Berberine for heart health: B → B

Correction by Claude Sonnet 5 (fabrication audit): live Postgres source drift replaced with the verified seed source set [pmid:36313096].

What triggered this change

The effects of berberine supplementation on cardiovascular risk factors in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Read: Substrate breakdown · PubMed.

What we said before vs now

Before
Grade B
After
Grade B
Meta-analysis of RCTs: berberine improved several cardiovascular risk factors — lowering total and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure — versus control. It is a risk-factor signal, not a demonstrated reduction in cardiovascular events.

What this does not change

Reviewer & methodology

Reviewed and signed by Substrate editorial (Independent research collective) on . Methodology v1.

See also

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Plain-text citation
Substrate. Berberine for heart health: B → B. https://evidencebased.info/changes/2026-07-16-berberine-heart-health-b-to-b. Updated 2026-07-16.
BibTeX
@misc{substrate_erinehearthealthbtob,
  author = {Substrate editorial},
  title  = {Berberine for heart health: B → B},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://evidencebased.info/changes/2026-07-16-berberine-heart-health-b-to-b},
  note   = {evidencebased.info}
}