ELEOTIN® FAQs
Is ELEOTIN® Safe?
Yes, the safety of ELEOTIN® has been scientifically tested and demonstrated. For example, test rats were given huge dosages (50 times the human dosage) over an extended period of 7 months. There were no adverse side effects or damage to the organs. Furthermore, all the ingredients in ELEOTIN® have been used for several thousands of years in various countries. They are all recorded in pharmacopeias in these countries as safe to use as food. Also, 40,000 customers have used ELEOTIN® with no problems.
This kind of remarkable safety record could be one of the most important distinctions between ELEOTIN® and other diabetic products. ELEOTIN® is basically a food. It is so mild and gentle that one can use large quantities over a long period of time.
From the 40,000 users, only 3 users reported minor discomfort. One user experienced constipation and the other two users experienced diarrhea. An immediate investigation revealed that this was due to the high fiber content in ELEOTIN®. Their dosages were reduced and the problems disappeared.
The safety of ELEOTIN® has been officially proven in various government agencies, such as South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China, and other countries issued seals of safety for ELEOTIN®. Also, independent safety testing labs confirmed the safety of ELEOTIN®. There are no herbicides, pesticides, or heavy metals. This is the question you need to ask all the producers of herbal products: how do you know that the herbs you are using are free of herbicides, pesticides and toxic heavy metals? Simply claiming that “it’s herbal so it’s safe” is not true. At Eastwood Bio-Medical Research Inc. (EBMR), the manufacturers of ELEOTIN®, each batch undergoes rigorous testing.
One may also ask whether ELEOTIN® will interact with other drugs. In general, ELEOTIN® is a gentle and mild herbal combination that does not interact with existing treatments. ELEOTIN® users have used a wide variety of hypoglycaemic drugs and other diabetic drugs. There has never been any interaction complaint. However, although ELEOTIN® does not interact with these diabetic drugs, there is no way to absolutely exclude the possibility of a negative drug reaction.
Imagine that a new drug appears in the future. How can it be guaranteed that ELEOTIN® will not have negative interactions with this new drug that has not yet appeared? What if someone designs a special drug for the sole purpose of having a negative interaction with ELEOTIN®? The most that can be said is that so far, there are no known or reported negative interactions between our present day drugs and ELEOTIN®.
Here is a rule of thumb you can follow: if a drug appears on the market and does not come with any specific warnings against some food, then you may feel relatively safe that there are no interactions between this drug and ELEOTIN®. Remember that ELEOTIN® is basically a food. When some drugs come with warning against some food, then consult a doctor regarding this issue. This is suggested as a hypothetical issue. So far there has not been a single case of adverse interactions between ELEOTIN® and other drugs.
Does ELEOTIN® Have Any Side Effects?
ELEOTIN® has shown no negative side effects other than mild and temporary constipation and diarrhea, which were reported by only 3 users. These situations were due to the user’s sensitivity to the high fiber content in ELEOTIN®. This was easily controlled by reducing the quantity consumed or drinking the liquid only.
ELEOTIN® does provide many positive side benefits. In addition to controlling your blood glucose levels, users have reported many other positive benefits. For example, they have indicated the following: improved general health and energy, more peaceful and comfortable sleep, less frequent urination, improved sexual energy, better skin condition, improved vision…etc. Some of these benefits are discussed in more detail later.
According to an Asian medical insight, if one herb combination is beneficial to one health concern, it will also be beneficial to many other related health problems. ELEOTIN® definitely helps with glucose control. It also helps many other health concerns and complications. We know that diabetes is the source of many diseases and hundreds of other complications. If the very source is improved by a certain treatment like ELEOTIN®, it is only natural that ELEOTIN® would benefit its related concerns and bring about many positive side effects, as well as control blood glucose levels.
What Precautions Should I Take?
If you are taking both ELEOTIN® and an oral hypoglycemic agent, please monitor your blood glucose closely. When you begin to experience the beneficial effects of ELEOTIN®, your blood glucose levels will naturally fall. However, the hypoglycemic drugs you are taking also make your glucose levels temporarily fall. These drugs, if taken along with ELEOTIN®, may cause too low blood sugar levels—more commonly known as hypoglycemia. Those individuals who are taking oral hypoglycemic agents should consult with their doctor to properly reduce the dosage of the drug when they begin to experience the effects of ELEOTIN®. But, do not discontinue the drugs without consulting your doctor. Premature reduction or discontinuing your drugs may lead to serious consequences.
Can My Blood Glucose Levels Go Up?
