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    The Dr. Madeira Show · Episode 28

    Berberine, ashwagandha and botanical medicine

    The research behind berberine for longevity, ashwagandha for strength, and botanical medicine.

    With Professor Kerry Bone · 65 min ·

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    In this episode

    • Research on berberine and how it compares with metformin in studies of aging
    • Research on ashwagandha and muscle strength
    • How some herbs act on cellular energy pathways (AMPK and mTOR)
    • Quality control problems in the herbal supplement market

    About the guest

    Professor Kerry Bone is an herbal medicine researcher, author of around 40 scientific papers on herbal research, and co-founder of MediHerb.

    About the host

    Dr. Sam Madeira, NMD is a licensed naturopathic physician in Arizona, Montana and Washington, focused on environmental medicine and complex chronic illness. Learn more about this topic: How care works →

    Podcast episodes are educational conversations and reflect the views of the speakers at the time they were recorded. They are not individual medical advice.

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