HCG or human chorionic gonadotropin is known as hormone produced during pregnancy. For medical reasons, HCG is used mostly to address fertility issues. Even though various researchers have studied about HCG diet for years, there are no high-quality studies have shown that the hormone itself helps weight loss. Opting for a low calorie diet is likely to result into weight loss, regardless of using HCG.
Severe calorie restriction can make it hard to meet all of your nutritional needs. And rapid weight loss can lead to gallstones. Also, HCG can cause side effects, including headache, fatigue, irritability and male breast enlargement. Know that once you stop using the HCG diet, you’re likely to regain any weight you have lost. The key to long-lasting weight loss is mounting healthy eating and exercise habits not following fad diets.
Some of the things that you should know about HCG are the following:
1. HCG diet is an accelerator of metabolism as it supplies bulk calories to increase metabolism by sweltering fats.
A VLCD throughout the treatment is likely to reduce 20 to 40 lbs in 2 to 3 weeks.
2. Follow the recommended dosage.
HCG should be taken at the standard range of 125 i.u. to 200 i.u. every day. This will shed 1-3 lbs daily.
3. A very low calorie diet of 500 calories per day will enhance the performance of this hormone.
Drinking plenty of water and adequate sleep for 8 to 10 hrs a day will increase the productivity of this glycoprotein hormone.
4. For the best weight loss result, you should be drinking at least 2 quarts of water every day. If you are water-deprived, your body can’t metabolize fat as quickly as it could and you will set yourself up to store unwanted fat.
5. Many dieters choose to conduct hCG weight loss on their own.
Thus determining the correct HCG dosage is imperative if one wants to succeed in the HCG diet. Some would mistakenly assume the higher hCG dosage is, the more weight loss they will get. That’s not true. Using more than the recommended HCG dosage can actually make your body immune to hCG and cause the diet to fail in the end.
6. Dr. Simeons clearly states not to exercise strenuously on HCG diet.
Some HCG clinics actually ask dieters to wait until they are down to within 10-20 pounds of their goal weight before resuming strenuous exercise. The reason is dieters are already burning excess fat with the daily 500-calorie intakes while on HCG diet. Extra exercising will result in the loss of lean muscle tissues instead.
While there are risks involved with the HCG diet plan, as long as you choose drops over injections and choose a diet drop plan, the only HCG diet dangers come from the type of diet you choose and how you implement it. You could have great success with the HCG diet plan if you just choose a good program, stick to it, and consult your physician periodically to explain your situation and discuss how well you’re progressing.
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I am starting my 3rd day of injections tomorrow morning. I am going through a doctor’s office with regular vitamin and B12 injections as well. I’ve heard you don’t have as big of an appitite on the hCG, is it ok to eat less than 500 calories? Im not a big fan of most things on the diet list and my day is so busy I forget to eat or dont get time. I do most of my eating after 1 or 2pm.
Wow, where do I even start. First off, you don’t need B12. It’s just another thing to sell you. Also, the diet isn’t 500 calories. It’s much higher, depending on what you choose to eat. So don’t count calories or you will fail. I worry the people you are working with don’t know what they are doing. Just because it’s a doctor doesn’t mean it’s good and he knows what he’s doing. In fact, most doctors give bad advice because they don’t know anything about nutrition. In fact they take exactly 1 class in med school about nutrition and know precious little about it unless they specialize in it and have years of experience. Be careful.