A small number of users found that their blood glucose levels actually went up when they first started taking ELEOTIN®. The reason is simple to explain. These individuals discontinued or adjusted their current methods of glucose control before the full effects of ELEOTIN® started to appear. Remember, it is very important to continue with your current drugs and insulin treatments until the full effects of ELEOTIN® begins and when your doctor advises you to reduce your drug consumption . ELEOTIN®’s effects usually appear slowly, so please be patient.
One thing that should be mentioned is that many diabetics are anxious to experience the benefits of ELEOTIN®. So many people jump to the conclusion that “My diabetes is cured!” at the first sign of improvement. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are going to be many ups and downs. Only after a long period of careful and consistent treatment will you be safe to make such conclusions. You should check your numbers and levels such as Plasma Insulin, C-Peptide, and HbAlc to tell whether your diabetes is really being treated. A lower blood glucose level over a few days is just too unreliable to make the conclusion that you are cured.
There can also be a second reason why sugar levels rise. The increase in some people continued for a few weeks, and then subsided. Afterwards, ELEOTIN® began to work quite well. It is very likely that these people experienced the “homeopathic symptom,” or detoxification effect. The homeopathic symptom occurs when individuals are not accustomed to herbal treatments, which can cause mild headaches and mild dizziness. This homeopathic symptom is a temporary problem as people quickly adjust to all herbal treatments, including ELEOTIN®. This is usually not a big concern. If this happens to you, reduce the dosage by half or even to a quarter of the recommended dosage. Go back to the recommended dosage when these discomforts disappear.
Rarely, but it is also possible that people with serious liver problems and kidney problems may experience a sudden increase of blood glucose when they take ELEOTIN®. These people experience this increased level of blood glucose when they take any herbal product, not only ELEOTIN®. It seems like that the liver of these people tend to release the glucose stored in their liver when stimulated by herbal products they take. It is recommended that these people stay away from any herbal products. But, if they still want to try ELEOTIN®, they can start with 1/8 th of the recommended dosage and gradually increase the dosage as their liver and kidney conditions improve.
Is ELEOTIN® Safe To Use With My Present Oral Drugs Or Insulin?
Yes, in general ELEOTIN® is safe to use in conjunction with oral hypoglycemic drugs. It is always recommended that your doctor be informed and that the customer should monitor his/her blood sugar level closely. With close monitoring, the person will be able to tell when they need to reduce their oral drug consumption. Otherwise, there may be a risk of hypoglycemia (low blood glucose levels) if the patient keeps using the same amount of hypoglycemic medication after ELEOTIN®’s long term benefits become established. Imagine what would happen when a healthy person uses hypoglycemic agents. He will have hypoglycemia. For exactly the same reason, if a person keeps on using the same amount of insulin and other oral hypoglycemic agents even after the body develops its own ability to control blood levels as a result of ELEOTIN®, then for sure, he will have hypoglycemia!
ELEOTIN®’s mild and gentle effects cannot possibly endanger your current glucose management. By improving the health of your pancreas and insulin receptors, ELEOTIN® works in a natural and non-harmful way. Over time with ELEOTIN®, you will require less dependency on insulin and drugs; however, always consult your doctor first before you reduce and discontinue other treatments.
Does ELEOTIN® Interact With Other Foods?
Since everyone reacts differently to food, it would be impossible to conclude that there are no negative interactions. What is known is that the consumption of alcohol diminishes the effectiveness of ELEOTIN® considerably. Please try to abstain or limit your daily alcohol consumption when you are taking ELEOTIN®.
In fact, this is true of any herbal treatment. Alcohol consumed in conjunction with herbs tends to reduce the effectiveness of herbal treatments. Intuitively, alcohol tends to wash out the effects of herbs. Medicinal ingredients of the herbs tend to wash out when a certain amount of alcohol enters the body.
ELEOTIN® is made from 100% all-natural ingredients and it does not interact with other foods that we usually consume daily. ELEOTIN®’s all-natural ingredients are gentle and mild and usually do not affect other foods. With over 40,000 satisfied customers, there have been no complaints on ELEOTIN® interacting with other foods.
Are There Any Restrictions In Diet When A Person Uses ELEOTIN®?
ll customers usually understand the importance of a good healthy diet in their glucose management, so all users should use their common sense and maintain a balanced and healthy diet. However, there are no restrictions on any food item when a person is taking ELEOTIN®. The only restriction is that they minimize or refrain from consuming alcohol. The reason is simple—alcohol diminishes the effectiveness of ELEOTIN®. Remember; do not abuse your body with unhealthy food or alcohol. Create the best environment for your body to heal while taking ELEOTIN®.
