This Common Drug Is Silently Destroying Your Liver
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Most people are never told about the connection between Ozempic and liver damage. Discover the hidden Ozempic side effects that can affect liver health, gut health, and the gallbladder, and what you can do to minimize Ozempic’s risks.
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0:00 Introduction: Ozempic dangers
0:58 Does Ozempic improve liver inflammation?
2:30 Daniel Drucker and GLP-1
4:12 Ozempic liver damage
5:25 Ozempic and gallbladder disease
6:29 GLP-1 drugs vs. natural GLP-1
8:07 Ozempic side effects
9:34 How to minimize Ozempic risks
Some studies have shown that Ozempic may improve liver health, but it’s also been documented to cause severe liver problems in a very short period of time.
The ESSENCE trial followed 800 patients with liver inflammation and metabolic dysfunction and found that 63% experienced complete resolution of liver inflammation after taking Ozempic for 72 weeks. Another 37% showed measurable improvement in liver fibrosis.
Most people taking Ozempic are using it for weight loss, not for liver inflammation or fibrosis.In one reported case, a woman started Ozempic after bariatric surgery and ended up hospitalized just 2 weeks later with severely elevated liver enzymes similar to acute liver failure.
Hepatotoxicity is not currently listed as a common Ozempic side effect, which means liver damage may sometimes be overlooked. Symptoms such as fatigue, mild abdominal discomfort, or loss of appetite may be dismissed as normal side effects rather than possible signs of liver stress.
The gut, liver, and gallbladder were not designed to be constantly stimulated by GLP-1. Naturally, GLP-1 increases for a short time after eating, but GLP-1 drugs can stimulate this pathway continuously for up to 7 days.
While Ozempic may lead to weight loss, some of that weight may come from lean body mass and bone density rather than fat. It also does not address the root cause of insulin resistance. Most people ultimately regain two-thirds of what they lost when they quit using Ozempic.
Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 61, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals and author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.
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Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients, so he can focus on educating people as a full-time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose, and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, prescription, or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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| 0:00.0 | What OZem-Pic is doing to your liver that no one is talking about? |
| 0:04.4 | In April, 2006, the scientists at the University of Toronto published a paper that quietly broke |
| 0:10.4 | one of the foundational assumptions of the entire OZM-PIC story. |
| 0:14.8 | It turns out that OZM-PIC acts directly on your liver through a very special mechanism. |
| 0:20.4 | In fact, in my studies, they found that it can actually heal the liver without even losing one pound. |
| 0:27.3 | There was a 67-year-old female. |
| 0:29.3 | She walked into the emergency room two weeks after starting Ozympic. |
| 0:33.3 | And her ALT, which is a liver enzyme that picks up liver damage, was 1,616. |
| 0:39.3 | Normal liver enzymes are under 40. |
| 0:42.4 | Her liver was failing just from being on this drug for a couple weeks. |
| 0:46.7 | And the weird thing about this is how can you have two different studies. |
| 0:50.1 | One shows that it heals the liver and the other destroys the liver. |
| 0:54.1 | Today I'm going to talk about the two different faces of Ozympic, and this is fascinating. |
| 0:59.1 | So let me first start with the miracle. |
| 1:01.0 | There was a study called the Essence Trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine. |
| 1:06.6 | 800 patients with metabolic dysfunction associated with a liver disease that involve fatty |
| 1:14.0 | liver and inflammation. Every single one of these patients got a liver biopsy before they started |
| 1:21.6 | taking OZempic. And they tested OZMPIC to the placebo. For 72 weeks, 63% of the people that were on ozempic had complete resolution |
| 1:31.5 | of their liver inflammation versus only 34% on placebo. And just as a side note, I always think |
| 1:39.1 | it's fascinating how powerful a placebo is. I still think that's fascinating, reducing liver inflammation with a sugar |
| 1:46.4 | pill. Now, that was inflammation. But let's talk about fibrosis. 37% had measurable improvement |
| 1:53.1 | in liver fibrosis. This is scar tissue compared to a placebo, which is 22%, which, again, |
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