Hi new here. I am on the HCG diet / protocol. Day 30.

girlonamissionhcg

Anyone out there on this same diet or know of a group on this site to join in? I don't want anyone that to respond please if you have negative things about the diet. I am more looking to share results, recipes, tips and tricks etc. I am a single mom of two girls in Colorado. Look forward to hearing from someone. I will be going on to Phase 3 soon.

Spinelli2288

Yeah, don't put anything on the message board about HCG unless you want to get a lot of negativity. I'm almost done with my round of HCG if you want to add me, I can give you a lot of recipes.

Dianesato

I am in maintenance at the moment and I was wondering you ladies have any reciepes that works with this diet? I would love to share some/

MsKMB

never heard of HCG sorry

Health_Gal

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. Any doctor that recommends that dangerous scam diet should lose their license to practice medicine.

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.

The MFP moderators have been cautioning members against attempting that diet because it is so dangerous.

Please read the articles on these websites before you try HCG. I know some people that put their faith in the HCG diet, and became very ill from malnutrition as a result. It is NOT safe! I hope you can return the HCG stuff and get your money back.

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

http://www.tucsonmedical.com/pages/hcg.php

tchrnmommy

Search the groups for the HCG support. Forums are toxic for this topic.

Health_Gal

Hopefully, MFP will be removing all the HCG related groups soon. They do realize how dangerous that scam diet is and how many people's lives have been negatively impacted by the malnutrition that eating plan causes.

Steven

Dear Posters,

MyFitnessPal strongly recommends that our users follow the calorie guidelines automatically assigned by our site, unless they are under the direct supervision of a doctor. We are currently reviewing the medical literature on the HCG/500 calorie diet and reserve the right to moderate against discussions of this diet at any time in the future.

For the time being, HCG discussions remain an option for members in private Groups. Please remember that even in Groups, all site wide rules must be correctly moderated, or the Group runs the risk of deletion. Specifically, endorsement of purchasing prescription supplements or medications without a prescription is in violation of the MyFitnessPal posting guidelines, which can be reviewed here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/guidelines

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

Regards,
Steven
MyFitnessPal Staff