We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
but for some reason these plant molecules have gotten a free pass and we forget that they're just similarly pharmaceuticals from plants yes they can be used as medicine digitalis is from a plant you know berberine is essentially the same molecule that occurs in the french lilac these molecules are from plants and they do things berberine is like metformin actually but they have bad side effects associated with them that is what we must not ignore
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I think a lot of these plant compounds because they're often sold as supplements we really just focus on the benefits and a lot of the studies or research that looks at potential side effects is ignored
but the side effects of these molecules every pharmaceutical molecule we use in medicine every pharmaceutical drug we know it has side effects whether it's ibuprofen mopol simvastatin Crestor which is rosuvastatin you know carvalo whatever we're using we know it has side effects but for some reason these plant molecules have gotten a free pass and we forget that they're just similarly Pharmaceuticals from Plants