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10 reviews for BMVINVOL (2 Packs) Berberine Supplement 4700mg Plus Ceylon Cinnamon, Turmeric – 120 Capsules – Supports Immune Function –
Rated 5 out of 5
Dogtired –
EDIT TO ADD: I have more or less stopped checking my blood sugar (I developed an allergy to the adhesive on the sensor). I also eased back on my hardcore adherence to a diabetic diet. I am conscientious about what I eat, but I enjoy occasional ice cream raisin bran, or birthday pie. I don’t eat much of anything anymore, and while I don’t gorge on pizza or sugary cereals I’m not hyper-focused on avoiding all carbs all the time. I’ve been without my monitor for about 3 months and was frankly surprised that my A1C has continued to drop! I think if I focus even more on diet–including actually eating (I say, noticing I forgot my lunch at home, which also had my breakfast)–I can probably get my A1C down to “pre- diabetic” within a year–maybe even lower. Admittedly, I switched over to Agobi brand, supposedly 3rd party certified and 25600mg of Berberine. I’ve got no problem recommending either brand. Berberine seems to work!Also, both brands claim to help work cholesterol. My bad keeps dropping, my good keeps rising, and my overall is looking better. Is not a massive shift, but gradual step- by- stepORIGINAL REVIEW:I have been taking 1800mg of regular Berberine HCL, along with turmeric and cinnamon. This one claims to be a 15:1 ratio on berberine, so a single pill with 200mg of the concentrated extract is equal to 3000mg of regular Berberine. It also has and has turmeric, cinnamon, and milk thistle. I haven’t done independent laboratory testing to confirm, but I will say this past week was Thanksgiving. We had two Thanksgiving dinners (both our families are from the same place) and two other family feasts while traveling.I added one of these prior to eating each time, and my blood sugar spiked to 130 instead of its normal 200 after eating anything sweet. While I didn’t gorge myself on desserts or carbs, I also didn’t avoid them completely. I ate sweet potato casserole (with butter, brown sugar, pineapple, and marshmallows), a small piece of pie, and some other things that were not especially diabetic friendly. I was really surprised that I stayed so low. My morning fasting level was also 90-130–once or twice it went up to 150–which really shocked me. I can’t remember the last time I woke up with my blood sugar below 100.I even dropped 10 lbs over the past week while on this! Not eating much between feasts, and walking a lot more than normal likely helped, but normalizing my blood sugars seems to have helped too. My levels stay between 90 and 120. I have less pain. I have more energy. This was the only change to my supplements or meds.To all the people who complain that it’s “200 mg” instead of “3000 mg”, remember, they explicitly say this is a 15:1 ratio. Several times. In the listing here. On the bottle. All over the place. If you missed that, sorry, but that’s on you.Again, I have zero clue if this is precisely what it claims to be in the exact ratio it says it is. I don’t know that I plan to stop taking the turmeric and cinnamon (they are higher doses than this claims), but I will plan to replace my regular Berberine with this twice a day–maybe three depending on my sugars.At this point, I am cautiously optimistic that this sucker works. I HOPE to be down another 10 lbs before the end of the year. I feel like if I can drop 10 after that, I might actually be able to say I HAD diabetes. I am DESPARATE to avoid Metformin and the side effects it can cause. I have not noticed any side effects to this supplement so far…again, aside from losing weight, less pain, and more energy. I wish all my meds and supplements had such side effects ;)I’ll update this if it stops working, it destroys my liver, I grow a superfluous third nipple, or something else negative…FWIW, I haven’t received ANY free gifts, kick backs, or other perquisites from this company or its affiliates. I am just really excited at how much it SEEMS to have helped me this past week.
Rated 5 out of 5
Brian Merrill –
I have good and improving A1c numbers since learning about berberine and this is the most potent form I have found yet. I’m very happy with the quality and the value. Some pharmaceutical medicines have the horrible side effects on me so this helps me with no bad side effects. Very helpful product. Well worth it, great value!
