Help With a Research Paper on Fad Diets

newarkco05

I know someone how did HGC (without the HGC!!). Her doctor recommended it to her, and he told her she could do the diet portion without the shots/ drops. She said it was just a placebo of sorts and really didn't do anything at all, it was just a ploy to sell it. Anyways, I know she did exercise while on the diet, she would do some hardcore workouts like running and the such. She did tell me though, that she didn't follow it perfectly all the time, she would "cheat" whenever she went out to eat, she would get a grilled chicken salad (which is still healthy, but goes over the 500 cal a day.) So i do agree with the responses that some may be due to exercise calories.

Acg67

OP lemme help you out

HCG injections do nothing for weight loss and homeopathic drops do less than nothing

Stein et al. Ineffectiveness of human chorionic gonadotropin in weight reduction: a double-blind study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 29, 940-948

"HCG does not appear to enhance the effectiveness of a rigidly imposed regimen for weight reduction."

Lijesen et al. The effect of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) in the treatment of obesity by means of the Simeons therapy: a criteria-based meta-analysis. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1995 Sep;40(3):237-43.

"There is no scientific evidence that hCG is effective in the treatment of obesity; it does not bring about weight-loss of fat-redistribution, nor does it reduce hunger or induce a feeling of well-being."

also see JAMA 236:2495–2497, 1976, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 29:940–948, 1976, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 12:230–234, 1963, S Afr Med J. 1990 Feb 17;77(4):185-9, West Journal of Medicine 127:461–463, 1977, Archives of Internal Medicine 137:151-155, 1977