From what I’ve read, the recommendation is to take 500 mg of Berberine 3x/day with meals or just before. Then after 3 months, take a break from it 2-4 weeks, then start again.🤷🏻♀️
If you’re diabetic and trying to control glucose, then every is meal is fine. This should be temporary. But for the reasons mentioned in the video, then you don’t want to take berberine before a workout when glucose is needed. At night, that’s when you want glucose to winding down
They are saying if you are taking it for weight loss take it after your last meal at night or if you fast during the day take it when you start fasting in the AM. If you are a diabetic take it before meals... watch "Dr. Berg's youtube video on Berberine @Natalie82170
Ok so before i saw this a few days ago i was taking my berberine at 4AM upon waking up. It gave me energy and felt great all day was able to do a fasting of 20 hrs. Then for 2 days now i took the capsule after the last meal as he states here. Well the energy it gave me kept me awake all night, however i was able to easily stretch my fasting to 21 hours today and even then i wasnt hungery yet, big change that way. I will take it again tonight and hope i can sleep. But i have already lost some fat since starting berberine 1500mg cap. Thought this might help someone. God bless
I'm trying to learn about this, and if you don't mind, I have a question- if you start at 4:00 a.m. And it's a 20-hour fast, doesn't that mean you start eating at midnight the next night? I work nights so I was wondering if maybe you do as well. I try to fast for a little bit before bed and then a few hours after waking so I can basically fast for 14 hours. I'm starting slow.
@lunarphoenixforyourface I don't eat at 4am I wait. so I try to not eat until 1pm and have 4 hrs to eat before I start my fast. that being said I also switch it up sometimes I don't eat till 3pm . I used to work different shifts in my career so the switching comes easier for a night shifter or imo.
Everyone is different; that said, berberine can actually cause sleepiness, it has a sedative effect. I haven't noticed any difference no matter when I take it but I've just been taking regular berberine. I just received his Berberine Hydrochloride and on the bottle it just says to take three capsules daily--unfortunately I'm about to head out for a 5-mile walk. 😂
I started taking it for leaky gut. I worked up to the recommended amount on bottle 2 at each substantial food intake / meal. It’s really working- it’s really working!! Yaaay!!!!
About a year ago, I dropped about 15 lbs in 3 weeks taking berberine at every meal. The only bad thing is that my muscles became very sore, as if they weren't healing totally from my workouts. I just started Berberine again, this time I'm just going to take it during my second meal of the day.
Best to eat once a day . Don’t follow the crowd. Humans were not designed to constantly eat every few hours. That’s why everyone sick. Especially eating crap food Dead from grocery store.
When I was listening to one of Dr. Huberman‘s podcast, they said that it actually does not increase autophagy if you work out during a fasting state. I have been working out during a fasting state for several years. I can’t even go for a run or begin a work out with at least having 12 hours into my fast.
@@HH-gv8mxI think what they mean is that the workout helps to get into autophagy faster than without it. Your blood sugar has to lower back down and you have to be in ketosis for a couple of hours before autophagy begins to take place. Working out in a fasted state will definitely have an effect on ketone production.
It is omnipotent anti cancer agent, it blocks multiple pathways, deals with disrupting cancer cell glucose intake and is an essentail natural tool for fighting cancer and prevention.
@@ketokarbs3671 It is the esssence of it, but if you want more then go pubmed it yourself and read. There is also a great book by Jane McLelland - Starving Cancer where she goews deep into it all.
excellent!! You don't waste a person's time like almost all videos, just too the point, concise and digestible. Thank you!! Keen to see your other videos.
I learned of this stuff on a Dr. Huberman video, and he sort of recommends taking it just before your last meal, as it can get you into a fasted state maybe a couple hours quicker and even improve the benefits you get from sleeping.
I just started taking it after my biggest meal is at night . I fast all day and then I work out and then I have dinner. And then I try to go to bed but sometimes I work out so hard I get up in the middle of the night and I start eating fruit and bananas and nuts and raisins etc. So I just take it right after my last meal right before bed.
Yes I watched that video. This video is a bit confusing. Don’t you fast while you sleep….so I would not be starting my fast in the morning. Morning would be a continuation of my fast. I think evening would be the best time. I hope I understand how this works.
@@user-fn1vh8qo7d I’ve been taking it for a month now I actually gained weight with it the most wait I have end in 9 months and it made me constipated. 🤷♀ I take it a half an hour before my last meal, which is before bed
Did you notice any change to your appetite? Does it supress hunger? Did you notice any weight loss? Why does this make sb. sleepy? I dont think it lowers cortisol, at least thats not what i was able to find through research.. I´d like to take it but i need more energy and want to lose the last lbs to my dream weight. Any insight?
@@madlenj.4644 I just started taking it and my biggest meal is at night because I fast all day and then I work out and then I have dinner. And then I try to go to bed but sometimes I work out so hard I get up in the middle of the night and I started. So I just take it right after my last meal right before bed.
