
Shawn Wells: All About Supplements & Mitochondrial Health | Episode 06
The Joe Cohen Show
00:00
The Negatives of Carnitine and Berberin
I actually did notice some like GI distress from taking Berberin. It's literally because of the conversion. Certain gut microbiome compositions are going to have a greater efficiency or propensity towards doing that more efficiently. But for certain people, and we see this with metformin and Berberin, we see probably about a third of the population at normal doses really struggle with the gastrointestinal. And I think because of that, you're actually seeing the bioavailability and the efficacy be reduced.
Transcript
Play full episode