Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In other forms of the hCG diet, people use over-the-counter products such as drops to ingest the hormone orally. These products ...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:21:50 GMT — The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on the "HCG" diet. "There are no HCG products approved for weight loss, but there are many illegal HCG products for ...

The HCG diet combines the use of hormone supplements or injections and calorie restriction to promote weight loss. However, there is no scientific evidence to suggest that the diet is safe or works in ...

Despite clear and consistent advice from health experts that the “secret” to losing weight is eating less and moving more, it seems we’re still obsessed with finding a quick fix instead. The latest ...

Nutrition experts share the latest science and safety concerns surrounding the hCG diet.

Steer clear, needle-phobes: This eight-week diet, which originally hit the weight-loss scene back in the 1970s, combines injections of human chorionic gonadotropin. Steer clear, needle-phobes: This ...

The recent increase in weight loss promotion using injections or oral HCG provides an opportunity to educate the public of an appropriate approach to weight loss. Two thirds of U.S. adults are ...

Is the hCG diet a safe, healthy and effective way to drop pounds? Or is it a gimmicky, unhealthy and even unsafe regimen that doesn’t help its followers achieve long-term weight loss? Many experts ...

After her first daughter, 51-year-old Debbie Bakeman of Burbank said she packed on the pounds, eventually weighing more than 200 pounds. She went to a weight loss clinic and tried a low calorie diet ...