If the point of Berberine is to reduce insulin then why would you take it when not eating since insulin is not released in the absence of food, in particular carbohydrates
Don't assume that not eating carbs means your blood sugar isn't going up. I am not diabetic. Not even close. But even with no carbs my blood sugar will go up. For me, the difference with carbs means it goes up longer. I use a continuous glucose monitor to see what's actually going on and with no more than 10 net carbs or 20 total carbs per day, omad, my blood sugar stays within a 30 point range of 70-100 without anything crazy, takes about 4 hours to rise and start coming back down. I also figured out that if anything sweet touches my tongue during this period, it doesn't matter if it's nutritive or not, my blood sugar goes right back up to the peak of what it was with my meal. Good to see but it's not as clear cut as I thought.
I’m so confused about this. I ordered berberine based on this podcast. I heard Dr. Andrew Huberman claim that he takes barbering in the mornings before work out sometimes to postpone his fast but I was afraid that it would not give me energy. I already have a hard time getting my energy together in the morning because I’m not getting enough sleep at night. I typically fast all day long and I have one meal late at night before bedtime so I thought berberine would be going to take before bedtime so I don’t get up and eat cantaloupe and grapes all night. Because it always has to prolong my fast for the next day pushing my dinner time even later into the evening. So when should I take berberine? Before workout or after my last meal before bedtime?
I just started taking it right after my biggest meal (dinner) at night because I fast all day and then I workout and then I I my large meal. Salad, protein, fruits, nuts, etc. sometimes I workout so hard I get up in the middle of the night and I start eating bananas and fruit. So I just take it right after my last meal right before bed. Not sure. If this is when I’m supposed to take it and it might take a few weeks to figure out the side effects.
@@HH-gv8mx he answered that question in the video. He said don’t take it before a workout. Take it at the start of your fast. You can also take it before a high carb meal
Good type of clip for shorts. Could you add a longer clip explaining why that it is the ideal time? It might help for the marketing pull you're trying to get with a short, if this interested them, they'd be curious to understand it mechanistically. I'm genuinely curious as to why you labeled it an "accelerant." It would make me believe I can compress what takes 12 hrs to get started into just 1-2 hr with the plant compound?
Good video! You are correct about pre-workout carbs. I have really tried to train (weight train) on zero carbs. I can’t get a pump at all. I train hard, so that isn’t the problem. I can tell a big difference and actually look veiny if I lift with some carbs in my system.
Except if you are going to be exercising because then people need some carbs/glucose to fuel the workout. I guess after last meal let's say 4pm and you ate a lot and don't plan on a big workout. Then you go to sleep a few hours later. It makes sense. I work out all day, walk after meals, go to the gym. But now Im switching between omad and eating 2 or 3 times depending on hunger but don't always take the berberine unless I eat heavy.
You must have read my mind...will be fasting this weekend and taking Berberine before my fast and not before weights...I think I remember you saying this before but liked the reenforcement to my memory. Thnx WWU79
Have you heard of dihydroberberine? There is talk about that now, would love if you could do a video on that and dosages as its much stronger... thank you.
@@annwalker8907all of the studies I've seen state it was taken 3 times a day with a meal, so to get the same effect as the study you have to repeat those instructions. This guy is saying something else, so I'd be interested to see what data he has that backs up this alternative.
@georgemoonman2830 he likely doesn't have extensive data, but is relying on its known mechanism of action to estimate an increased effectiveness when fasting. From there he's simply suggesting to combine it with the last meal before fasting.
The recommended does, I've heard, is 1 capsule of 500 MG? 1/2 hour before a meal. I do 16/8 IF, resulting in 2 meals between 12 noon and 6pm. Does that still mean 1 pill 2x a day?
I noticed Berberine actually makes me nauseous if I take it in the morning after breakfast and I don't feel good to workout the whole day so I now only take it at night before I plan to fast for 12 hours.
I am a natural bodybuilder and did modelling in my early 20s, and have lost 15lbs on it at 30 now, when there is less time to train etc. And im not even trying hard to lean out either, i just do cardio 5 times a week and weight lift in between
Thank you for finally answering my question! I ordered berberine based on your podcasts. But I was confused if I should take it when I wake up in the morning when I’m still kind of hungry, but I haven’t even hit the 12 hour fasting state yet and I need to go work out. I didn’t know if I should take it to prolong my fast. But I think you are correct. I want that glucose to give me energy during my workout. And I should take berberine at night before bedtime after my last meal. Thank you.
These comments are all over the place! High Intensity Health is Mike's YT channel. Watch his videos to get expert advice. Also Dr Huberman is an expert on many health related issues. Dr Sten Ekberb is science based and so is Dr Berg. These 4 guys and Dr Mindy Pelz are all experts who base their fundings for health on science.
