What if there were a “natural Ozempic”? A substance with all the proven benefits of GLP-1-based drugs, but without their contraindications. It would be a panacea — one that some brands and social media influencers are trying to attribute to a supplement called berberine. They’re capitalizing on the fact that this supplement has shown some metabolic benefits, but it’s not Ozempic, it doesn’t work like Ozempic, and it doesn’t serve the same purpose.

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Emilie Blichfeldt’s debut 2025 body horror film The Ugly Stepsister features a scene that is particularly perturbing, due to its historical veracity. In it, the film’s main character Elvira eats a tapeworm egg in order to lose weight. The parasite, which inhabits certain animals and can infect a person who eats raw or under-cooked meat, adheres to the intestine and grows by feeding on its host’s meals. We’re talking about a flat, whitish worm that can measure six and a half to 39 feet, depending on whether it comes from a pig or a cow. Of course, what happens next is right out of a horror movie script.

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