Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for Toniiq Berberine Supplements. I'll be honest with you, I have no idea what Berberine is. I just like how it sounds like someone horribly mispronouncing the word barbarian. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BX48S53... - ThreadSky

lowqualityfacts.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for Toniiq Berberine Supplements. I'll be honest with you, I have no idea what Berberine is. I just like how it sounds like someone horribly mispronouncing the word barbarian.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BX48S53M?ref=t_ac_view_request_product_image&campaignId=amzn1.campaign.ZWO48EWJ32SN&linkCode=tr1&tag=connorstone06-20&linkId=amzn1.campaign.ZWO48EWJ32SN_1740016687389

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goodcitizen.bsky.social•3 days ago

But 97% purity!

iveseenfootage.bsky.social•2 days ago

Berberine and Berberine accessories

middleoastbastard.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oregon grapes if memory is what it once was. Also gives the trots.

coyoty.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sounds like pure berberine to me.

kyyle23.bsky.social•3 days ago

Berb = 🕊️
Berberine = essence of 🕊️🦅🦜

taurusbel.bsky.social•3 days ago

Berberine is excellent in lowering blood glucose and cholesterol levels and works in the same way as metformin. It removes plaques from the vascular system and I believe it improves heart disease and lowers blood pressure. I have used it for a while now and it works. 🙂

billhookunion.beanyear.com•3 days ago

That is not true

And any healthful benefit would only apply to regular low doses, like as a aperitif, like other bitters and not a massive dose like this

billhookunion.beanyear.com•3 days ago

I should add people should be eating our hyper bitter plants, or in this case sipping tiny amounts in a sort of American aperitif/amaro.

But fixating on specific chemicals and extracting and concentrating them is bad.

I myself dig Oregon grape root to do this

taurusbel.bsky.social•3 days ago

I appreciate your input, but I must respectfully disagree with your statement. Extensive research has demonstrated that berberine effectively lowers blood glucose levels, reduces blood pressure, and decreases cholesterol.

billhookunion.beanyear.com•3 days ago

No, in every one of your research link the effect is small and also aligned with general health affects from eating bitter complicated foods generally. I would point to curcumin studies as a likely analogy.
But really the “cinnamon for glucose control” is a better example.

billhookunion.beanyear.com•3 days ago

Where mild regular diet that includes cinnamon is healthful but moving to high doses in encapsulation hurt people’s kidneys reallybad

It’s possible there is no upper limit to berberin like we’ve found with curcumin but also likely that similar to curcumin higher doses do not come with better health

billhookunion.beanyear.com•3 days ago

But the larger issue is that these studies ignore the primary function that these chemicals *hurt* us and it is our bodies response to them that is what improves our glucoses management or neural pathways or oxidative stress response

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2635914/#:~:text=Hormetic%20pathways%20activated%20by%20phytochemicals,factors%20and%20other%20cytoprotective%20proteins.

taurusbel.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's important to note that while berberine shows promise, it can interact with other medications and may not be suitable for everyone. Consulting with a healthcare provider before starting berberine supplementation is recommended.

taurusbel.bsky.social•3 days ago

Regarding dosage, clinical studies have administered berberine in amounts ranging from 500 mg to 1,500 mg per day, often in divided doses, to achieve these therapeutic effects. These dosages are significantly higher than what would be consumed as a dietary bitter or aperitif.

taurusbel.bsky.social•3 days ago

3. Cholesterol Levels: A systematic review and meta-analysis in Frontiers in Nutrition concluded that berberine supplementation effectively reduces total cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

taurusbel.bsky.social•3 days ago

2. Blood Pressure: Research in the Journal of Molecular Endocrinology indicates that berberine administration lowers blood pressure and improves vasodilation in diabetic rats.

taurusbel.bsky.social•3 days ago

1. Blood Glucose Levels: A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that berberine significantly reduces fasting blood glucose and HbA1c levels in patients with type 2 diabetes.

taurusbel.bsky.social•3 days ago

It is true. Many scientific studies provide sufficient evidence of it being true.

taurusbel.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6434235/