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“Psyllium husk is now gaining popularity as the ‘poor man’s Ozempic,’” family medicine physician Enaka Yembe, 52, from Louisiana, stamped in the closed captions of a viral TikTok video.

Does psyllium husk work like Ozempic? Not really. Ozempic mimics a protein present in your own body called glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and activates GLP-1 receptors in your body, Cording explains.