These lozenges claim to block your ability to enjoy candy’s sweetness for an hour. We put them to the test
Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Stokes/Getty Images. In an email, a spokeswoman for pleasure-thwarting Sweet Defeat lozenges told me that a single lozenge could block my ability to enjoy candy’s sweetness . She also said that the lozenges were “clinically proven to reduce the short-term consumption of high-sugar foods.”
Made with zinc, mint, and “gymnema leaf extract,” the lozenges are supposed to block the tongue’s sweetness receptors. The company suggests consuming them “immediately after any meal or snack.” The gymnema plant, a.k.a. Gymnema sylvestere, is a woody vine native to India, Africa, and Australia. The leaf extract is used in Ayurvedic medicine, and in Hindi the plant’s common name, gurmar, means “sugar destroyer.” Gymnema extract is supposed to suppress only the sensation of sweetness, leaving salty, sour, and bitter receptors alone.
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