If you take metformin, gliclazide or insulin, keep taking it as prescribed, check your sugar more often and tell your doctor you take EvenOn, because your readings may come down.
Side effects are the right thing to ask about before you start anything for blood sugar, especially if you already collect diabetes medicine from the polyclinic or your GP. This page sets out what the pack, the lab tests and the certificates say, what to watch for, and the exact steps to follow if you take metformin, gliclazide or insulin.
Immority EvenOn is a blood sugar balance drink from Immority. One 5 g sachet a day, stirred into water with your main meal, gives you 11 botanicals led by gymnema (25% gymnemic acid) and mulberry leaf (5% DNJ). It is halal (JAKIM) and classified as a food product by Malaysia’s NPRA, where it is made.
See also: How to take EvenOn
Is EvenOn safe?
EvenOn is a food drink, not a medicine, and lab tests show it is free of 408 common drug ingredients, with heavy metals and pathogenic microbes not detected in lab reports. Malaysia’s NPRA, part of the Ministry of Health there, has classified it as a food product, a functional botanical drink. Its ingredients are plant extracts and greens with a long history of use, and the product page calls it gentle and says it creates no dependence. It is made in a GMP, HACCP and MeSTI certified facility, and its JAKIM halal certificate is valid until 31 October 2028. The EvenOn flyer describes the mulberry leaf extract as gentle and well tolerated, without a heavy load on the stomach, and says the banaba extract showed excellent safety and high tolerance in its randomised double-blind trial (Hibi et al., 2022). A food classification is not a promise for every body, though, so the sections below cover allergies, medicine, pregnancy and the daily limit. For who makes EvenOn and how the formula works, see what Immority EvenOn is.
What side effects should you watch for?
Start with the allergy advice on the box: EvenOn may come into contact with common allergens, so seek medical advice if you are allergic, and stop if you feel any discomfort. Read the full ingredient list before your first sachet: mixed vegetables powder (barley grass, spinach, wheat grass, celery, spirulina, Aphanizomenon flos-aquae), isomaltulose, green apple powder, gymnema sylvestre extract, mulberry leaf extract, kale powder, grape seed extract, banaba leaf extract, bitter melon extract, guar gum and silicon dioxide (label).
One change you may notice is intended. Gymnema briefly dulls the sweet receptors on your tongue, so sweet food and drinks pull at you less, and your usual kopi may taste less sweet for a while. The other change to plan for is lower sugar readings if you take diabetes medicine, which the next section covers.
Can you take EvenOn with metformin, gliclazide or insulin?
Talk to your doctor first. EvenOn is not a substitute for any medicine, and because your readings may come down, plan ahead if you already take something that lowers your sugar. Low sugar is most likely in people on insulin or on tablets that push the pancreas to release insulin, such as gliclazide; if you take metformin, follow the same steps. Here is exactly what to do:
- Before your first sachet: tell your polyclinic doctor, GP or Healthier SG family doctor that you plan to take EvenOn, and show them the box.
- Keep your medicine: take every medicine exactly as prescribed. Never stop, skip or change a dose on your own, even if your readings look better.
- Check more often: test your sugar more often in the first weeks, because your readings may come down, and note the numbers for your doctor.
- Know the signs of low sugar: shaking, sweating, a fast heartbeat, hunger and confusion. If they come on, check your sugar and treat it the way your care team taught you.
- Know when to call: see your doctor if your sugar is recurrently below 4 mmol/L, or persistently above 16 mmol/L for over 24 hours (HealthHub).
- Keep your reviews: keep every HbA1c test and review your doctor books for you.
Any decision about your medicine stays with your doctor. Our guide to EvenOn versus blood sugar pills explains why the two are not a choice of one or the other.
Is EvenOn safe in pregnancy or with other health conditions?
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, ask your doctor first. EvenOn is made for adults, and the EvenOn flyer is written for people aged 40 and over. If you have kidney disease or another long-term condition, or take several medicines, ask your doctor before you start as well, and bring the box so they can read the label.
Can you take EvenOn every day for the long term?
Yes, at the recommended amount. The product page says it is made from botanicals that support sugar metabolism, in a GMP, HACCP and MeSTI certified facility, and that it creates no dependence. The pack sets that amount at one sachet a day, up to 2 if needed and never more than 2. It is not a licence for unlimited sugar either: the flyer’s FAQ says moderation still matters, and people with diabetes should keep to their own meal plan and keep checking their sugar. If you stop, the product page explains that EvenOn supports insulin sensitivity, so if the improvement holds, sugar is less likely to rise again afterwards.
Does EvenOn contain sugar?
The nutrition panel shows 16 kcal, 4.1 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g total sugars a sachet, and its light sweetness comes from isomaltulose and green apple. Count it in your food log like any small drink, and keep ordering your kopi siew dai or kosong: EvenOn is no reason to go back to full-sugar bubble tea.
