The Wellness Mama Podcast

Mara Labs on How to Hack Sleep, Glucose and Aging with Berberine


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Episode Highlights

  • Their fascinating feats - swimming from Alcatraz and the fastest lacrosse shot in the state
  • What berberine is and how it can be used
  • The berberine/glucose connection
  • What ketosis is and how it can be used therapeutically
  • How melatonin affects the glucose cycle
  • Timing berberine for better sleep and appropriate cortisol response
  • Why berberine can drastically improve sleep
  • Many types of berberine don’t pass through the gut barrier
  • What makes this specific form of berberine different
  • C-myc gene connection to berberine
  • How berberine blocks gluconeogenesis
  • Why butyrate is beneficial and how berberine increases it
  • How berberine can be fasting mimicking
  • What myostatin is, how it inhibits muscle growth and how to use berberine to help muscle growth
  • Why berberine was superior to valium as a sleep aid in one study
  • How berberine increases dopamine and serotonin
  • Timing berberine and sulforaphane with workouts and food for brain and body health, plus muscle growth

Resources We Mention

  • Berberine
  • BrocElite
  • 550: Dr. Craig Heller on Cool Hands and Temperature Regulation for Better Performance and Sleep
  • Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price
  • Bible

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