Without any further adieu, here are the key things to look for when choosing quality diabetic supplements.

1. Product Development and Nutrient Reactions: The diabetic supplement your considering should be rigorously tested and its creation process overseen by certified professionals. Vitamins work in a precise symbiotic synergism. Getting optimal assimilation is 0% art, 100% science. In other words, the vitamin supplements should be scientifically formulated and certified with each batch (see point #2).
2. Manufacturing Procedures: These should utilize pharmaceutical blending not paddle/ribbon blender-type mixers. In addition, contact the company to ask if they have a Certificate of Analysis (COA) on file, confirming the potency of each batch. If the company ignores you or hesitates, that’s not a good sign. Lastly, you should select a vitamin supplement maker that adheres to pharmaceutical GMP compliance — this is the highest standard possible.
3. Optimal Delivery System: The supplement should have enteric coating for optimal assimilation in the human system. (I discuss this more in depth later on in this free report.) This is critical yet almost nobody considers this when choosing a supplement. If they did, they would save a lot of money.
4. Product Quality & Freshness: The ingredients the vitamins are made from should be made in smaller batches with the manufacturing process NOT outsourced out to other manufacturers.Remember, most vitamin and mineral supplement makers, as ill as herbal product manufacturersare unregulated by the FDA. While this has its pros and cons, a vast majority of vitamin supplements don’t even insert the claimed ingredients into the supplement and contamination is a legitimate threat (again, this is why you want pharmaceutical GMP compliance).
5. Nutraceutical Quality: You want a diabetic nutritional supplement that is pharmaceutical grade quality. Again, look for diabetic vitamins that are “enteric coated”
6. Value for Money: They should be inexpensive yet provide discernible benefits. However, with that said, the old saying of “you get what you pay for” is true. For a nutraceutical-quality, pharmaceutical grade vitamin supplement, expect to pay $30 to $70 or so per 180-day supply. You get what you pay for. In the long run, paying for quality is never dumb.
7. Vitamins & Co-Factors, Standardized Herbal Extracts, Amino Acids, Active Enzymes, & Essential Minerals and Trace Elements. Ideally, a multi-vitamin should have vitamins but the necessary co-factors along with the other elements mentioned in the bullet point #7. The more comprehensive containing a broad range of synergistic nutrients and micro-nutrients is essential for maximum impact.
8. Excipients: The “excipients” should be the highest quality. Ask the vitamin manufacturer as to what specific excipients they’re using. Excipients are the binding agents that hold together the vitamin tablet. Excipients are substances that are added to vitamin formulas or tablets that bind while not providing nutritive value. Examples of excipients include monoglycerides, magnesium stearate, modified food starch, etc. Some vitamin companies even use silica — r what people usually refer to as “sand” — as an excipient.
9. Easy to Use: They should be easily ingestable at any time.
10. Product Delivery: The supplement should be easy to order and shipping should ideally be free.
11. Money-Back Guarantee: The longer the guarantee, the better. Look for guarantees longer than 30 days. You want 120 days or more. One year is ideal. The longer the guarantee, the more convinced the manufacturer is of their product's efficacy.
12. Contact Information: It should be very easy to contact the company via phone and email.

Ingredients To Look For in Your Diabetic Retinopathy Supplement

What's in this nutritional supplement that is specifically engineered for diabetics and for diabetic retinopathy? Those nutrients include enzymes, minerals, and herbal extracts. Let's look at what it has. The enzymes this nutritional supplement has are:

• Amylase (60mg)
• Bromelain (120mg)
• Lipase (60mg)

The minerals the supplement has are:

• Calcium Citrate
• Chromium Nicotinate
• Copper Gluconate
• Iron Amino Acid Chelate
• Magnesium Citrate
• Manganese Citrate
• Sodium Molybdate (molybdenum as sodium molybdate)
• MSM
• Selenium
• Zinc Citrate

Herbal extracts are included too. Don't minimize the benefits of herbals. They are nutrient rich with active ingredients that can greatly facilitate healing and strengthening of cells. The herbals included in this recommended nutritional supplement for diabetic retinopathy (or for diabetes in general) include:

• Banaba Extract
• Bitter Mellon
• Black Cuman
• Green Tea Extract
• Gymnema Sylvestre Extract
• Myricetin
• Piperine
• Pterocarpus Marsupium
• Quercetin
• Rutin
• Milk Thistle Extract
• Valeriana Walichii Extract

Other specialty nutrients include:

• Alpha Lipoic Acid
• Betain HCI
• Biotin
• Inositol
• Luteolin

By Glenn Reschke

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