Thoughts on weight loss supplement garcinia cambogia? helping but i want to make sure its not doing serious damage

Lucky you!: If it is helping, that is wonderful. Often it does nothing more than use up your money. As far as serious damage goes, it has not been tested over time or in a controlled manner enough to say. This is always the problem with natural supplements, since they are never held to FDA standards, even when they are tested. I have heard no bad reports about garcinia cambogia except for it not helping.

Probably safe: Not many studies on the safety - it appears to be safe if used 12 weeks or less.

Don't use it: Garcinia cambogia is in most weight loss supplements, and can cause liver failure.It was also used in Hydroxycut which was taken off the market as people died from using it. I see a handful of patients per month with abnormal liver tests after using this medicine. I would NOT recommend it. There is no "magic pill" for weight loss. Diet and exercise remain the #1 way to lose weight and keep it off