‘Survive on 500 calories a day’ - HCG diet
August 26th, 2008 - 7:07 pm ICT by Bupha Ravirot -HCG diet is a new way of dieting , quite a lot of celebrities use it, one of them is Britney Spears, announced last week which made people become more curious about HCG diet.
“The HCG diet consists of a very low calorie diet and treatments of HCG that is administered through oral suspension or injections. It has been said that the diet actually helps people to understand the consumption of food and why it is important to only consume proportion sizes. HCG is what women produce in the placenta during pregnancy”
Some people might wonder whether it will have dangerous effects on our health later, regarding it’s website “The HCG diet does not take away from your muscles or vitamins in the body but instead it strips away the fat that has been stored in your body”. It is said to help clients to loss 3 pounds per day.
How is it possible for a person to survive on only 500 calories ( 0.5 Kcal) a day, the HCG diet experts claimed that for the first few days on diet you will feel hungry, after the first two weeks of being on the diet, hunger will sustain and you will get full after consuming very less amount of food.
Before considering to take the drug, some might think if the drug really works, people will no more bother about food for health and exercises and is that the best way for diet.
of course it might not, since we all have learn from we were born that exercise is the best medicine.
However, since the weight loss is virtually guaranteed. Sure, it is unhealthy and you will not be able to keep it up, but you will lose weight if you starve yourself.
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August 27th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I didn’t know that Britney Spears did the diet!! Wow. I did the diet. My neice, brother, aunt and many friends have also completed the protocol. It works. Sure you eat a 500 calorie diet but you lose weight in all of the right places and are never hungry or tired. It is the best!!
Hundreds of thousands of people have completed the protocol since the ’50’s. It is very safe.
Paul
http://www.hcgdiettips.com
August 28th, 2008 at 11:08 am
The man who promoted this fad diet, Kevin Trudeau, was recently put in jail for fraud, and all of his books are quackery.
The “HCG diet” is a load of BS. Anyone who restricts their diet to 500 calories a day is obviously going to lose a lot of weight, and become accustomed to lower food intake after a couple of weeks, same as without the drug. The drug is also very expensive (about $500 for a month supply).
There are people who actually NEED this medicine for actual medical conditions who cannot get it due to the shortage caused by this stupid fad.
My husband gets very ill if he cannot get HCG and we are in a panic because he is about to run out, and none of the pharmacies have it in stock.
This drug will not help you lose weight. Please, if you do not have a medical need for HCG, be very kind and leave it for the people who do.
August 28th, 2008 at 11:11 am
The FDA has not approved HCG Therapy to lose weight.
HCG HAS NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE EFFECTIVE ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY. THERE IS NO SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT IT INCREASES WEIGHT LOSS BEYOND THAT RESULTING FROM CALORIC RESTRICTION, THAT IT CAUSES A MORE ATTRACTIVE OR “NORMAL” DISTRIBUTION OF FAT, OR THAT IT DECREASES THE HUNGER AND DISCOMFORT ASSOCIATED WITH CALORIE-RESTRICTED DIETS.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Katie, I am SO sorry to hear that about your husband. I think a lot of internet drug companies carry it and there are many doctors, mostly holistic ones that can get it for him too. It should also be said that hCG is NOT for the typical person who just wants to lose weight but has the ability to do so with a low cal diet and exercise. It is more for the WEIGHT -LOSS RESISTANT people who cannot lose the old fashioned, calories in/calories out way. Nutrition is a science and science is not always accurate and definitely does not always apply to everyone. I urge you to seek a doctors approval before trying this diet. It is not a fad (its been around for over 60 yrs) but it is very severe and works fast. I believe it should be used as a last resort, before surgery that is…
November 5th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I am also sorry to hear about Katie and her husband’s delimma with the hcg shortage. I hope things work out for you both. I recently started the hcg diet for reasons that Amy explained. My metabolism was no longer. I could not lose weight no matter how hard I worked out or how healthy or little I ate. My doctor says that it is probably because of all the dieting I did before. I have been on the diet since Sat 11/1/08 and I have lost 8 lbs so far. It is really hard to eat only 500 calories a day but you really dont feel that hungry because the hcg actually processes 2000 calories per day so you actually feel almost full. I just knew if I didnt do something drastic very soon my weight would just keep creeping up until I started having more health problems than what I started with. I researched the diet, I read Dr. Simeon’s Pounds & Inches and it was very impressive and made sense. If I could have lost my weight the natural way with healthy eating and exercize I would have, my body just wouldn’t respond anymore. This is def my last resort!
November 5th, 2008 at 9:36 am
I do also want to say that without the hcg my body would actually hold onto the 500 calories and I might lose a little bit of weight but not half as much and certainly not as fast as I would without the hcg. It def plays a part. I dont know about this other guy Kevin T. but its pretty obvious he was just trying to make some money off of Dr. Simeon’s very precise, articulate and genius research. The manuscript is online and downloadable for those who are interested in where this diet originated from.