Whether you’ve bro­ken hearts or melted them, being a femme fatale can be over­whelm­ing when you are show­ered with gifts of choco­lates and sweets. It would be ill-mannered not to gra­ciously accept said gifts, but let’s face it, every girl needs to watch her figure…not watch it expand! And don’t for­get that nasty gly­ca­tion process–the hor­ri­fy­ing havoc that sugar wreaks on your sys­tem, caus­ing unnec­es­sary extrin­sic aging, inflam­ma­tion, and even disease!

A Girl’s Best Friend

That’s why I want to intro­duce you to my new BFF: Gur­mar. Gur­mar (Gym­nema Sylvestra)–also known as ‘The Sugar Killer’–is an ayurvedic herb that grows in cen­tral and south­ern India. Its Hindi name means “destroyer of sugar” due to its unique power to nat­u­rally curb your appetite for sweets. In addi­tion, if you do cave in and indulge, the herb will block the absorp­tion of sugar in your body and help keep blood sugar lev­els from rising!

In a sweet-tooth emer­gency, you can open a cap­sule and put a bit of the pow­dered herb directly on your tongue. It instantly blocks your abil­ity to taste sweet­ness, so what was once a temp­ta­tion tastes vaguely like sand, help­ing you resist the addic­tive sugar trap. Weird, but it works! This is the best way to kick your sugar cravings.

Gym­nema Sylves­tra is con­sid­ered safe for most peo­ple, includ­ing dia­bet­ics who take con­ven­tional med­ica­tions. In fact, in clin­i­cal stud­ies, some dia­bet­ics were able to lower or even dis­con­tinue their med­ica­tion when they incor­po­rated Gym­nema Sylves­tra into their regime. But as with any sup­ple­ment, you should speak to your doc­tor if you have con­cerns about the herb. My opin­ion? It’s a God-send! Almost as good as dia­monds, darlings!