Berberine 500+ | Berberine HCL & ALA Weight Loss Formula

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How Berberine 500+ Helps with Weight Loss

When it comes to berberine, you don’t just have to take my word for it when I say that it works.

The research is also pretty clear on the matter:

Research has shown that berberine has the potential to help lower blood sugar and insulin levels (with some studies showing it’s just as powerful as the medication metformin).

And it is through this mechanism (and a couple of others) that berberine may be a solution to persistent weight gain and weight loss resistance.

Here are three documented ways that berberine may help accelerate weight loss:

#1. Berberine helps reverse insulin resistance and helps lower blood sugar.

You can think of insulin as a “fat-storing” hormone in your body.

Along with leptin, insulin controls and regulates the breakdown of fat cells (or not) in your body.

When insulin levels are high and insulin is no longer functioning as well as it should, you are said to be in a state of insulin resistance.

And it is this resistance syndrome that makes weight loss so difficult.

In insulin resistance, your body produces higher and higher levels of insulin which constantly send the signal to your body to store calories in your fat cells.

As many as 50% of the population in the United States have some degree of insulin resistance which makes this a top priority for anyone who is trying to lose weight.

In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, berberine was shown to reduce waist circumference, blood pressure, triglyceride levels, glucose levels, and insulin levels.

#2. Berberine increases the number of mitochondria in muscles.

Mitochondria produce energy for your entire body and help regulate your basal metabolic rate (also known as your metabolism).

The more lean muscle mass in your body, the higher your metabolism, and the easier it is to lose weight.

When it comes to weight loss, your metabolism may be the most important metric for determining if you will lose weight and if you will keep that weight off.

With that in mind, it’s important to keep your metabolism functioning optimally and prevent it from slowing down.

Part of your metabolism is controlled by your thyroid and another large part is controlled by the number and efficiency of mitochondria in your muscle cells.

Anything that helps to increase mitochondrial density may help increase your metabolism.

And berberine has been shown to do just that through its influence on the Smad pathway.

Regular use of berberine in conjunction with regular exercise may help improve skeletal muscle mass which contributes to metabolism to make your weight loss efforts more effective.

#3. Berberine directly increases brown tat (the good fat).

Most people have become accustomed to thinking that all fat is bad but that isn’t the case!

White fat (white adipose tissue) is the fat that most people are trying to get rid of when they want to lose weight.

Brown fat (brown adipose tissue) on the other hand, is a more beneficial fat becomes it helps regulate your metabolism by producing heat.

In other words, if you are trying to lose weight or fat mass, you want to increase brown fat while decreasing white fat.

And that’s exactly what berberine has the potential to do.

Berberine has the potential to assist in converting white fat into brown fat which can provide a nice boost to your metabolism.

The Benefits of Alpha Lipoic Acid

Each capsule of Berberine 500+ contains berberine and alpha-lipoic acid (or ALA for short).

All of the discussion so far has been directed at berberine, but ALA also has the potential to help with weight loss as well.

And, much like berberine, ALA has several scientific studies which show it is efficacious.

So how does ALA work?

Alpha-lipoic acid exerts its effects by acting as a powerful anti-inflammatory agent.

By reducing inflammation ALA may help reduce cellular damage over time by cleaning up free radicals.

Studies have shown that this reduction in inflammation may also be one of the main reasons that ALA helps with weight loss.

These studies indicate that the more ALA you take, the more weight you lose.

ALA has also been shown to positively impact insulin resistance, lower blood sugar, increase mitochondrial energy production, and more.

Berberine was combined with alpha-lipoic acid because they work synergistically with one another.

How to Use Berberine 500+

• For mild weight gain (5 to 20 pounds over ideal body weight) or mild insulin resistance -> Take 2 capsules twice daily, 2 in the morning, and 2 in the evening, with or without food. Combine with a whole food diet, regular exercise, and intermittent fasting.
• For moderate weight gain (20 to 45 pounds over ideal body weight) or moderate insulin resistance -> Take 2 capsules twice daily, 2 in the morning, and 2 in the evening, with or without food. Combine with a whole food diet, regular exercise, and intermittent fasting. You may also consider additional treatments in the form of supplements and weight loss medications in this category.
• For higher levels of weight gain (50 pounds or more over ideal body weight) or higher levels of insulin resistance -> Take 2 capsules twice daily, 2 in the morning, and 2 in the evening, with or without food. Combine with a whole food diet, regular exercise, and intermittent fasting. You will also likely need further support in the form of prescription weight loss medications, hormones, and additional weight loss supplements in this category.