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The Guardian - US
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Eric Berger

TikTok users are calling berberine ‘nature’s Ozempic’ – but is it a fad?

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Berberine comes from the root and bark of several plants and has been used in China as a medicinal herb since ancient times. Photograph: DimaSobko/Getty Images/iStockphoto

When Savannah Crosby started posting videos on TikTok about using berberine, a dietary supplement, for weight loss, she had about 500 followers.

About two months later, Crosby now has more than 21,000.

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