The Claim
In adults with schizophrenia and metabolic syndrome on antipsychotics, adjunctive berberine (600 mg/day for 12 weeks) reduces low-density lipoprotein cholesterol by 0.52 mmol/L and total cholesterol by 0.58 mmol/L compared to placebo, with large effect sizes (d=1.19 and d=1.31), indicating significant improvement in atherogenic lipid profiles.
What the research says
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In adults with schizophrenia and metabolic syndrome taking antipsychotic medication, taking 600 mg of berberine daily for 12 weeks lowers low-density lipoprotein cholesterol by 0.52 mmol/L and total cholesterol by 0.58 mmol/L compared to a placebo.
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In adults with schizophrenia and metabolic syndrome on antipsychotics, adjunctive berberine (600 mg/day for 12 weeks) reduces low-density lipoprotein cholesterol by 0.52 mmol/L and total cholesterol by 0.58 mmol/L compared to placebo, with large effect sizes (d=1.19 and d=1.31), indicating significant improvement in atherogenic lipid profiles.
Berberine enters the body and turns on a key metabolic switch called AMPK in the liver and fat cells. This switch shuts down the production of new fats and cholesterol in the liver, while also helping muscle cells take up more sugar from the blood. As a result, less cholesterol builds up in the bloodstream, and bad cholesterol levels drop.
What the research says
1 studyIn people with schizophrenia who gained weight and have high cholesterol from their meds, taking 600 mg of berberine daily for 12 weeks lowered their bad cholesterol (LDL) and total cholesterol a lot more than a sugar pill did — and it didn’t make their mental symptoms worse.
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