Four women at my work place have done this "diet". One of the dieters is a nurse and one teaches exercise and nutrition classes
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From what I have seen, all of the women lost weight, two of them over 20lbs. in one month...so technically, I guess it works...at least short term. I don't see how it can be sustainable though, as it is expensive for the hormone pee and it can't be healthy to be at a starvation level of calories.
I find it amazing as to what people will do to lose weight (minus exercise of course). Barnum was right, there's a sucker born every minute...most likely more.
Oh, three of the women got extremely bitchy while doing the diet, and had very little energy. The really fat one was still pleasant and had plenty of energy...probably due to extra fat reserves...she also lost the most weight.