What is Berberine?
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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 Time: 8:59 AM
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According to Wikipedia:
"As a drug, berberine has showed some activity against fungal infections, candida, yeast, parasites, and bacterial/viral infections. Some research has been undertaken into possible use against MRSA infection. Although berberine has been tested and used in diabetes, prostate cancer cell lines, liver and leukaemia cancers, cardiac arrhythmia, and leukemia, it has not been researched thoroughly with humans. Berberine is considered an ineffective antibiotic, but a minority claim that when not tested in isolation but in conjunction with the other biochemical substances from the barberry plant, berberine might then be effective."
Some sites claim that improves insulin sensitivity and cholesterol levels? According to LeanerLiving.com: "Berberine HCl has recently been shown to decrease hemoglobin A1C from an average of 9.5% all the way down to 7.5% in one study, and from 7.5% down to 6.6% in another study. This change was comparable to the strong pharmaceutical drug Metformin! Berberine's powerful blood sugar lowering properties come from its ability to translocate GLUT4 to the surface of your tissues, with an extreme preference to muscle, even in the absence insulin."
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