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The Weight Loss Hacks That Claim to Work Like Ozempic

Posted 19 September 2024

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“Dr. Cohen said no supplement currently on the market can lead to significant weight loss. “It just doesn’t exist,” he said. “If it existed, if it was also safe, it would be widely used and purchased.”

Dr. Pieter Cohen, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School who studies supplements.

Kourtney Kardashian’s new “GLP-1 Daily” pill is the latest product to capitalize on the weight loss drug craze.

By Dani Blum Sept. 17, 2024

New York Times

There’s a long list of products that companies and influencers claim can deliver quick and dramatic weight loss, just like Ozempic. There are gummies filled with fruit extract, neon yellow berberine tablets, green teas, even jars of oatmeal and rice steeped in lime water. The latest addition to that list: a weight loss pill released this week by Lemme, Kourtney Kardashian’s supplement company.

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Berberine. Don’t swallow the hype. Or the pill. Is not “Nature’s Ozempic”

Posted 05 July 2023

Berberine, a compound found in several plants used in Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine, is being hyped on TikTok as a natural alternative to Ozempic (semaglutide) for weight loss. However, Joe Schwarcz, PhD, who directs the McGill Office for Science and Society, notes:

(a) berberine is poorly absorbed from the intestine when taken as a dietary supplement,

(b) unlike semaglutide, it doesn’t act as an analogue of the hormone GLP-1 to suppress appetite, and

(c) scientific evidence is lacking to support its use for weight loss.

Reference: Schwarcz J. Berberine. Don’t swallow the hype. Or the pill. McGill Office for Science and Society, June 22, 2023

Source: Consumer Health Digest #23-27 July 2, 2023

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