The HCG diet is widely considered to be an extremely unhealthy approach to weight loss. It was created in the 1950s when British physician Albert Simeons started to promote the diet for weight loss.

[They also] lack essential nutrients and [are] not sustainable for long-term weight loss." The hCG diet takes calorie restriction to the extreme. Shapiro explains that this diet allows the consumption ...

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