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Burbering, does it really help with weight loss?

Well, you probably heard the news that two of the major weight loss companies,

Weight Watchers, and Noom have decided to market those miracle

weight loss prescription drugs as part of their program.

Whoa, that's big news.

And I'm not going to mention the name of those drugs, the names that will not be spoken here.

But let's get this clear.

Those weight loss drugs work by suppressing your appetite, by stopping gastric emptying

so that you always feel full. And oh, by the way, at least 40 to 45 percent of the weight

loss, those drugs make no mistake, they do produce weight loss,

is from muscle loss, muscle mass reduction.

And if you follow anything about aging, you want to keep your muscles.

In fact, keeping your muscles is one of the hallmarks of successful aging.

So, yeah, great.

I'm glad everybody loses weight on the drugs that will not be named,

but weight loss as a goal should not include the loss of nearly 50% of your muscle mass.

Okay, so enter berberine.

And berberine has gotten a lot of interest as maybe the poor man's natural alternative to these weight loss drugs.

And there is some evidence that berberine can act as a GLP1 inhibitor, which is what these drugs do.

But berberine is much more than that. In fact, I am a huge fan of berberine,

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