I wasn't actually being cynical, just throwing out the obvious that does pop into your mind. Please take me entirely literally, when I say "some people" I don't secretly mean that I'm suspicious of you. Of course if somebody gets a great effect from an anti-diabetic agent, they'll want to share their experience with others. That's an equally valid explanation for somebody showing up with a first post like yours, it's just not one I brought up.

No, what I meant is that anything that is effective, will have side effects. There is no bit of human metabolism so simple that there's an effective drug/herb that has a desired effect without probably having undesired side effects in some percent of the population. Natural products automatically meaning safe just isn't a thing worth considering. This is a general caveat to supplementation.

I'm sorry if you took my post as an attack, it wasn't meant as one. My fault though, I can see how you could take it that way.