Ozempic users are hooked on this popular drink — which was just ranked the unhealthiest bottled beverage in the US right now

They’re pumping macromolecule — and guzzling sweetener bombs.

Fairlife’s Core Power macromolecule shakes — beloved by fittingness fanatics and Ozempic users alike — person conscionable been crowned nan unhealthiest bottled beverage successful America, contempt their muscle-boosting reputation, according to Eat This, Not That!

Shakes for illustration these are a “great measurement to commencement nan time without having to beryllium down and person a afloat breakfast,” gushed Elise Ramer, a 42-year-old PR pro successful Florida, previously reported connected by The Post. 

Ramer said she puts Core Power successful her java while taking nan weight-loss supplier Mounjaro — since users request to attraction connected their macromolecule intake owed to nan imaginable musculus nonaccomplishment broadside effect.

But nutrition experts are throwing a reddish emblem connected nan play.

“I put these first [as nan unhealthiest bottled portion successful nan U.S.] because they are truthful highly marketed arsenic a awesome root of macromolecule and a patient nutrient erstwhile successful reality they are a disaster to your metabolic health,” registered dietitian Mary Sabat precocious told Eat This, Not That!

“Core Power macromolecule shakes whitethorn look for illustration a convenient post-workout drink, but a person look astatine nan ingredients reveals respective wellness concerns,” she noted.

The shakes are made by Fairlife, owned by Coca-Cola, and boast up to 42 grams of macromolecule per vessel — but that musculus comes pinch a broadside of controversy. According to Sabat, it’s not conscionable astir sugar.

“They usage non-organic, accepted dairy, which often comes from cows fed GMO maize and soy and whitethorn incorporate residues of hormones and antibiotics — dissimilar grass-fed dairy, which is higher successful omega-3s and CLA and free from harmful residues,” she told nan outlet.

“The summation of carrageenan, a thickening supplier linked to gut inflammation and irritation, further detracts from its wellness profile,” she said.

Sabat besides slammed nan inclusion of artificial sweeteners for illustration sucralose and acesulfame potassium, informing they’ve been “associated pinch gut microbiome disruption and imaginable carcinogenic effects successful animal studies.”

She added, “Lastly, nan explanation includes ‘natural flavors,’ a word that tin encompass up to 100 different undisclosed chemic additives, galore of which are acold from natural. Together, these ingredients make Core Power acold little patient than its trading implies.”

That hasn’t stopped nan macromolecule craze. Thanks to nan Ozempic effect, these shakes are flying disconnected shelves faster than a gym bro’s vessel top.

Sales of macromolecule and meal-replacement drinks surged 11.1% to a whopping $4.7 cardinal past twelvemonth — and it’s nan Ozempic service starring nan charge, unit locator SPINS revealed.

As The Post antecedently reported, Rila Global Consulting recovered that 13% of those connected GLP-1 narcotics for illustration Ozempic and Mounjaro had consumed macromolecule shakes successful nan past 2 years.

But immoderate experts pass that overloading connected macromolecule — particularly nan highly processed benignant — tin backfire.

Dr. Joseph Antoun, CEO of longevity institution L-Nutra, previously told The Post that excessively overmuch animal macromolecule tin raise IGF-1 levels, a hormone linked to accelerated aging, crab and diabetes.

“The extremity isn’t to conscionable build musculus — it’s to unrecorded agelong capable to usage it,” he said.

In nan meantime, possibly instrumentality to a protein-packed ovum — and time off nan enigma “natural flavors” to nan laboratory rats.