Citimax (specifically the Garcinia Cambogia) is marketed as an appetite suppressant. I'm not sure what role, if any, appetite suppressants have in healthy weight loss and healthly lifestyle choices. But that's just me.
Gymemna Sylvestre is marketed as a "sugar blocker". Essentially, it confuses your ability to taste sweet foods--presumably as some sort of negative feedback behaviour modification (if the sweet foods you like don't taste sweet, then you're less likely to eat them in the future?). There has been at least one trial looking at its use in decreasing blood sugar levels in type II diabetes (the one you develop, not the one you inherit), but I haven't read it yet. It is not recommended for use outside of medical supervision, and is linked to hypoglycemic side effects (though I don't know whether the dosage you're taking is sufficient to cause these to manifest).
Bitter melon is also a blood sugar lowering drug (so far, I fail to see how this Thermogenic mix is thermogenic). Indiviuals with hypoglycemia are contraindicated for this supplement. It has also been associated with lower fertility and in the countries in which it is used as a traditional medicine, is often used as a component of abortive treatments.
Tumeric and cloves you can get the grocery store. I'm not entirely sure what their properties are all about. Apparently, tumeric has some thermogenic properties that are not well investigated (i.e. no dose-response curve has been calculated). You can actually also get bitter melon at most asian markets (the actual bitter melon), but it tastes like ass (my grandmother likes the stuff for some odd reason), but even in traditional uses, no one eats bitter melon every day.
Sorry, still no good news about this trainer Sandra. I'd say casually (not officially) that your health was potentially at risk by taking this supplement, given your diabetic status and this drug's effects on blood sugar. I don't know how much of these extracts are in the pills you take, but I would advise not taking them anymore without talking to your physician first. It's pretty clear that your trainer hasn't got a clue as to the mechanisms by which the supplements he's selling you work, and what their contraindications are.
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