HCG diet safe?

No doctor worth trusting would EVER condone or promote the fraud HCG starvation diet.

Any doctor that endorses that scam diet should be stripped of their license to practice medicine!

Safe? NO> The only way to diet safely is to do it by eating right and exercising.

http://truemd.com/2009/04/the-hows-of-the-hcg-diet/

*bright lights and shiney glitter*

LOL nice try skippy. That website belongs to a company that sells HCG and a doctor who profits from prescribing it.

I asked you for some UNBIASED studies on HCG, that means no profit incentive.

P.S. Not a lick of actual science in there also.

Im not skippy...it's too darn late for that. I browsed it quickly, I've forgotten where I got most of my research in all honesty and it will take time to find it again. All I know is I've done anorexia...and with the HCG I feel a ton better than I ever did simply starving myself. I know my personal opinion doesnt matter because I'm not science. But either way, it works for me, and a few other people. The book I'm reading "Weightloss Apocalypse" seems to have a ton of answers to the protocol and why it works. I havent gotten to the end yet, but just like everyone here can say 'diet and exercise' I believe the HCG works.

http://truemd.com/2009/04/the-hows-of-the-hcg-diet/

*bright lights and shiney glitter*

LOL nice try skippy. That website belongs to a company that sells HCG and a doctor who profits from prescribing it.

I asked you for some UNBIASED studies on HCG, that means no profit incentive.

P.S. Not a lick of actual science in there also.

Im not skippy...it's too darn late for that. I browsed it quickly, I've forgotten where I got most of my research in all honesty and it will take time to find it again. All I know is I've done anorexia...and with the HCG I feel a ton better than I ever did simply starving myself. I know my personal opinion doesnt matter because I'm not science. But either way, it works for me, and a few other people. The book I'm reading "Weightloss Apocalypse" seems to have a ton of answers to the protocol and why it works. I havent gotten to the end yet, but just like everyone here can say 'diet and exercise' I believe the HCG works.

Dead serious this time, I swear.

If you are eating 550 calories per day, you are still anorexic. I think you may be suffering from the placebo effect believing the HCG is suppressing your hunger.

I do sincerely hope you get the help you need for your disease, but this crazy diet is doing you no good at all. I do mean this sincerely, so please don't read more into it than that. Anorexia is a serious, dangerous, mental condition that requires therapy and support to overcome. I know because my best friend in high school had to go through this. We almost lost her before she finally got help. I hope you don't end up that extreme before you get the help you need.

I have lost 80lbs in 5months on HCG. It works; I am not saying it is the healthiest thing to do LONG TERM. The diet is meant to do in phases. If you do not plan on doing all the phases you will gain the weight back because you did not do it properly. People say it's unsafe because they never read the whole diet. I go 30 days at the most low calorie because you do loose vitamins and minerals over time. I would not recommend doing more than 30 days at a time. I would really make sure you take a calcium supplement and a multivitamin. I love HCG and you stay motivate from the results you see every day. It is your choice, it won't hurt to try. If you don't like it then on to the next diet!

...OR you could skip HCG *and* "the next diet" and just focus on being healthy for a lifetime by (I feel like a broken record sometimes) eating nutritious, well-balanced meals and snacks in sensible portions, drinking plenty of water, and exercising regularly.

http://www.ajcn.org/content/26/2/211.full.pdf+html

From the site that you have cited
Ineffectiveness of human chorionic gonadotropin in weight reduction: a double-blind study

MR Stein, RE Julis, CC Peck, W Hinshaw, JE Sawicki and JJ Deller Jr

Our investigation was designed to retest the hypothesis of the efficacy of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) on weight reduction in obese women in a clinic setting. We sought to duplicate the Asher-Harper study (1973) which had found that the combination of 500 cal diet and HCG had a statistically significant benefit over the diet and placebo combination as evidenced by greater weight loss and decrease in hunger. Fifty-one women between the ages of 18 and 60 participated in our 32- day prospective, randomized, double-blind comparison of HCG versus placebo. Each patient was given the same diet (the one prescribed in the Asher-Harper study), was weighed daily Monday through Saturday and was counselled by one of the investigators who administered the injections. Laboratory studies were performed at the time of initial physical examinations and at the end of the study. Twenty of 25 in the HCG and 21 of 26 patients in the placebo groups completed 28 injections. There was no statistically significant difference in the means of the two groups in number of injections received, weight loss, percent of weight loss, hip and waist circumference, weight loss per injections, or in hunger ratings. HCG does not appear to enhance the effectiveness of a rigidly imposed regimen for weight reduction.

You guys do realize nursing women do lose a ton of bodyfat...

P.S. DO ANY OF YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE A BIRD FEEDER???

Bird feeder....corn on the cob...peanut butter...and bird seed and tooth picks.

I have lost 80lbs in 5months on HCG. It works; I am not saying it is the healthiest thing to do LONG TERM. The diet is meant to do in phases. If you do not plan on doing all the phases you will gain the weight back because you did not do it properly. People say it's unsafe because they never read the whole diet. I go 30 days at the most low calorie because you do loose vitamins and minerals over time. I would not recommend doing more than 30 days at a time. I would really make sure you take a calcium supplement and a multivitamin. I love HCG and you stay motivate from the results you see every day. It is your choice, it won't hurt to try. If you don't like it then on to the next diet!

You loss because you were in a severe calorie deficit. Good luck with your lean body mass goals for 2012.

HCG Drops= SCAM!

Save your money. Eat well and excercise.

Hcg is safe but the calorie's are 500 per day. The problem with hcg is if you don't follow it to the T- you could gain back plus some. I did it 1 1/2 years ago and I gained it all back. It is a very hard diet to follow if you are not committed. Hope this helps.