HCG DIET - A RISKY WEIGHST TREND

Obesity reaching the culmination of all times, dieters, desperate, can risk their health to take off the pounds with this controversial HCG diet. This madness that began in the years 1950-1960 - and is now the latest trend for weight loss - diet so involves daily injections of human chorionic gonadotropin (initials as HCG) combined with extreme caloric restrictions. Women all over America are crowding to doctors' offices and clinics to spend up to $ 1.100 per month for a medical visit, a portion of hormone and syringes to inject themselves.

A cheaper version of the HCG diet, assiduously promoted on the Internet, using HCG drops, sprays, or sucking tablets that claim to be "homeopathic". Both versions of the diet produced healthcare debates.
 

What does the homeopathic drops and sprays contain?

Tablets and "homeopathic" drops claim to contain an oral version of HCG. These products, which are also sold in pharmacies and general nutrition centers usually, promise dramatic weight loss (in combination with a diet low in calories). Such claims are both fraudulent and illegal as well. Only approved drugs may have medical claims, which must be sustained by clinical studies. Drops, sprays and additional oral versions of HCG are not approved.

It was also reported that while some of these products claim to be homeopathic are not actually recognized homeopathic pharmacopoeia, and therefore are not classified as truly homeopathic treatments (much-diluted amounts of remedies for various medical conditions). Experts also say there is no evidence that taking oral HCG is efficient, because it is annihilated by stomach acid.

How does the HCG diet work?

Created by a European doctor in the 1950s, the diet is based on the theory that administering oral or injectable HCG will reduce appetite, making it easier for those required to keep the limit of only 500 calories per day, equivalent of 125 g of "tortilla chips". Those who proposed the diet argue that this can lead to the loss of a half pound a day or more, which is not a surprise given the near starvation calorie restriction.

Accelerates HCG weight loss?

No. Since the 1970s was asked a warning on medicine packages such that the weight loss is not over the caloric restriction, does not create a more "attractive" body fat, don’t gets you away from the "hunger and discomfort" of the diet. In addition, more than a dozen of clinical trials have not found any benefit using HCG for weight loss. Some doctors are of the opinion that everything HCG does is to provide a placebo effect rather expensive, which might make some 500-to-calorie-per-day dieters to imagine that they are less hungry.