Hello and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition.

If you're a long time listener, we thank you for tuning in week after week because I know some of you out there have been listening now for over 20 years.

I actually just met with a client earlier this week who was one of those original listeners

from 20 years ago. So thank you to her and thank you to all of you out there.

You know hopefully by now that our message has really stayed the same throughout these 20 years.

The tagline is always real food for real health.

Today, though, we have something a little bit different.

So even for those of you who are seasoned listeners, maybe you've listened to almost every

episode out there, today we've got something new and interesting to talk about that we've never

focused on as a topic on dishing up nutrition before. And that topic is going to be about

this little compound that comes from a few certain plants and this compound is called

berberine. And we're going to talk about how berbering can aid in a healthy

metabolism, weight loss, blood sugar regulation. So we're going to kind of talk about

burbering from a couple different angles today. And before we get too far into our topic,

let's just take a moment and we're going to introduce

ourselves. My name is Leah Kleintrode and I'm a registered and licensed dietitian.

I use Berberine on a fairly regular basis with my clients as a supplement in clinical practice.

So I'm really happy we get to talk about this today and bring to light this important compound.

And I think it has been getting a little bit more traction in some of the media outlets out there.

Some of it very interesting.

So I think we'll set the record straight today as to what does Berberin do, what's kind of part of the hype, but what's actually, where is the

science behind it? And joining me today is my colleague, Brandy Burrow. She's also a registered

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