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Berberine: uses, evidence, dosing and safety
Berberine is sold as nature's Ozempic, a comparison it does not earn. It genuinely lowers blood sugar and some lipids, on small and limited trials; the weight-loss claim driving the marketing is the weakest part.
Aug 3, 2026
Lifestyle cut chronic disease. Metformin did not.
Two decades after the Diabetes Prevention Program, 1,173 participants were checked for accumulated illness. The lifestyle arm came out ahead. The drug arm matched placebo.
Aug 2, 2026
Mild cold lowered blood sugar. Colder did nothing.
A Diabetologia trial put people in a water-cooled suit until they shivered. In type 2 diabetes, the gentler cold cut 24-hour glucose. The harder cold did not.
Aug 1, 2026
Coffee tracked higher total testosterone but lower free testosterone
A Finnish study of 2,264 people at age 46 found heavier coffee drinkers were leaner and had a distinct hormone pattern in men, with a catch buried in which testosterone rose.
Jul 31, 2026