{"id":19713,"date":"2026-11-07T01:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T17:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gofitorganic.com\/singapore\/mulberry-leaf-blood-sugar-singapore\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T01:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T17:42:19","slug":"mulberry-leaf-blood-sugar-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gofitorganic.com\/singapore\/mulberry-leaf-blood-sugar-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Mulberry Leaf and After-Meal Blood Sugar: Tea, Extract and DNJ Explained (Singapore 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Short answer:<\/strong> Yes, mulberry leaf lowers the after-meal blood sugar peak: its 1-DNJ blocks the gut enzymes that break carbs into sugar, so glucose reaches your blood more slowly. In a human study, the peak after a 50 g sugar drink was 59% lower than control (Thaipitakwong et al., 2020), and a 5% DNJ mulberry leaf extract is one of the two leads in Immority EvenOn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mulberry leaf (\u6851\u53f6) has been used for thousands of years in Chinese tradition as both food and medicine, and in Singapore you are most likely to meet it as a tea at a medical hall or on a supermarket shelf. It matters because of what happens after lunch: the heavy, sleepy feeling after a plate of chicken rice, or an after-meal reading that runs high. This guide explains what mulberry leaf does to that rise, what the studies found, and whether tea or a standardised extract makes more sense.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

See also: What is Immority EvenOn? The complete Singapore guide<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

How does mulberry leaf lower after-meal blood sugar?<\/h2>\n

It slows the digestion of the carbs themselves. The leaf’s active compound, 1-DNJ (1-deoxynojirimycin), blocks the gut enzymes that split starch and sugar into glucose, so the glucose from your meal reaches your blood more gradually and the after-meal peak is flattened.<\/p>\n

Picture a plate of char kway teow or a generous scoop of white rice. Without help, the starch is broken down quickly and your sugar climbs steeply, then falls back, which is often when drowsiness and the urge for something sweet arrive. With DNJ in the mix, that curve rises lower and more slowly.<\/p>\n

Mulberry leaf does more than slow absorption. It supports the body’s own GLP-1 response (GLP-1 is a gut hormone released after meals); its flavonoids are strong antioxidants that ease the oxidative stress of high sugar and help protect the insulin output of the beta cells; and its polyphenols and alkaloids raise insulin sensitivity, so cells take in glucose and turn it into energy.<\/p>\n

What do the mulberry leaf studies show?<\/h2>\n

A human study of the after-meal peak and a large pooled analysis point the same way.<\/p>\n