Rated 4 out of 5
John W. –
Not sure what I expected when I ordered these. A lot of other similar products are 3x per day, but this is supposedly just a once a day.The first day I tried just a single dose in the morning. Worked pretty well, didn’t feel overly hungry even around lunch time. However by around 2 in the afternoon I felt famished.Second day I tried one in the morning and another at lunch, and then had a lite lunch. That seemed to work better.Over the next week I tried 3x a day with meals and even back to once a day.For me, I feel that two per day seems to work best to curb feelings of hunger. Still need to eat a little something at meals, but I find I can comfortably cut back my portions to half or even 1/3 what I would normally take. And if I do eat more than I should, it doesn’t seem to cause discomfort or anything.Finally, if perhaps you partake in activities that tend to cause the munchies, this helps a bit to keep that at bay, but not as much as I would have hoped.
Rated 4 out of 5
Dr. Monica –
Despite eating full meals, I would still get hungry soon after eating. I researched all kinds of information looking for something to help curb this. After finding an article on berberine, I decided to try this brand because the cost was less than 2 or 3 month supplies. It worked better than expected. My hunger between meals was significantly reduced and I would have to set timers to remind myself to eat. The snacking between meals reduced to almost none. I can tell when I don’t take it because my energy decreases while my appetite increases. The verdict is still out on the loss of belly fat or weight, but I don’t feel as bloated. I started with one pill a day, but take 2 pills when I know I’m going to eat “bad”.
Rated 4 out of 5
Libby –
Bought at great price after seeing TV ads and some research. My purpose is to eventually go off cholesterol and help with weight loss. It quickly helped with sugar cravings and appetitite control and I have lost 5 lbs, 1″ belly and wait. Will not go off cholesterol until more weight loss and talk with my Doc.
Rated 5 out of 5
Etha –
I have lost the same in 3 weeks that I lost in 2 mos on Mounjaro. Both gave me 16 lbs of weight loss, I have had no side effects. I will continue to take this.
Rated 4 out of 5
Cin –
So far I feel better after 3 weeks sugar lower & just have more energy not hungry all the time. I will buy again
Rated 5 out of 5
Pamela Gartrell –
I have noticed that my blood sugar is down after taking this supplement as well I lost some weight as I had expected to. I take 2 a day and had no taste issues. I am very pleased with the results I got taking this.
Rated 5 out of 5
jay bee –
As described Product is as described, I took this product for a month. Can’t tell if it works because I don’t feel any different.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jess –
Nice Been taking for a couple of weeks and have noticed I’m not as bloated as usual, feel like it’s also somehow regulated my period as it came on time for the first time in ages?Do you’re own research though, but I’ve had good results so far.Tastes a bit raunchy though, but it’s herbal so that’s to be expected. Would buy again.
Dogtired –
EDIT TO ADD: I have more or less stopped checking my blood sugar (I developed an allergy to the adhesive on the sensor). I also eased back on my hardcore adherence to a diabetic diet. I am conscientious about what I eat, but I enjoy occasional ice cream raisin bran, or birthday pie. I don’t eat much of anything anymore, and while I don’t gorge on pizza or sugary cereals I’m not hyper-focused on avoiding all carbs all the time. I’ve been without my monitor for about 3 months and was frankly surprised that my A1C has continued to drop! I think if I focus even more on diet–including actually eating (I say, noticing I forgot my lunch at home, which also had my breakfast)–I can probably get my A1C down to “pre- diabetic” within a year–maybe even lower. Admittedly, I switched over to Agobi brand, supposedly 3rd party certified and 25600mg of Berberine. I’ve got no problem recommending either brand. Berberine seems to work!Also, both brands claim to help work cholesterol. My bad keeps dropping, my good keeps rising, and my overall is looking better. Is not a massive shift, but gradual step- by- stepORIGINAL REVIEW:I have been taking 1800mg of regular Berberine HCL, along with turmeric and cinnamon. This one claims to be a 15:1 ratio on berberine, so a single pill with 200mg of the concentrated extract is equal to 3000mg of regular Berberine. It also has and has turmeric, cinnamon, and milk thistle. I haven’t done independent laboratory testing to confirm, but I will say this past week was Thanksgiving. We had two Thanksgiving dinners (both our families are from the same place) and two other family feasts while traveling.I added one of these prior to eating each time, and my blood sugar spiked to 130 instead of its normal 200 after eating anything sweet. While I didn’t gorge myself on desserts or carbs, I also didn’t avoid them completely. I ate sweet potato casserole (with butter, brown sugar, pineapple, and marshmallows), a small piece of pie, and some other things that were not especially diabetic