Human chorionic gonadotropin diet or HCG diet claims to promote weight loss. The diet comes with severe calorie restriction accompanied by the usage of HCG diet products such as HCG supplements and injections.
Human chorionic gonadotropin diet or HCG diet claims to promote weight loss. The diet comes with severe calorie restriction accompanied by the usage of HCG diet products such as HCG supplements and injections.
reporter: senator claire mccaskill is launches a campaign into those ads asking those to flag potential scams. sensa is one of four supplement dietmakers the ftc charged with deceptive advertising saying there s no proof those products work. other target, hcg diet correct, distributors of hormone drops placed under your tongue, the company says, you ll lose weight fast. lean spa, a company the ftc shut down for using fake websites to market colin cleansing and diet products. and the popular beauty product company locciton. honing in on the fact people want to lose weight and don t want to have to work at it. reporter: the ftc isic maing these companies pay $34 million in settlements. the in refunded to customers. nutritionist katherine tallmadge worries who they are taurgted.
could create some defriending drama because of the design. you will now see a list of friends you made at a particular date and facebook will tell you whether or not you made the cut^. guys hope i made your cut. clayton: thanks, dave. alisyn: this diet is the latest diet fad to hit the market, the hcg diet, and jersey shore stars like snooki are touting the benefits. clayton: some even claim the diet which combined low-calories with an injection of pregnancy hormone can help you lose a pound a day. a hormone expert is here to talk about this from the age management institute. it is getting a lost attention and the popularity of the show. does the diet work? guest: yes, it works, it is not a fad do it, and people should do it only under the doctor s care. alisyn: i have to interrupt
dramatic calorie-restricted diets. dr. mark siegel joins us. i get alarmed when doctors call it dangerous and appalling. and yet more and more women are catching on to this h.c.g. diet, which is what? it s a word-of-mouth, infectious diet. the f.d.a. is against it for very good reasons. more than 12 clinical trials have not shown that h.c.g., which you have plenty of right now and you told me you are hungry megyn: all the time. so you what is working in the scam diets megyn: and you inject it daily? yes. it s $1,000 for a month of treatment. you can take it in drops or inject it. what s working are the low-calorie diets that good