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Every now and then terrifyingly, something will start trending on TikTok and then doctors have to weigh in and be like, yeah, no, don't do that.

That is stupid. There is no scientific findings behind this. And the latest trend is Rice Zimpec.

Full disclosure, I'm not on TikTok. I have never one. I haven't signed up for it. I just wait two weeks for it to come over to Instagram and then I'm in on the trend.

Have you all seen Rice Zempic on TikTok?

No.

I haven't either.

Okay.

So apparently this is a trendy, bizarre drink, again, that has zero scientific backing.

So TikTokers are pushing rice Zempic. It's a concoction of rice, water, and lime juice as a cheap

alternative to medications like OZembeck and Wagovi. That it will spur weight loss by mimicking a hormone

we naturally produce when we eat. But experts say this weird homemade beverage has zero scientific backing and any weight loss

you get from it, like from drinking it, will be very temporary. One of the dietitians said,

while rice water may have some nutritional benefits, such as providing a source of energy from

its starch content, there is no evidence to suggest it has any properties

that would significantly impact weight loss,

especially in the manner that anti-diabetic medications like Ozimic do.

So be smart.

Yes.

People are going to be out of your playing with their bodies.

If you have to listen to a radio show that says,

hey, by the way, a prescription medication is not the same thing as starchy rice water,

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