30 day challenge. Drop carbs and exercise fasted. Keep moderate to high fat and protein. Once you become fat adapted. And jave metabolized all the glycogen you going to notice you recovery and perform better without carbs. Carbs cause inflammation be it bloating from veggies or fat storage from starches.
I agree with you overall, and have always recommended this approach for the dosing time for berberine, but I do find it slightly stimulating in some way, insofar as I find it can discourage the onset of sleep -- for me at least
You don't need it if working out after eating. You will naturally burn the glucose. It for those big meals when you need help with your insulin resistance. Not everyone has it. It depends on your fa as ting insulin test not your glucose test or if you have a fat belly then most have fatty liver too and insulin resistance
What about barberry root and leaves? Do these parts of the plant also contain berberine? Can I take that vs trying to find a supplement - there are too many to know what is real.
Are there negative side effects of Berberine? If one stops taking it, does everything in the body just essentially go back to the way it was before taking the Berberine?
What about SGLT2 inhibitors? There are some potent OTC SGLT2 inhibitors available....what about an SGLT2 inhibitor at or around workout time & berberine in the morning or evening (whichever is further away from 'workout time')? When I say OTC SGLT2 inhibitor I'm thinking phloridzin, which has about 100 years of data.
Aside from a coffee in the morning , I fast all day. And then I eat one meal . This is when I take berberine (600mg) i have noticed that I’m not hungry really ever since I’ve taken it . But I have not lost ANY weight . Any ideas what it could be? Should I be making myself eat more ? I do protein in my coffee, and protein in my dinner . I’m at a healthy bmi but always gain about 7 - 10 lbs in the summer . Always
Berberine worked great for me for two weeks, then I began vomiting after taking it. I thought it was a flu the first time it happened, but the next time the vomiting was very intense. I'm disappointed because it was really helping my metabolism and I was losing weight.
I stopped taking it as my thyroid levels went down. I have no thyroid (had it removed due to Graves) and am taking Synthroid. My levels were consistent for almost a year until I started taking Berberine.
So I heard that to minimize the side effects of head aches, intestinal discomfort it's best to take WITH a meal. Is this still the recommendation, given what your saying?
I think whenever someone is giving supplement advice they really should also talk to people about some of the negative side effects you may experience from it. There are a lot of research studies out there on berberine and evaluated whether I should take it or not and after reading about some of the negative side effects that could occur, especially with Covid, I opted not to take it at all. Just because somethings natural doesn't mean you should put it in your body. May work for some people. It doesn't work for everyone.
@@jac1161 the first time I took it I wasn’t even thinking it was berberine. Months later I tried it again and related that’s what was causing it ,the only thing I could pinpoint was their berberin. Never went to the ER. Just eventually passed on its own .
Yeah I don't understand this video. "Take it when you start your fast" So I take it with my last meal? What defines the start of a fast ffs. This video left me with more questions
Is it possible it made me go on a second period a week after my real one? I can not think of any other reason. This is the first time it happens. I am anemic already I can't afford to lose more blood.
QUESTION: no one seems to be answering this one or maybe im just missing it. in the morning blood sugar is usually higher for me, 100-120. i usually dont eat anything for 5-6 hours after waking. i have just started taking berberine and looking for a good time to dose. logic tells me that spiked morning glucose could be helped with it BUT its said to take it with a meal. these times conflict. 500mg at wake up and a few hours before bed has not caused any noteworthy issues but if im wasting my money in the AM then i can change my routine. Any suggestions? and Why?
Taking Berberine at night before sleep seemed to have cured my chronic constipation and maybe even some gallbladder issues, but I did notice that it may interfere with stomach acid. I am wondering if it is a stomach acid reducer and may interfere with option absorption of nutrients if you take it too close to a meal. I try now to take if about 3 hours after a meal.
Stopped taking berberine after 3 days. It gave me a terrible headache and nausea. I took it as per label instructions...1 tablet after lunch and 1 tablet after supper. Didn't work for me unfortunately.😢 Each tablet 250mg
When should I take berberine when I'm working out and want to take full advantage of my pre and post workout meals? I work from 08:00 - 17:00 and than go directly to the gym.
You don't need it if working out after eating. You will naturally burn the glucose. It for those big meals when you need help with your insulin resistance. Not everyone has it. It depends on your fa as ting insulin test not your glucose test or if you have a fat belly then most have fatty liver too and insulin resistance
Yes, I was a little confused also, but what he means regarding fasting is to take berberine with the last meal before you start your fast. So technically you are taking it while having food in your stomach.
How does it manifest as an accelerant. I generally fast 20 hours a day and often do ADF where I fast for 40hrs would I take berberine on my fast day as well?
I can't tolerate berberine, neither ALA. I tried and almost passed out. I guess my blood sugar dropped too low. I for a long time have suspect diabetes. But the test come negative.
