Woman Shares TikTok Video of Dramatic Weight Loss with Controversial Supplement

06:11 PM

Saturday 03 June 2023

I wrote-Yasmine El Sawy:

A woman living in Texas posted a video on TikTok showing her body shape before and after losing weight.

Savannah Crosby said that she followed a magic weight loss recipe, by taking a nutritional supplement available in pharmacies, which helped her get rid of 32 kilograms of weight in 6 weeks.

Despite this, the 34-year-old woman experienced side effects of the berberine supplement, which included nausea, diarrhea and constipation, according to the British Daily Mail.

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Experts warn that there is no documented scientific evidence that supplementing berberine can actually help you lose weight.

Crosby started using the supplement 6 weeks ago, and at the same time, she also changed her diet and lifestyle.

Before she began her weight loss journey, her weight had reached 85 kilograms, and she described her condition as “feeling frustrated.”

“I’ve been doing sports for 7 or 8 years, and I’ve been training for a long time, and I’ve been lifting weights as well,” Crosby said.

“I’ve only been able to find one clinical trial using berberine for weight loss,” said Dr Simon Cork, senior lecturer in physiology at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

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Cork added that this very small trial, which included only 7 people, showed that there was no significant decrease in body weight during the 6 weeks, and some patients even gained weight during the study.

Experts pointed out that weight loss supplements such as berberine can be very attractive to people with eating disorders because they may provide seemingly quick results. worse.