Originally Posted by
TheBlackPumpkin
Also, I just need to say, you can know for certain if it is or not. It's information freely available to the public. Metformin is derived from a compound in French lilac.
If doing nothing but eating certain spices were actually nearly as effective on their own, we wouldn't have needed metformin to begin with.
I don't know. There are a number of studies that say Berberine is AS effective as Metformin. Cinnamon Bark and Turmeric are also singled out for a reason. When has the existence of 'natural' remedies stopped Big Pharma from making a patentable and marketable pharmaceutical from Apricot pits or something else very common.