Berberine, anyone tried it?

[Dakie]

Just reaching out to anyone on levothyroxin and has tried berberine.If so any pros and cons and what make did you try.

Thankyou in advance

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[radd]

Dakie,

I've taken berberine mainly for blood glucose regulation when I first introduced T3 but also to improve liver function that in turn helps utilisation of hormones.

I didn't suffer the tummy issues others have previously mentioned but these can be a common side effect.

[ForViolet]

It's very interesting. Thanks for bringing it up. A good summary is here:everydayhealth.com/diet-nut...

[Yulia2010]

I've tried it. Seems to lower blood sugar just a little bit. My husband also takes it and he is a diabetic. It seems to help him. I've never noticed any side effects from it.

[therese3009]

Hello, I've been trying to take berberine for the past 2 months. I started with 500mg of Clean Berberine from British supplements and it slowed down an already slow bowel. Because of this my need for food was reduced, then changed to the Thorne brand and haf horrible stomach pain/Ibs for 2/3days. Have stopped all, but will return to the first one every second day at first. It helped with my energy - less drops in energy through the day, supposed to help with gut mocrobione, but that's difficult if gut is in slow motion!!