friendly. I was really surprised that I stayed so low. My morning fasting level was also 90-130–once or twice it went up to 150–which really shocked me. I can’t remember the last time I woke up with my blood sugar below 100.I even dropped 10 lbs over the past week while on this! Not eating much between feasts, and walking a lot more than normal likely helped, but normalizing my blood sugars seems to have helped too. My levels stay between 90 and 120. I have less pain. I have more energy. This was the only change to my supplements or meds.To all the people who complain that it’s “200 mg” instead of “3000 mg”, remember, they explicitly say this is a 15:1 ratio. Several times. In the listing here. On the bottle. All over the place. If you missed that, sorry, but that’s on you.Again, I have zero clue if this is precisely what it claims to be in the exact ratio it says it is. I don’t know that I plan to stop taking the turmeric and cinnamon (they are higher doses than this claims), but I will plan to replace my regular Berberine with this twice a day–maybe three depending on my sugars.At this point, I am cautiously optimistic that this sucker works. I HOPE to be down another 10 lbs before the end of the year. I feel like if I can drop 10 after that, I might actually be able to say I HAD diabetes. I am DESPARATE to avoid Metformin and the side effects it can cause. I have not noticed any side effects to this supplement so far…again, aside from losing weight, less pain, and more energy. I wish all my meds and supplements had such side effects ;)I’ll update this if it stops working, it destroys my liver, I grow a superfluous third nipple, or something else negative…FWIW, I haven’t received ANY free gifts, kick backs, or other perquisites from this company or its affiliates. I am just really excited at how much it SEEMS to have helped me this past week.
Brian Merrill –
I have good and improving A1c numbers since learning about berberine and this is the most potent form I have found yet. I’m very happy with the quality and the value. Some pharmaceutical medicines have the horrible side effects on me so this helps me with no bad side effects. Very helpful product. Well worth it, great value!
John W. –
Not sure what I expected when I ordered these. A lot of other similar products are 3x per day, but this is supposedly just a once a day.The first day I tried just a single dose in the morning. Worked pretty well, didn’t feel overly hungry even around lunch time. However by around 2 in the afternoon I felt famished.Second day I tried one in the morning and another at lunch, and then had a lite lunch. That seemed to work better.Over the next week I tried 3x a day with meals and even back to once a day.For me, I feel that two per day seems to work best to curb feelings of hunger. Still need to eat a little something at meals, but I find I can comfortably cut back my portions to half or even 1/3 what I would normally take. And if I do eat more than I should, it doesn’t seem to cause discomfort or anything.Finally, if perhaps you partake in activities that tend to cause the munchies, this helps a bit to keep that at bay, but not as much as I would have hoped.
Dr. Monica –
Despite eating full meals, I would still get hungry soon after eating. I researched all kinds of information looking for something to help curb this. After finding an article on berberine, I decided to try this brand because the cost was less than 2 or 3 month supplies. It worked better than expected. My hunger between meals was significantly reduced and I would have to set timers to remind myself to eat. The snacking between meals reduced to almost none. I can tell when I don’t take it because my energy decreases while my appetite increases. The verdict is still out on the loss of belly fat or weight, but I don’t feel as bloated. I started with one pill a day, but take 2 pills when I know I’m going to eat “bad”.
Libby –
Bought at great price after seeing TV ads and some research. My purpose is to eventually go off cholesterol and help with weight loss. It quickly helped with sugar cravings and appetitite control and I have lost 5 lbs, 1″ belly and wait. Will not go off cholesterol until more weight loss and talk with my Doc.
Etha –
I have lost the same in 3 weeks that I lost in 2 mos on Mounjaro. Both gave me 16 lbs of weight loss, I have had no side effects. I will continue to take this.
Cin –
So far I feel better after 3 weeks sugar lower & just have more energy not hungry all the time. I will buy again
Pamela Gartrell –
I have noticed that my blood sugar is down after taking this supplement as well I lost some weight as I had expected to. I take 2 a day and had no taste issues. I am very pleased with the results I got taking this.
jay bee –
As described
Product is as described, I took this product for a month. Can’t tell if it works because I don’t feel any different.
Jess –
Nice
Been taking for a couple of weeks and have noticed I’m not as bloated as usual, feel like it’s also somehow regulated my period as it came on time for the first time in ages?Do you’re own research though, but I’ve had good results so far.Tastes a bit raunchy though, but it’s herbal so that’s to be expected. Would buy again.