HCG Diet

skydivelife

Any input on this diet?

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/539255-from-a-personal-trainer-drink-pee-to-lose-weight-the-hcg


I posted on this about a month ago.....yuck!


Wellfitlife.me

Health_Gal

Good luck with your weight loss, but the HCG diet has done nothing but HARM to people I know that used it.

The only reason people lose weight on that plan is you are only allowed to eat 500 calories a day. HCG has been scientifically proven to do NOTHING to help with weight loss or to make it safe to eat only 500 calories a day. It will not protect muscle, reset your metabolism or do anything else the snake oil salesmen that sell it claim. Dr. Simeons was a quack doctor. His "HCG protocol" has absolutely NO scientific backing and is not worth risking your health on.

Any doctor that pushes the HCG diet plan should be stripped of their license to practice medicine because they are being totally unethical and giving advice that goes against the conclusions of all reliable scientific research on the subject.

The HCG diet has been studied by many scientific organizations, and they all concluded that HCG, even the "real" injectable version, is no more effective than a placebo, and eating only 500 calories a day for weeks, as recommended by that plan, can cause more health problems than it solves.

I know some people that put their faith in the HCG diet, and became very ill from malnutrition as a result. Then they regained more weight than they lost. Now they wish they never heard of HCG.

The Government is now in the process of getting all that fraudulent stuff off the market, and it's about time!

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm281333.htm

http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/hcg-diet-dangerous-1428

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hcg-diet/AN02091

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/truth-about-hcg-for-weight-loss

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/weight-loss-cure-dont-want-you-to-know

http://www.dietscam.org/reports/hcg.shtml

MsVJP

My physician of 15 years referred me to another physician for HCG injections. Both are qualified MDs. I have been under their care since Nov. 2010 and had great success losing 56 lbs. Before I started the HCG I was under the care of a cardiologist for PVCs. I took heart meds every day. I had high blood pressure, sore knees, back problems and more. Since losing 56 lbs with 17 lbs to go, I no longer take heart meds and no longer have any PVCs. My knees and back feel great and I have so much energy. I have lost the weight and kept it off.

Also, I initially thought it was just the 500 calorie a day diet. It's not. I tested it by staying on the 500 calorie diet without the HCG. I did not lose weight the way I did with the injections.

So, slam the diet and the doctor who developed it, if you like. But I am a believer...a happy, healthy believer.

Sabine_Stroehm

My physician of 15 years referred me to another physician for HCG injections. Both are qualified MDs. I have been under their care since Nov. 2010 and had great success losing 56 lbs. Before I started the HCG I was under the care of a cardiologist for PVCs. I took heart meds every day. I had high blood pressure, sore knees, back problems and more. Since losing 56 lbs with 17 lbs to go, I no longer take heart meds and no longer have any PVCs. My knees and back feel great and I have so much energy. I have lost the weight and kept it off.

Also, I initially thought it was just the 500 calorie a day diet. It's not. I tested it by staying on the 500 calorie diet without the HCG. I did not lose weight the way I did with the injections.

So, slam the diet and the doctor who developed it, if you like. But I am a believer...a happy, healthy believer.

I hope in another 6 months you're still lighter. Good luck.

Umeboshi

It's an unhealthy fad diet. That's all.
Try MFP since you're already on here. MFP actually works.

jules0516

I lost some too with the under the tongue method...but both legs felt like I was carry 20 lb water bags on them (no swelling-just the feeling) and they ached really bad..my experience-not knocking anyone for using any of it. Just be careful of side effects-the leg thing was a listed side effect-for me-not worth it. I have enough of my own aches/pains with help.

MsVJP

I've made it 1 1/2 years, I'm pretty sure I can make it another 6 months without a problem.

MsVJP

To each their own.....

mzbatson

My sister just went to the emergency room yesterday because she tried this diet! The ER doctor told her the diet definitely does more harm than good! It is a fad diet and can be very harmful!!! Not a good idea at all!!!

Jorra

My sister just went to the emergency room yesterday because she tried this diet! The ER doctor told her the diet definitely does more harm than good! It is a fad diet and can be very harmful!!! Not a good idea at all!!!

I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope she makes a full recovery. Thank you for sharing your story, I hope it saves someone else from this dangerous fad.

budhandy

in before locked!!!!!

Health_Gal

Good luck with your weight loss, but the HCG diet has done nothing but HARM to people I know that used it.

The only reason people lose weight on that plan is you are only allowed to eat 500 calories a day. HCG has been scientifically proven to do NOTHING to help with weight loss or to make it safe to eat only 500 calories a day. It will not protect muscle, reset your metabolism or do anything else the snake oil salesmen that sell it claim. Dr. Simeons was a quack doctor. His "HCG protocol" has absolutely NO scientific backing and is not worth risking your health on.

Any doctor that pushes the HCG diet plan should be stripped of their license to practice medicine because they are being totally unethical and giving advice that goes against the conclusions of all reliable scientific research on the subject.

The HCG diet has been studied by many scientific organizations, and they all concluded that HCG, even the "real" injectable version, is no more effective than a placebo, and eating only 500 calories a day for weeks, as recommended by that plan, can cause more health problems than it solves.

I know some people that put their faith in the HCG diet, and became very ill from malnutrition as a result. Then they regained more weight than they lost. Now they wish they never heard of HCG.

The Government is now in the process of getting all that fraudulent stuff off the market, and it's about time!

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm281333.htm

http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/hcg-diet-dangerous-1428

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hcg-diet/AN02091

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/truth-about-hcg-for-weight-loss

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/weight-loss-cure-dont-want-you-to-know

http://www.dietscam.org/reports/hcg.shtml

Steven

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Thank you all for your concern. We're definitely looking closely at this issue.