I am Eric Bakker, a Naturopath.
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Here to talk about berberine.
So berberine is basically an ingredient found in different types of plants, all right?
Particularly plants like goldenseal, okay?
Golden thread.
Berberis vulgaris.
I think it's Barberry.
So there are various plants that contain this compound called berberine.
Now, berberine is one of the closest things in natural medicine that you'll get to in
a kind of antibiotic-like behavior, all right?
It's works very well like an antibiotic, but it doesn't destroy all the good bacteria in
your gut.
Now, people say to me often, "How do you know that?
How is that possible?
Where's this knowledge coming from?
You're talking to any of your backside.
You're saying things that you shouldn't be saying."
Well, I can say it based on the reports I've looked at.
Many stool test reports from various companies.
Not just from doctor's data, but many different companies.
I've looked at stool test reports.
German labs, Swiss labs, American labs, Australian labs.
I've Looked at lots of different reports.
And I've seen consistently, when berberine's taking properly, and not overdose, it does
not destroy the good bacteria, all right?
So, which I'm quite happy with.
But a couple of tips with berberine.
Don't take it any longer than two to three weeks by itself.
If it's part of a formula and balanced, you can take it for longer.
Because it can overstimulate the mucus membranes.
Also, berberine should not be taken by those who are pregnant, all right?
So, here's four points I've written down, I'm going to expand on, on why I like berberine.
It's great for SIBO.
It's great for IBS.
It's fantastic, also, for candida, and also parasites.
Several studies I've looked at, confirm that berberine does in fact work on various different
types of parasites; Entamoeba histolytica, Leishmania.
There are various parasites that are just nails.
It's good for that, so.
But it works on a broad, wide range of overgrowth and imbalances in the body.
So what I like, point number one, is it enhances the activity of antifungal.
Now, most people with SIBO, okay, will have, obviously, a bacterial imbalance.
And many people with SIBO, if uncontrolled, can lead on and create a big candida problem
as well.
People with SIBO can also potentially have parasites in their gut.
They can have overgrowths of yeasts, parasites, and bacteria.
But all the SIBO doctors do is look at bacteria.
Again, that's very one sided, because the gut doesn't work like that.
So when you take a formula for SIBO, really, it really should have something in it that's
going to work on parasites and fungus at the same time.
It makes sense.
A lot of sense.
So berberine enhances the activity of antifungals, especially undecylenic acid and caprylic acid.
It has a really good effect on enhancing that activity even more.
So when you take undecylenic acid, like Thorne Research SF722, for example, if you take that
product on its own, it's going to do squat for the bacteria, okay?
It's a bit like taking an antibiotic and expecting it to wipe out the viruses.
If a doctor gives you an antibiotic, we know it does nothing for viruses, but it does destroy
bacteria, okay?
Now you probably know, I've told you before in a video, well, probably a thousand videos
previous to this one, when antibiotics were first designed by the medical profession,
they actually an antifungal component with them because doctors worked out, okay, that
if you treated somebody with an antibiotic, the funguses, or candida, will start growing.
So you need an antifungal there.
So don't take berberine on its own, okay?
Be very careful not to take it longer than two weeks.
And preferably, not just by itself.
It's best if you take some type of antifungal with it.
Now you understand why, all right?
Point two, works in the background, okay?
It works on bacteria, and parasites, and fungus.
But it works particularly good when you partner it up with garlic, all right?
So if you read my book, I talk about shotguns and rifles in the Candida Crusher.
I'm not going to expand on that.
But if you've got Candida Crusher, just go to the search bar type in berberine, right
what I've written there about using combinations of different antifungals, antimicrobials,
and some of the best effects you'll get.
This is born out of experience with me working with all of these herbal medicines for a long
time, with many people, all right?
The third point, enhances mucus membrane support.
So berberine is quite bitter, all right?
If you look at herb like goldenseal, a very bitter herb full of berberine.
Now when you take that internally, you're going to start secreting, okay, secretions
from the mucus membranes, right throughout the gut, but also the vaginal area.
Okay?
The throat, the nasal pharyngeal region.
These areas are all positively affected by the effects of berberine.
So it enhances mucus membranes, which is very, very good if you've got a bacterial or a yeast
problem, is to keep working on cleansing the mucus membranes, because it's like a detox,
all right?
The fourth point is berberine, because it's bitter, is a liver tonic.
So it allows your body to secrete toxic bile, which is exactly what you want to do when
you're cleaning the body.
I mean, does an antibiotic from the doctor, like say, penicillin, does that help secrete
toxic bile?
Does that enhance mucus membrane support?
No, no, no, no, no.
All it does is it wipes out bacteria, okay?
It's a bit like dropping a bomb.
So that's why I'm not a fan of antibiotics from the pharmaceutical people.
Why I'm more keen on things like berberine, okay?
Berberine's been used for centuries.
The American Indians used goldenseal effectively for all kinds of bites and cuts and things
like that.
And they use the beautiful plant, of course, for dying things a bright, golden yellow,
where the word goldenseal comes from.
So, it's a fantastic herb.
Hydrastis canadensis.
Lives up, I think, up close to Canada, as well, so.
But yeah, but that's my story on berberine.
It's really good.
If you're taking a formula for SIBO or candida, please make sure that there's berberine in
it and don't take lots of berberine for more than two weeks, as you'll get pretty sick.
Thanks for tuning in.