Despite its nickname, berberine is not "natural Ozempic, or in any way a substitute for Ozempic," McGowan told FOX Business.
"It has been used for generations in traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine for its purported health benefits but has only more recently gained significant attention, mostly on social media, for its supposed role as ‘nature’s Ozempic,’" McGowan said. The issue is that "there is zero similarity between berberine and Ozempic," he added.
McGowan noted that Ozempic is a "potent, FDA-approved, highly effective polypeptide backed by the highest quality of scientific evidence, including multiple randomized, controlled clinical trials." Meanwhile, there has only been a handful of small, non-rigorous studies, mainly conducted outside the United States, for berberine.
It’s critically important to understand that these studies "are low-quality, small in scale, short in duration, and subject to bias," which means "we must be cautious in interpreting and extrapolating the findings,' according to McGowan.
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