Place your bets HCG diet... What will the long term effects

cekeys

For those who don't know human chorionic gonadotropin or HCG as it's known is a hormone found in pregnant women that alters the body while it cares for the baby during pregnancy. Well apparently it's been discovered that if causes weight loss when you're not pregnant or even if you're a guy. It's quickly becoming a new trend along the likes of Acai or that plant in Africa that supresses appetite.

So, what do you think the long term effects would be?

I'm going to bet Kidney Failure or Liver damage since they're the goto organs that get damaged when people do this stupid c**p.

Health_Gal

I am not going to place a bet, but anyone that attempts the HCG starvation diet is taking a serious risk with their health.

Tthe 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.

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 so-called doctor or weight loss clinic that recommends this dangerous scam should be stripped of their license to practice medicine. No doctor that recommends, or even agrees to supervise this dangerous diet is worth your trust, and should be immediately reported to the state medical board for malpractice.

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!

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