TrueCONTROL contains vitamin B1, biotin, chromium, alpha-lipoic acid, N-acetyl-L-cysteine and Gymnema sylvestre to aid healthy blood sugar control. Chromium is an essential trace mineral that promotes healthy blood sugar regulation by improving insulin’s efficiency. Alpha lipoic acid has several potential benefits for people with diabetes: it enhances glucose uptake in type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes; it inhibits glycosylation (the abnormal attachment of sugar to protein which is the cause of many of the complications of diabetes, such as retinopathy, and accelerates the aging process); and has been used to improve diabetic nerve damage and to reduce the pain associated with it. Gymnema sylvestre is an herb that has been found useful for improving blood sugar control in diabetics. Studies have also shown that gymnema helps increase insulin levels in diabetics by increasing the number of beta cells in the pancreas responsible for insulin production, provided they are not overly damaged.