I recently had a question popup… about bergamot vs berberine. Here’s what my research found, and it was scanty! There was no information about them in any of my old herbal healing books or herbal guidebooks.
Berberine is a compound of several plants. European barberry, phellodendron, Oregon grape, goldenseal, goldthread: these have been used to treat various ailments for more than three-thousand years, according to documentation of Chinese medicine. Here is a quick summary of the claims: it helps with things pertaining to blood sugar, cholesterol, weight-loss, and liver ailments. The number one issue on my list is heart health. It helps with fatigue and irregular heartbeat, and claims are made that it can reduce symptoms and risk of death without apparent side effects. It decreases levels of C-reactive protein on inflammation markers. The number two claim is help controlling blood sugar. Through multiple mechanisms, it may help lower glucose, decrease insulin resistance or improve insulin responsiveness (depending on how you want to describe it), and help increase the beneficial bacteria in the gut. The number three claim is that it helps with diabetes. It may prevent the liver from producing excess glucose, potentially aiding in blood sugar management. It increases glycolysis (the breaking up of sugar molecules in the body), and lowers HbA1c. Claim number four is that it lowers blood pressure – both the diastolic and the systolic. The fifth claim is that it seems to help with polycystic ovarian syndrome, which comes with high cholesterol, insulin resistance, and difficulty losing weight. Claim number six is for the liver; it decreases total cholesterol, HDL and LDL and triglycerides. How? By inhibiting an enzyme called PC5K9, which leads to LDL being more easily removed from the blood stream. It reduced fatty build up in the liver, decreasing the occurrence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The seventh claim is that it decreases growth of harmful micro-organisms, bacteria, viruses, and fungi from the body. Number eight states that it seems to help with oxidative stress and inflammation. It has been shown to have potent anti-oxidant effects in animal studies. Claim number nine is that it slows down the growth and or spread of certain types of cancer. And finally, the tenth claim is that it has shown the possibility of helping to decrease depression.
The recommended dose is three pills of 500 mg daily. This source mentioned a twelve-week study that said the participants lost 3.6% of their body fat with a significant reduction in body weight. Researchers said the body mass index of belly fat also decreased; in that it even seems to help deal with the waist to hip ratio. All this with a supposed outstanding safety profile. Some reports of diarrhea or constipation and bloating were the mentioned side effects.
Bergamot is a citrus fruit with several health benefits. It decreases cholesterol, relives depression, eases joint pain, and acts as an aromatase inhibitor. Supposedly offers relief from schizophrenia, but I couldn’t tell if this was by consuming it or inhaling its fragrance. The fruit is a mix of lemon, grapefruit and orange and is not good for just “’0eating. The peel is great for zest in cooking. Bergamot is what gives Earl Grey tea that bit of zing. It’s also used in candies, desserts, and liquors. I also noticed it in bottles of essential oil bottles at the store.
Just for Laughs
Lexophiles…
An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.
Deja Moo: The feeling that you’ve heard this bull before.
Energizer Bunny arrested – charged with battery.
A pessimist’s blood type is always B-negative.
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
Shotgun wedding: a case of wife or death.
I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
Corduroy pillows are making headlines.
Is a book on voyeurism a peeping tome?
Sea captains don’t like crew cuts.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor.
Without geometry, life is pointless.
When you dream in color, it’s a pigment of your imagination.
Reading while sunbathing makes you well-red.
A man’s home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
Dijon vu – the same mustard as before.
When two egotists meet, it’s an I for and I.
A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two-tired.
Could beer prevent Alzheimer’s disease? Some research happens in the most strange, unusual settings. This was a study done in Helsinki. The subjects were one hundred and twenty-five men, between the ages of thirty-five to seventy, who had died suddenly. The relatives of these men completed questionnaires about each subject’s drinking habits. These researchers from the Research Society on Alcoholism saw a possible connection. It seemed those that were regular beer drinkers had fewer plaques in their brain when compared to non-drinkers. This article was quoted from a newsletter that I have consulted as a good source of information for many years now. It’s called, “What Doctors Don’t Tell You.” You should be able to find the study on their website, the article was dated June 2016. Beer<http://www.wddty.com/news/2015/09/cheers-drinking-beer-helps-teduce-heart attack-risk-in-women.html.
