Gymnema Sylvestre and sugar cravings

What 2 graded rows on gymnema sylvestre agree on for sugar cravings, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.

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What the rows agree on

Each block and row is one graded row from the Gymnema Sylvestre page, with its PubMed record.

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2 rows · 90 people

Split. 1 row found an improvement and 1 had mixed results.

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Each block is one evidence row, sized by how many people it enrolled, with its grade inside. Outlined: mixed results.

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The best-graded row, grade D, is a randomized trial of 58 people (2022) and reported mixed results.

The rows run from 32 to 58 people, published from 2022 to 2025: 2 single studies.

1 improved · 1 mixed

Grade DSugary drinks and sugar cravings in people with a sweet tooth · Improved
Crossover RCT · n 32 · 2025 · Healthy adults who identified as high sweet-food consumers (New Zealand)
Mints at 3 set times a day, or up to 6 a day as wanted (amount per mint not stated in the abstract) · 14 days per regimen
Using the mints as wanted cut daily sugar-sweetened drink intake by 42% and overall sugar cravings by 28% relative to the placebo-mint baseline; both regimens reduced the pleasantness of, and desire for more, chocolate.
Row on the Gymnema Sylvestre page · PubMed 39855349 (opens PubMed)
Grade DChocolate intake and sweet-food intake · Mixed
RCT · n 58 · 2022 · Healthy adults
4 mg of gymnema per dose · 14 days
Right after a dose, the gymnema group ate fewer chocolate bars than the placebo-mint group (2.65 vs 3.15); by day 15 there was no difference, and intake of 9 food categories did not differ.
Row on the Gymnema Sylvestre page · PubMed 36558446 (opens PubMed)