Apple Watch is now birth control.

I'd keep Plan B on hand in case.

• Those who cannot get their hands on Ozempic, are getting their hands on weird cocktails of imitation Ozempic. A reader tipped me off to this report Whipstitch Capital (investments include Spindrift, Keurig Dr. Pepper, L’Oreal) published this week on key market health trends. It includes a slide on the massive spike in berberine as “nature’s Ozempic.” TikTok calls it “natures ozempyyy” and many users swear that it has reduced his food cravings. Many health professionals say it’s bullshit, and some call it dangerous. There’s some good stuff in the presentation though.

  

  Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared Ozempic and Wegovy in shortage, a designation that allows specialized pharmacies to mix up their own, cheaper versions of the blockbuster drugs. The Washington Post found more than two dozen websites that bypass doctors and pharmacies completely to sell semaglutide — the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy — directly to consumers, usually with disclaimers that it’s not for human use. “This method of providing access scares me,” David Kessler, a former FDA commissioner, said of the gold rush, which is putting weight-loss medications into the hands of patients who often don’t know their original source and pedigree. “Problems are going to happen.”

• In 2020 Sam Hine profiled Zack Bia for GQ. It’s 2023 and he profiled him again for GQ. Traffic is traffic!

• Sephora is going hard on tech products. Today they launched 13 products from HigherDose including an Infrared Sauna Blanket, Infrared PEMF Go Mat, Red Light Face Mask, Red Light Neck Enhancer, Infrared Sauna Blanket Insert, Sauna Blanket Bag and Supercharge Copper Body Brush.