HCG Ultra Drops??? *insert skeptical face*

hugthefish

I don't usually get caught up in these too-good-to-be-true advertisements for weight loss supplements, but I heard about this one from a trustworthy facebook friend. At first, I thought it was a spam post, and it still may be, but there were comments on it that made it seem more legitimate. The stuff is called HCG Ultra Drops and the news story connected with the post said the guinea pig of the story lost 25lbs in 4 weeks just by using a drop of this stuff every day. It sounds too good to be true, which means it probably is, but I wanted to get some other opinions. Is this even remotely possible? Is it safe? Has anyone else out there heard of it or used it? Am I just getting excited over nothing?

AlyRoseNYC

From what I've heard, it's just a placebo. Also, what else do you have to do besides just ingest one drop of this? Do they tell you what (or if) there are any other requirements? Most times, the drops are used in combination of a 800cal (or lower) diet. I wonder if the HCG suppliers/retailers intentionally hold that part back when marketing this stuff.

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

yarwell

The HGC part is irrelevant, it's the VLCD that gives the results you're hearing about.

Josh

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All the best,
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