Have Any Double Blind Tests Been Conducted?
A double blind test is a test where both the researcher and the test subject are unaware of who is taking the real treatment (e.g. a new medicine) or the placebo (the dummy treatment). Controlled tests have been carried out in which a group was treated with ELEOTIN® and others were treated with non-treatment. Even though doctors seem to place a large emphasis on double blind testing, it is not necessarily crucial when it comes to ELEOTIN®. Here’s why:
Scientists believe that a placebo would not create a noticeable effect on a diabetic subject. The human subjects tested all had a history of severe diabetes. No placebo would be able to reduce and control their blood glucose levels in the manner that ELEOTIN® did. Insisting on using a placebo knowing that it could endanger the test subjects was a difficult thing to do.
There is a statistical reason why a test with a placebo is irrelevant so far as testing ELEOTIN® is concerned. Placebo controlled experiments are important when there is a statistical problem called “multi-colinearity between explanatory variables.” Multi-colinearity happens where there are 2 or more variables that explain or are responsible for an event and those variables statistically cancel each other out. Since these variables work in the same way (they are co-linear), they statistically cancel each other out. In that case, if you run a statistical inference test, you will get an erroneous conclusion that none of those variables are important or contributing to the event, while those variables are important.
This means that statistically you must conduct placebo treatments until you discover the true contributing variables. But that is not the case with ELEOTIN®; the major variables that affect blood glucose levels are not really co-linear. For glucose control, the multi-colinearity is not prevalent among the major explanatory variables. In this case, double blind tests do not provide additional information and are quite redundant. In other words, present research results are statistically powerful enough to make concrete inferences on the safety and effectiveness of ELEOTIN®. What a double blind clinical test does is not much more. However, clinical trials with double blind tests are being considered by distributors of some countries.
Has ELEOTIN® Been Approved By The FDA As A Drug Product?
ELEOTIN® is not a drug, so we do not have FDA approval for it as a drug.
ELEOTIN® is a food or dietary supplement product and has been cleared for sale as a food/dietary supplement in the U.S. by the FDA.
There are a few reasons why ELEOTIN® has not attempted to obtain drug status with the FDA. One reason is due to the excessive time and financial resources. Applying for drug status takes at least $800 million and about 8 years to complete on average. And this still does not guarantee that there will be success. Also, this additional cost would be added to the cost of purchasing ELEOTIN® for the customer. It would force the price of ELEOTIN® to rise.
The most important reason is that for ELEOTIN®, this is almost impossible under the current system. Here is a simplified version of why: to create a drug that would be approved by the FDA, a pharmaceutical company must first isolate 1 or 2 active ingredients . Since ELEOTIN® is made up of not just 1, but many herbs, isolating 1 active ingredient may be almost impossible.
There are an infinite number of combinations of chemical variations that happen during the brewing and digestion process. There is a strong possibility that it may never be possible to isolate the single active ingredient in ELEOTIN®. Also, even if it were possible to single out the active ingredient, there is a high possibility that these active ingredients would be considered too toxic. Scientists feel almost certain that those few ingredients when isolated and singled out would be toxic when used in large quantities. Singling out active ingredients runs directly counter to the basic approach of ELEOTIN®, which emphasizes “gentleness and mildness.” Remember Bülgi’s principle that we discussed earlier. This is the complete and balanced approach.
This may not be a perfect analogy, but often the absurdity of trying to isolate the single active ingredient of ELEOTIN® is compared to that of trying to figure out the single active ingredient of spaghetti. Even if it were possible to single out the active ingredient of spaghetti, it is quite sure that the active ingredients are toxic, not like the healthy tasty spaghetti your mother cooks.
In fact, this point is well known by the people of the FDA. They suggested that the packages of ELEOTIN® be marked clearly as “dietary supplement.” The practical differences between dietary supplement and drug are:
• You can buy dietary supplements without a doctor’s prescription, while you need a doctor’s prescription to buy pharmaceutical drugs.
• Medical insurance covers drug cost, while dietary supplements are not normally covered.
Has ELEOTIN® Been Approved By Regulatory Bodies In Other Countries?
ELEOTIN® is sold in several other countries besides the U.S. and Canada so regulatory approvals have been received for a food/dietary supplement product in those countries. For example:
• Ingredient Approval
ELEOTIN®’s ingredients or herbs have been reviewed and approved in Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and a few other countries. All the ingredients are recorded in many countries’ pharmacopeias and food codes.
