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HCG DIET

taml8807
taml8807 Posts: 14
in Health and Weight Loss
I've been reading blogs & watching YouTube videos about the hcg diet. Has anyone tried it? Does it really work? Is it safe? Or is it another fad?

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  • MinimalistShoeAddict
    MinimalistShoeAddict Posts: 1,946 Member
    I've been reading blogs & watching YouTube videos about the hcg diet. Has anyone tried it? Does it really work? Is it safe? Or is it another fad?

    Another fad diet.

    Run away

    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hcg-diet/an02091
  • hungrypotato
    hungrypotato Posts: 1,642 Member
    Noooooooooo, don't do it, I did in HighSchool. It's lame you starve yourself. I ended up gaining it all back plus some more..... Lost muscle eh not fun.
  • polarfuchs
    polarfuchs Posts: 38
    What does HCG stand for?
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    Don't do it.
  • EmmaB332
    EmmaB332 Posts: 39 Member
    What does HCG stand for?

    The only time I'd heard hCG was in repro and I figured that couldn't be what they were talking about but I googled and yep, this diet has people taking human chorioinic gonadotropin. I lol'd.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    You'll pay for it later. Don't do it.
  • aspmg5
    aspmg5 Posts: 28 Member
    I've done it. I lost about 20 pounds doing it, but I ended up putting that all back on plus some. You're starving yourself and not learning appropriate eating habits. Don't do it.
  • laele75
    laele75 Posts: 283 Member
    The HCG diet is dangerous and illegal. As per the Mayo clinic site.

    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hcg-diet/an02091
  • Paco4gsc
    Paco4gsc Posts: 119 Member
    I suggest you read this: http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm281333.htm

    The title is HCG Diet Products are Illegal.

    And without the HCG gimmick, it's just a VLCD (very low calorie diet).
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    No!!!!!!!!!!!!

    You lose weight because you eat only 500 cals a day which is dangerous.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,108 Member
    Pseudoscience diet. Don't fall for it.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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