The Hormone Foundation, the public education affiliate of The Endocrine Society, has published a fact sheet called, “Myth vs. Fact: The Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Diet”, in order to clear up ...

What Is the hCG Diet? Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a hormone your body normally makes. However, during pregnancy, the placenta makes hCG in large amounts. So, hCG is what pregnancy tests ...

The hCG diet promises fast weight loss of 1–2 pounds (0.5–1 kg) per day without hunger. However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deems it illegal and dangerous. A British doctor named Albert ...

Is there no limit to what people will do to avoid proper diet and exercise? A diet whose roots date back to the early 1950s and that has seen a recent resurgence, uses the hormone human chorionic ...