The hunt is on for a ‘natural’ way to achieve the same dramatic weight loss as seen with the game-changing drug, Ozempic.
Dieters on social media have made a number of suggestions, including the little-known supplement Berberine and even cinnamon.
But the latest food hack said to mimic the anti-hunger effects of Ozempic is simple; blending up some oats.
The so-called ‘Oat-Zempic’ trend involves drinking a blend of oats, water, cinnamon and lime daily, which adovcates say can help shed serious pounds.
The majority of those who partake in the eating habit refrain from eating other meals, instead adding in small snacks if they get hungry.
TikTok user Fred_ddy92 has lost 10 pounds over 21 days of drinking the oat shake, starting at 241 pounds.
User anna.2490 shared that she had lost five pounds, going from 243 pounds to 238 pounds in a week by drinking the shake twice a day.
Meanwhile User TastyCara shared that in five days she had lost four and a half pounds by drinking OAT-zempic and picking up intermittent fasting.
Despite the hype, dietitians are less convinced that the shake is a miracle drug.
‘It absolutely is essentially eating a bowl of oatmeal,’ Dr Alok Patel, a pediatrician at Stanford, told ABC.
And just drinking this oat beverage won’t give you the same effect that you would find from taking Ozempic.
The drug works by interferring with signals between the brain and the gut that tell you you’re hungry.
Those who lose weight while partaking in this trend ‘are creating a false equivalency’ between the oat shake and the weight loss drug, said Dr Patel.
However, this doesn’t mean the oat drink won’t help you to lose weight
