24,89 €
A dietary supplement with three ingredients:
for balanced blood sugar.*

IA 122 – GLUKO CARE capsules are an expertly designed blend of herbs to help regulate blood sugar*:
IB 122 – GLUKO CARE capsules are intended (after consultation with a doctor or pharmacist):
IC Developed and manufactured in Slovenia in a production facility with GMP, IFS, ISO9001 and BIO certificates.
IC1. Quality packaging ensures the durability of ingredients
Packaged in vegan/cellulose capsules (HPMC):
Packed in blisters :
The capsules are vegan, as they are made from cellulose (HPMC). The capsules are packaged in a blister, just like medicines, to protect the purslane and bitter melon extract from moisture, oxygen and environmental pathogens.
IC2. Quality ingredients, sensible recipes, from quality production
GlukoCare Portusana 122 contains carefully selected high-quality ingredients, and Herba Medica also carefully checks the quality and reliability of raw material suppliers, and creates products based on sensibly dosed ingredients and their synergies.
Herba Medica has a decades-long tradition in the field of teas and supplements, and all aspects of our production are supervised by regulators NIJZ, JAZMP, and EFSA, as well as GMP, IFS, BIO E-kon-Cert, and ISO 9001. The products are microbiologically tested by independent laboratories.
IC3. Environmentally friendly production
Purslane extract is produced in an environmentally friendly production facility by IFF Health, [10] a multiple winner of the Platinum award from EcoVadis, one of the leading assessors of corporate environmental performance. This means that they were among the top 1% of companies assessed worldwide. In 2020, Herba Medica reduced CO2 emissions by 2.84 tons per year and is a Green Dot certified company.
* Based on in vivo and clinical studies cited under points [4] and [5] in the Znanstvena literatura.
** Health claim permitted by the European regulator EFSA.

Portusana is a patented extract of purslane. Purslane has been used in Asian and Mediterranean traditional medicine to alleviate metabolic problems, and science has shown its effectiveness in reducing blood sugar and antioxidant properties.

Bitter melon is used in traditional European and Asian medicine to alleviate problems related to poor metabolism. Scientific studies have shown that it contains the peptide p-insulin, which has been shown in vitro and in vivo to regulate the insulin receptor IR. [7]

Trivalent chromium has strong scientifically proven antidiabetic properties and the EFSA allows a general health claim that it can be used to reduce blood sugar. It must be trivalent chromium. In the form of picolinate, it also has the highest bioavailability among the forms of chromium.







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Anti-age in antioksidanti, Energija in fokus, Izgorelost in stres, Srce in ožilje

Diabetes in presnovni problemi, Dopolnila, Naravna dopolnila






Bitter melon extract, Portusana ® – clinically tested purslane extract, anti-caking agents: magnesium stearate, talc and silicon dioxide, chromium picolinate, vegan capsule: hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (HPMC).
Net quantity:
15.4 g (30 capsules x 515 mg)
The recommended daily amount should not be exceeded.
The dietary supplement is not a substitute for a balanced and varied diet and a healthy lifestyle.
Store out of the reach of children, in a dry place at room temperature in the original packaging.
Take 1 capsule once a day, one hour before a meal, with 150 ml of water or our tea.







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Dopolnila, Energija in fokus, Izgorelost in stres, Kognicija, Naravna dopolnila

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II. Premium supplement with clinically tested purslane extract, bitter melon and chromium
V zadnjih 50 letih prevladuje bolj sedeč način življenja, za katerega je značilna zmanjšana telesna dejavnost in povečano uživanje mesa, mlečnih izdelkov, rastlinskih olj, tobaka, sladke hrane, sladkih pijač in alkoholnih pijač. Leta 2013 je imelo sladkorno bolezen 382 milijonov odraslih ljudi na svetu, leta 2019 pa 463 milijonov, pri čemer je leta 2019 zaradi sladkorne bolezni umrlo 4,2 milijona ljudi.
Sladkorna bolezen je skupina bolezenskih stanj (presnovni sindrom, prediabetes, diabetes tipa 1 in 2, nosečniški diabetes), ki vplivajo na nastajanje, sproščanje in uporabo inzulina, ter imajo lahko različne vzroke in mehanizme.
II.A. Problemi slabe presnove
Hiperglikemija (preveč sladkorja v krvi) in hiperlipidemija (preveč maščob v krvi) povzročata oksidativni stres, kopičenje amiloidov v trebušni slinavki in kronično vnetje, kar vodi v propadanje in motnje delovanja β celic v trebušni slinavki, ki sproščajo inzulin.
II.A.1. Oksidativni stres
Hiperglikemija in hiperlipidemija povzročata oksidativni stres, ta pa zavira mobilizacijo kalcija Ca2+ v trebušni slinavki (ki bi moral sprožiti inzulin).
II.A.2. Kopičenje amiloidov
Hiperglikemija in hiperlipidemija vodita tudi do kopičenja amiloidov v trebušni slinavki. Amiloidi so proteini, ki se zaradi oksidativnega stresa narobe zvijejo, zato so za telo neuporabni. Tako se kopičijo v trebušni slinavki in so domnevno eden glavnih vzrokov za propadanje β-celic.
II.A.3. Povečano vnetje
Pri tem so β-celice podvržene tudi vnetju. Pri vnetju imunski sistem telesa napade patogene, pri kroničnem vnetju pa napada tudi lastne zdrave celice. Tako kronično vnetje pripelje do uničevanja β-celic.
Nefunkcionalne β-celice se ne odzivajo na visoke ravni glukoze in maščob ali pa se odzivajo neustrezno. Tako ne sprostijo dovolj inzulina in glukoza ostaja v krvi in organih, s tem pa povzroča zaplete. Sladkorne bolezne in podobna stanja so resen problem in zahtevajo zdravniško pomoč.
II.B. Znanstveno, in vitro in klinično, preverjena učinkovitost izvlečka purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) Portusana®
Purslano so tradicionalno uporablali v mediteranski in azijski medicini, znanost pa je pokazala jasne antioksidativne, antidiabetične lastnosti. GlukoCare kapsule vsebujejo še grenko melono in kromov pikolinat.
II.B.1. Trije izvlečki in vitro študij Portusane®
In vitro študije so študije v laboratoriju na celicah ali tkivih. Vsako učinkovino se naprej študira in vitro, izvlečki teh študij pa so podlaga za študije na živalih (in vivo), te pa podlaga za klinične študije (na ljudeh). In vitro ter in vivo študije še ne pomenijo, da bo enak učinek tudi na ljudeh, z njimi se predvsem poskuša ugotoviti mehanizem delovanja.
In vitro je Portusana® pokazala, da bi lahko:
II. B. 2. Klinična študija Portusane®
Klinična študija Portusane® je pokazala statistično pomembno znižanje HbA1c v krvi po 6-ih in 12-ih tednih. HbA1c je dolgoročni marker sladkorja in glukoze v krvi.
II.C. Grenka melona (Momordica charantia) – tradicionalno zelišče s p-inzulinom
Tropska rastlina, znana tudi kot grenka buča ali Momordica charantia, tesno povezana z bučkami, bučo in kumarami, ki se jo je v tradicionalni medicni v Aziji, Južni Ameriki, Indiji, Karibih in Vzhodni Afriki uporabljalo za lajšanje problemov vezanih na diabetes.
V izvlečku najdemo različne glikozide (molekule, ki vsebujejo molekulo glukoze in tako uporabljajo iste transporterje), kot sta momordin in karantin, ki naj bi imela hipoglikemični učinek).
Najdemo tudi polipeptid-p ali p-inzulin, ki kemično posnema delovanje inzulinain uravnava delovanje inzulinskega receptorja IR.
II.D. Kromov pikolinat (trivalentni krom)
Krom sodeluje pri procesih razgradnje makrohranil in tako uravnava privzem glukoze iz hrane. Pomanjkanje kroma vodi do problemov glede tolerance glukoze. Kromov pikolinat je oblika trivalentnega kroma z najboljšo absorpcijo in biorazpoložljivostjo na trgu.
Patentiran izvleček purslane, ki klinično dokazano zmanjša HbA1c, dolgoročni marker sladkorja v krvi








