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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Berberine and muscle loss
« on: April 15, 2016, 05:44:38 pm »jumpingthrough,Hi Torrential
What are the reasons you have chosen to take Berberine?
I have had low SHBG 15-18 nmol/L for several years.
I checked PeakT's page on low SHBG and also read online.
The big common causes were: sleep apnea, hypothyroidism, obesity/overweight, insulin insensitivity.
My TSH is subclinically elevated, I will check for apnea in a few months and I try to treat a potential insulin problem with berberine.
It doenst cause muscle atrophy, how did this rumor even get started lol?Hey Euphori
https://examine.com/supplements/berberine/ (ctrl+f ''muscle'')
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20522589 (this one is good, read this one it's a really short study.
Excuse me if I missunderstood the above links, English isn't my native language. I do understand that the study was done on mice, but it's also the only study done on berberine and muscle function.