Berberine is a compound of several plants. European barberry, phellodendron, Oregon grape, goldenseal, goldthread: these have been used to treat various ailments for more than three-thousand years, according to documentation of Chinese medicine. Here is a quick summary of the claims: it helps with things pertaining to blood sugar, cholesterol, weight-loss, and liver ailments. The number one issue on my list is heart health. It helps with fatigue and irregular heartbeat, and claims are made that it can reduce symptoms and risk of death without apparent side effects. It decreases levels of C-reactive protein on inflammation markers. The number two claim is help controlling blood sugar. Through multiple mechanisms, it may help lower glucose, decrease insulin resistance or improve insulin responsiveness (depending on how you want to describe it), and help increase the beneficial bacteria in the gut. The number three claim is that it helps with diabetes. It may prevent the liver from producing excess glucose, potentially aiding in blood sugar management. It increases glycolysis (the breaking up of sugar molecules in the body), and lowers HbA1c. Claim number four is that it lowers blood pressure – both the diastolic and the systolic. The fifth claim is that it seems to help with polycystic ovarian syndrome, which comes with high cholesterol, insulin resistance, and difficulty losing weight. Claim number six is for the liver; it decreases total cholesterol, HDL and LDL and triglycerides. How? By inhibiting an enzyme called PC5K9, which leads to LDL being more easily removed from the blood stream. It reduced fatty build up in the liver, decreasing the occurrence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The seventh claim is that it decreases growth of harmful micro-organisms, bacteria, viruses, and fungi from the body. Number eight states that it seems to help with oxidative stress and inflammation. It has been shown to have potent anti-oxidant effects in animal studies. Claim number nine is that it slows down the growth and or spread of certain types of cancer. And finally, the tenth claim is that it has shown the possibility of helping to decrease depression.
The recommended dose is three pills of 500 mg daily. This source mentioned a twelve-week study that said the participants lost 3.6% of their body fat with a significant reduction in body weight. Researchers said the body mass index of belly fat also decreased; in that it even seems to help deal with the waist to hip ratio. All this with a supposed outstanding safety profile. Some reports of diarrhea or constipation and bloating were the mentioned side effects.
Bergamot is a citrus fruit with several health benefits. It decreases cholesterol, relives depression, eases joint pain, and acts as an aromatase inhibitor. Supposedly offers relief from schizophrenia, but I couldn’t tell if this was by consuming it or inhaling its fragrance. The fruit is a mix of lemon, grapefruit and orange and is not good for just “’0eating. The peel is great for zest in cooking. Bergamot is what gives Earl Grey tea that bit of zing. It’s also used in candies, desserts, and liquors. I also noticed it in bottles of essential oil bottles at the store.
Just for Laughs
Lexophiles…
An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.
Deja Moo: The feeling that you’ve heard this bull before.
Energizer Bunny arrested – charged with battery.
A pessimist’s blood type is always B-negative.
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
Shotgun wedding: a case of wife or death.
I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
Corduroy pillows are making headlines.
Is a book on voyeurism a peeping tome?
Sea captains don’t like crew cuts.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor.
Without geometry, life is pointless.
When you dream in color, it’s a pigment of your imagination.
Reading while sunbathing makes you well-red.
A man’s home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
Dijon vu – the same mustard as before.
When two egotists meet, it’s an I for and I.
A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two-tired.
Could beer prevent Alzheimer’s disease? Some research happens in the most strange, unusual settings. This was a study done in Helsinki. The subjects were one hundred and twenty-five men, between the ages of thirty-five to seventy, who had died suddenly. The relatives of these men completed questionnaires about each subject’s drinking habits. These researchers from the Research Society on Alcoholism saw a possible connection. It seemed those that were regular beer drinkers had fewer plaques in their brain when compared to non-drinkers. This article was quoted from a newsletter that I have consulted as a good source of information for many years now. It’s called, “What Doctors Don’t Tell You.” You should be able to find the study on their website, the article was dated June 2016. Beer<http://www.wddty.com/news/2015/09/cheers-drinking-beer-helps-teduce-heart attack-risk-in-women.html.