Immority EvenOn, a food drink rather than a medicine, serves both stages next to your treatment: acting early in pre-diabetes to lower the risk, and steadier daily numbers in type 2 diabetes.
If a screening result has come back high, or a parent has been told to watch their sugar, you probably want to know what is happening in the body, what the polyclinic numbers mean and what to do now. This guide answers those first, then shows where a blood sugar drink fits.
See also: Pre-diabetes and normal blood sugar levels in Singapore
What is type 2 diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes means your blood sugar stays above the diabetes thresholds because your body no longer makes or uses insulin well enough to keep sugar in range. Insulin comes from the beta cells of the pancreas, the only cells that make and release it, and moves glucose from the blood into your cells for energy. In type 2 diabetes the cells answer insulin less well and the beta cells tire, so sugar stays high after meals and, later, even before breakfast. Over years, high sugar strains the small blood vessels of the eyes, kidneys and nerves, which is where the feared complications come from: dialysis, nerve damage, blindness and amputation.
What is insulin resistance?
Insulin resistance is when your cells respond less to insulin, so your pancreas has to push out more of it to keep blood sugar normal. For a while that works and your readings look fine, which is why it is easy to miss. But the extra demand wears on the beta cells, and when they can no longer keep up, sugar climbs: first into pre-diabetes, then into type 2 diabetes. Belly fat matters. Visceral fat around the waist is a direct trigger for blood sugar going out of control, and even without being overweight, belly fat can tip blood sugar out of balance; for Asians, a BMI of 23 or more already means increased risk (HealthHub). Insulin also helps the body store and break down fat, so insulin resistance makes weight harder to manage. Some people notice dark velvety skin on the neck or skin tags, but many have no signs at all.
How is type 2 diabetes diagnosed in Singapore?
With a blood test at a polyclinic or GP: a fasting plasma glucose test, an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT, a 75 g glucose drink with a blood test two hours later), or both. Singapore’s ACE Clinical Guideline on pre-diabetes (Ministry of Health) uses these ranges, in mmol/L:
- Normal: fasting below 6.1; 2-hour below 7.8; ACE
- Impaired fasting glucose (pre-diabetes): fasting 6.1 to 6.9; 2-hour below 7.8; ACE
- Impaired glucose tolerance (pre-diabetes): 2-hour 7.8 to 11.0; fasting below 7.0; ACE
- Diabetes: fasting 7.0 or higher, or 2-hour 11.1 or higher; the standard diagnostic thresholds
HbA1c may be used as a screening test for diabetes (MOH Circular No. 08/2019), but in Singapore it is not currently indicated for diagnosing pre-diabetes (ACE). Our guide to the HbA1c normal range in Singapore explains the HbA1c bands and HealthHub’s treatment target. Do not wait for symptoms: 1 in 3 people with diabetes do not know they have it yet (Ministry of Health, 2020).
How common is type 2 diabetes in Singapore?
About 1 in 12 adults has diabetes: 8.5% of residents aged 18 to 74 (National Population Health Survey 2022), and 1 in 3 Singaporeans has a lifetime risk of getting it (Ministry of Health, 2016). Around 14% of Singaporeans have impaired glucose tolerance, and without lifestyle changes at least 35% of people with pre-diabetes progress to type 2 diabetes within eight years (ACE).
Daily life explains much of it: with hawker rice and noodles, kopi with sugar and bubble tea, refined carbs add up fast, and busy days leave too little movement. The guideline also carries the hopeful number: lifestyle changes, a healthier diet and more activity, cut the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 31% to 37% over 2 to 6 years (ACE).
Where does EvenOn fit for type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance?
EvenOn is daily support for both stages, taken next to your treatment, never in its place.
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.
The formula works on insulin sensitivity: mulberry leaf and banaba raise insulin sensitivity so cells take in glucose for energy, helped by bitter melon peptide, while gymnema wakes tired beta cells to release insulin. The studies were done on the ingredients, not on EvenOn:
- Gymnema extract: 90 days in people with type 2 diabetes; after-meal sugar 22% lower, fasting sugar 14% lower, HbA1c 9.6% to 8.6%; Kumar et al., 2010
- Grape seed extract: 8 weeks; insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) improved 204% more than placebo; Mohammad et al., 2021
- Mulberry leaf: 23 human trials in type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes; fasting sugar, after-meal sugar and HbA1c all lower; Kesharwani et al., 2026
- Banaba leaf: randomised, double-blind; beta-cell function 36.5% higher after 14 days; Hibi et al., 2022
It is not a licence for more sugar: keep to your own meal plan and keep checking your sugar. Our comparison of EvenOn and blood sugar pills explains why it sits beside your medicine, and what Immority EvenOn is covers the full formula.
How do you use EvenOn safely next to your diabetes treatment?
Keep everything your doctor set up, and add EvenOn carefully:
- Keep taking your medicine, whether metformin, gliclazide or insulin, exactly as prescribed. Never stop it, skip it or change a dose on your own.
- Tell your polyclinic doctor or GP before you start, and bring the box.
- Check your sugar more often in the first weeks, because your readings may come down. People on insulin or on tablets that push the pancreas to release insulin, such as gliclazide, are the most at risk of going too low.
- Know the low-sugar signs: shaking, sweating, a fast heartbeat, hunger and confusion. Below 4 mmol/L, follow the plan your care team gave you, and see your doctor if lows keep coming back (HealthHub).
- See your doctor as well if your sugar stays above 16 mmol/L for over 24 hours (HealthHub).
- Keep your HbA1c tests. HealthHub’s target for people with diabetes is 7% or lower, but speak to your care team, as your targets may vary.
Take one sachet with the day’s biggest carb meal, the same meal each day, and never more than 2 a day (pack directions). Pregnant or breastfeeding, or on dialysis for kidney disease? Ask your doctor first.
