Why fork over thousands of dollars a month for prescription weight loss jabs when store-bought supplements claim to have the same effect?

The demand for weight loss medications are on the rise, and now, “natural” GLP-1s are being marketed to help you lose weight. Doctors share the benefits and risks.

The products are being advertised as more affordable alternatives to blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Here’s what doctors think about them.

GLP-1 supplements are advertised as a cheaper alternative to weight loss with Ozempic or Wegovy. Doctors explain if they help people lose weight and are safe.

Prescribed medications like Ozempic and Wegovy can be expensive and hard to find, leading to a rise in popularity of natural weight-loss alternatives — but do they really work, and are they safe? NBC’s Emilie Ikeda reports and gastroenterologist Dr.