“Ozempic is a diabetes drug. It also does significantly suppress appetite, and people get significant weight loss taking Ozempic. For those who need it, it works. … With berberine, we can’t be as clear about any of those things.”
It doesn’t work for weight loss, agreed NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres in a TODAY show segment aired June 15. "Some research indicates its potential to support weight management," Jeff Ventura, a spokesperson for the Council for Responsible Nutrition, told TODAY.com in a statement. It’s a plant extract, so the U.S. Food and Drug Administration categorizes it under dietary supplements, he says. Supplements are regulated as food, not as drugs, "There’s no checking of any bottles or any accuracy of the labels, and unless people are getting sickened by berberine, the FDA wouldn’t do anything," Cohen notes.
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