Easy Come, Easy Go: The Truth About the hCG
Dieting trends come and go. One year, the Atkins Diet is all the rage,
while the next year it’s all about the South Beach Diet. This year, the diet of
choice is the hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). Instead of portion
control, eating healthy foods and exercising, the hCG diet
is about messing with hormone levels and drastically cutting calorie intake.
What is hCG
hCG is a hormone produced by women
during pregnancy. When on this program, a person needs to inject themselves
frequently with hCG and eat little to no food. hCG is used for dieting purposes
due to the belief that it reduces hunger and will help the body get rid of fat
in specific areas like the arms, thighs and stomach. Many people – women in
particular – are very interested in this program, which supposedly can help you
lose up to one pound a day without having to suffer through pangs of hunger.
Women across the country are flocking to doctors’ offices and shelling out
thousands of dollars to get started on this program.
Side
Effects of hCG
Sounds good, doesn’t it – losing all
the weight you want in all the right places with a minimum of effort. However, the
Food and Drug Administration has something to say about this fad. Using
hCG to lose weight is not a new idea – it’s been around at least since the mid
1970’s. Although prescribing hCG for weight loss is legal, the FDA has reissued
and recently released the same warning they gave everyone in the past – there is no
evidence that the use of hCG promotes weight loss either in general or in
specific parts of the body, or reduces hunger.
In fact, preliminary evidence
suggests that hCG can cause gallstones , headaches, breast tenderness or
enlargement, hair loss, headaches and depression. Many doctors and dietitians
also express unease about the fact that the hCG program strongly resembles anorexia
and does not promote healthy long-term eating habits. With little evidence in its favor,
why has the hCG program become so popular? Some doctors suggest that is has
to do with the fact that it’s only available by prescription. Because of that,
hCG seems quite reputable – you have to make an appointment and talk to a real
doctor, not some quack, to get it. People tell themselves that if hCG didn’t
work, then it wouldn’t be available, and certainly not promoted by respectable
doctors who supposedly know what they’re talking about.
hCG Bottom Line
For those looking to lose weight,
keep in mind that easy comes, easy goes. If you don’t make healthy changes to
your lifestyle in the areas of diet, nutrition and exercise, the weight you lose will all
come right back when you stop a program like hCG. Losing twenty pounds in
a month may do the trick for that wedding you want to attend, but in the long
run it won’t help and may even harm you.
Whether you are trying to find a safe, comfortable and healthy way to lose
weight and keep it off for life, or trying to maintain your current weight, and
increase your energy level and overall Health, I would like to show you how
simple this journey can be. Please use the following link to leave me a comment
regarding your needs, and I will get right back with you. “Contact John”
Thank you.
John Cardinal
Copyright Healthy Weight Loss for Life 2012
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