significant lower blood sugar levels as well as significant weight loss compared to both their own baseline starting point and to the results of the people in the placebo group. GlucAffect enabled subjects to achieve healthy weight and blood sugar levels after eight weeks.

Elevated weight and blood glucose levels are key factors in metabolic syndrome, which dramatically increases the likelihood of developing diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

The participants consumed GlucAffect or a placebo product four times a day for six days a week, participated in an exercise program and ate a healthy diet. They didn’t follow the study regimen on the seventh day of the week, said the company.