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Berberine effects on diabetes and high cholestrol
I am pre diabetic and I have high cholesterol. Someone told me that taking berberine can lower both instead of taking metformin and cholesterol meds
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I took barbering because I have arthritis in my hands knees and back and I had a lot of steroids which brought my HGA1C up a little from 4.7-5.5 so yes it helped but it tore up my stomach like severe heartburn. I never took antacids but I had to for a month and also I eat no spicy food, no pepper,no tomatoe sauce. I guess I’m sensitive. I also take a small dose of Celebrex and started taking that with Kifer. I switched to a Tumeric which is the one that is hydro- soluble technology. I do think if you do not normally run high blood sugars it will work to keep your Blood sugar from rising but if your Blood sugar is normally high I wouldn’t take it. I suggest modifying your diet and daily exercise. Low carb no processed food. Keep on your blood sugar med and just have frequent Blood sugar checks and decrease your blood sugar meds slowly as you see your Blood sugar dropping. You may be able to stop your prescription blood sugar med. By Just loosing a few pounds will decrease your blood sugar. Some people have ruined their pancreas for different reasons so berberine will not work for that and if your a type 1 either.
Regarding berberine and high cholesterol my cholesterol levels always perfect and taking betberine it remained unchanged.
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1 Reaction@bigk The only natural option for managing diabetes and high cholesterol is diet and exercise.
About 3 years ago now, I was diagnosed with abnormal cholesterol values - all were off to some degree. Put on statin and had terrible side effects. Of course, didn’t help that I was going diagnosed with cancer just after that. Stopped meds even though it did bring values down. PCP then noticed that my glucose was always a little high in blood work from oncologist. Explained it was never fasting but he went ahead with glucose panel and A1c was 5.9 so now I had pre-diabetes. I started checking weekly FASTING glucose (all normal) and looked into berberine because supposed to help with both problems. Taking it 500mg, 2-3 times a day depending on meals. Been on it a little over 18 months. Last BW showed all cholesterol normal and A1c now at 5.4. It seems to help me. Now it would be nice if it helped with weight loss but that’s apparently not on the cards for me.