I just tried the HCG diet. I am one of the very few that had an adverse reaction. I did follow it precisely. I hope from the diet was yes to lose weight but the bigger hope fore me was that my Naturopath said it most often resets your endocrine system and that I wouldn't need to take hormones any more. That was the big hope! But, I got very ill on it. This doesn't happen to most people and I wish it would have worked for me. If you are thinking about this diet my Doctor ordered a CA125(?) It is a tumor marker for ovarian cancer. He did this to make sure I currently didn't have tumors or the tendency to get tumors. because he said that the HCG can hyperstimulate the tumor growth. So, If I were to start this that would be an important thing to do.
HCG good - yes for most people
Hope this helps - Julie