• Health Food Approval
Approval related to the distribution of ELEOTIN® as a health food and the seal of safety have been acquired in Korea. In Taiwan, it was possible to obtain health food approval through which medicinal claims could be made. In still a few more countries, it was possible to obtain health food status. Usually it is more difficult for a product to be cleared as a food than to be cleared as a drug. The safety standards are higher for food, as foods are supposed to be consumed on a regular basis and are expected to be taken by many different people without a doctor monitoring. Even though a product is highly toxic, as long as its medicinal benefits outweigh its toxicity, then it can be approved as a drug. Not so for foods. Having acquired the status of a food is a better sign for safety.
• Drug Approval
There appears to be a few changes in regulatory environments in a few countries recently. Consequently, obtaining the Canadian and Chinese approval equivalent to the U.S. FDA drug approval is in the process.
How Come My Doctor Hasn’t Heard Of ELEOTIN®?
It usually takes a long time for doctors to know about a new product. Considering that ELEOTIN® was introduced in March of 1998, and that Eastwood Bio-Medical Research Inc. (EBMR) was a tiny company, ELEOTIN® is very well known for such a short period of time. Also, nothing can be further from the truth than saying “ELEOTIN® is not a well known product.” According to a survey, almost 100% of Korean endocrinologists know about ELEOTIN® or have at least heard of it. About 70% of Korean diabetics know about or have at least heard of it. Diabetes associations of a couple of countries officially issued special review newsletters.
Of course, when compared to a drug like, say, Viagra, it is a relatively unknown product. It is known that Viagra marketers spent billions of dollars to promote Viagra. ELEOTIN® obtained its reputation with virtually no marketing or PR budgets. No money was spent to “push” or “promote” ELEOTIN® to doctors. One statistic states that the average medical doctor in the U.S. receives, in one form or another, the support of pharmaceutical companies of up to $15,000 a year. Doctors are human too. Their opinions can be influenced by their supporters and sponsors.
In my own investigation, I found that Eastwood Bio-Medical Research Inc. never did and never will give any financial support to medical doctors. Therefore, you can trust that when your doctor recommends ELEOTIN®, that it is purely due to their conviction in the benefits of ELEOTIN® for you, and not for their personal financial reasons. Of course, a doctor can be a distributor of ELEOTIN®, but in that case, it is required that he should clearly tell the patient that he is a distributor.
Doctors usually find out about ELEOTIN® through one of their patients. The patient will usually approach his doctor either before he starts with ELEOTIN® or after the effects of ELEOTIN® have started and the patient wants to discuss lowering his drug dosage.
Also, there are many doctors and researchers who volunteered their opinions and reviews of ELEOTIN® in highly respected professional journals and books. If you search on the internet, you will find many professional opinions of medical doctors and world leading researchers. You can also find these reviews at the EMBR website.
ELEOTIN® has also received its fair share of the media. It has been reported on many TV shows and newspapers. With virtually no advertisement, except for a simple news release, almost 5,000 units were sold during the first 8 months of introduction. It will take time for everybody to know about ELEOTIN®, but in time they will. The average life span of an herbal diabetes product is 6 months. They usually make huge unsubstantiated claims and disappear. Some medical doctors were under the impression that ELEOTIN® was another one of those products. But after many years of ever growing sales and ever accumulating evidence, the attitudes of doctors has changed substantially.
Why Should I Recommend Any Herbal Product?
Most western doctors used to be quite skeptical about herbal products. But in general, this skeptical attitude of western doctors is rapidly changing. In Europe and Asia, many doctors with conventional western medical training are using these kinds of herbal remedies. There, herbal medicine is not “complimentary.” It is already a part of the mainstream. In North America, more and more doctors are also exploring herbal products with an open mind.
ELEOTIN® being developed and tested at a traditional western university in North America is positive proof that western educated scientists and doctors are willing to openly explore all possible treatments as long as they are safe and effective. If doctors review our product and the scientific research conducted with an open mind, then the worst reaction they may have is, “I will wait until more evidence is available.” That can be accepted. Now, there are over 40,000 users due to the studies after studies of experts highly respected in their fields who are providing the evidence that confirms the effectiveness of ELEOTIN®. There is more than enough to convince.
Disclaimer : Eleotin is classified as a health food in the U.S and Canada. We make no claims, either expressed or implied, that this product will cure disease, replace prescription medication, or supersede sound medical advice.