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GLUKOCARE Tea je zeliščni čaj, ki se tradicionalno uporablja za podporo uravnavanju krvnega sladkorja in presnove glukoze kot del zdravega življenjskega sloga.
Primeren je za odrasle, ki želijo naravno podpreti ravnovesje sladkorja v krvi, zlasti pri skrbi za presnovo in splošno dobro počutje.
Eno filtrirno vrečko prelijte z vročo vodo in pustite stati 5–10 minut. Za optimalno podporo se priporoča redno uživanje.
Ne. Gre za prehransko dopolnilo, ki dopolnjuje zdravo prehrano in življenjski slog, ne pa za nadomestilo zdravniško predpisane terapije.
Dostava po Sloveniji običajno traja 3–5 delovnih dni. Pri naročilih nad 75 € je poštnina brezplačna, vračila pa so možna skladno s pogoji trgovine.
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[2] CHAARI, A., Inhibition of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Aggregation and Cellular Toxicity by Oleuropein and Derivatives from Olive Oil, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Vol. 162 (2020), str. 284–300. Mediterranean Diet Polyphenols and hIAPP Aggregation Control
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[5] WAINSTEIN, J., LANDAU, Z., BAR DAYAN, Y., JAKUBOWICZ, D., GROTHE, T., PERRINJAQUET-MOCCETTI, T., BOAZ, M., Purslane Extract and Glucose Homeostasis in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Efficacy and Safety, Journal of Medicinal Food, Vol. 19, Issue 2 (2016), str. 133–140. Clinical Evaluation of Purslane Extract for Improving Glucose Homeostasis in T2DM
[6] MAHWISH, S. F., SULTAN, M. T., RIAZ, A., AHMED, S., BIGIU, N., AMAROWICZ, R., MANEA, R., Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia L.) Fruit Bioactives Charantin and Vicine: Potential for Diabetes Prophylaxis and Treatment, Plants, Vol. 10, Issue 4 (2021), čl. 730. Antidiabetic Potential of Bitter Melon Bioactives in Glycemic Regulation
[7] WEBMD, Bitter Gourd, 2020. Bitter Melon and Blood Sugar Control: Uses, Safety, and Precautions
[8] LO, H. Y., HO, T. Y., LIN, C., LI, C. C., HSIANG, C. Y., Momordica charantia and Its Novel Polypeptide Regulate Glucose Homeostasis in Mice via Binding to Insulin Receptor, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Vol. 61 (2013), str. 2461–2468. Activation of the Insulin Signaling Pathway by Momordica charantia Seed Extract
[9] Zdravstvena trditev za trivalentni krom, dovoljena s strani EU agencije za prehrano EFSA. Health Claims for Trivalent Chromium in Metabolism and Fatigue Reduction
[10] DI SILVESTRO, R. A., DY, E., Comparison of Acute Absorption of Commercially Available Chromium Supplements, Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 21, Issue 2 (2007), str. 120–124. Comparative Absorption of Chromium Picolinate, Nicotinate, and Chloride
[11] DEHGHAN, F., SOORI, R., GHOLAMI, K., et al., Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) Seed Consumption and Aerobic Training Improves Biomarkers Associated with Atherosclerosis in Women with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Nature, No. 37819 (2016), čl. 6. Purslane Seeds Improve Cardiometabolic Biomarkers in T2D Women






