The Claim
Oral administration of berberine at a dose of 100 mg/kg per day for 10 days significantly reduced total serum cholesterol from approximately 4.8 mmol/L to 2.7 mmol/L and LDL-cholesterol from approximately 2.5 mmol/L to 1.4 mmol/L in hamsters fed a high-fat and high-cholesterol diet.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
When hamsters ate a fatty, cholesterol-rich diet and were given a daily pill of berberine for 10 days, their bad cholesterol levels dropped a lot—like going from really high to much healthier levels.
See the scientific wording
Oral administration of berberine at 100 mg/kg daily for 10 days in hamsters fed a high-fat and high-cholesterol diet reduced total serum cholesterol from approximately 4.8 to 2.7 mmol/L and LDL-cholesterol from approximately 2.5 to 1.4 mmol/L.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Berberine – a novel approach to cholesterol lowering
The study gave hamsters the same berberine pill dose for the same number of days as the claim, and their bad cholesterol dropped exactly as the claim says it did — so the claim is backed up.
Score breakdown, mechanism chain, raw evidence, ideal studies needed & 1 supporting studies
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