HCG diet: safe and effective weight loss program
June 11, 2011
The HCG diet works by making your body lose weight with the help of the HCG hormone. The number of obese individuals is growing every year not only in the United States but in many parts of the world. It can be very easy to gain the weight and if you don’t monitor your weight and continue to indulge in all kinds of food then it will be just a matter of time when it will just hit you that you already gained a lot of weight and it’s just so hard to go back to your old, slimmer self.
There are many weight loss programs out there that promises you’ll lose weight fast but many of these let you use weight loss products that are actually quite harmful to the body. Others let you stick to a weight loss plan that’s just impossible to maintain as you feel so deprived with the kinds of foods that you can just eat while going for hours at the gym trying to burn off the extra weight. We must face the truth that there’s really no way to lose weight that won’t take any effort from you. You gained the weight then you have to burn it off either by going on a diet or by sweating up in the gym. But, the HCG diet makes it much easier for you. It works by letting you go on a 500 calorie a day diet without starving yourself. It’s because of the HCG hormone that burns fat to give you more energy to compensate for the lack of energy source. Your body needs at least 1,200 calories a day when you are on a diet to make sure that you are still healthy while losing weight. But, the 500 calorie a day diet developed by Dr. Simeons is not going to risk your health even though it is considered as a starvation diet if you are not taking the hormone.
You can’t go for the diet without the hormone. Otherwise, you’d be starving and that could lead to a lot of health complications. At the same time, you can’t just depend on the hormone and continue to eat normally. The hormone will not make you lose weight when you are getting enough energy from your food source. What makes this diet so powerful and effective is because of how the hormone tricks the brain into thinking that you are pregnant. Women who are pregnant and in the early stage of pregnancy also tend to eat less. That’s because they have all sorts of discomforts associated with pregnancy, especially morning sickness. Those who can’t keep the food in because of morning sickness need not worry about starving their unborn child because the body is giving all the needed energy to keep the fetus alive and thriving. That’s the same effect of the HCG diet. Once your body notice that you are not getting enough food to eat, it goes into the mode of burning the fat deposits to keep the unborn child alive and well. Of course there is no unborn child in the womb. It’s just the hormone doing its job.
The HCG weight loss program is not a new diet system. In fact, it was developed in the 1950’s by Dr. Simeons but it got reintroduced just a few years ago and many severely obese individuals have lost a lot of weight with this program alone. They are not required to exercise to burn off the calories. Many severely overweight individuals don’t find success in losing weight because they find it very difficult to exercise or go to the gym. This diet is great news to them because they can lose up to 2 pounds a day by simply following the weight loss HCG protocol.
Weight loss is achieved based on the calories consumed or used up by the body. A pound of fat is equal to 3,500 calories. You can lose a pound from your weight by either increasing your activities to burn 3,500 calories or by decreasing your food intake. When you are severely overweight, your body would need more than 3,500 calories a day to maintain its weight thus the 500 calorie a day diet makes it possible to lose 1 pound or more a day depending on your starting weight. HCG suppresses hunger so even with 500 calories a day of food intake you won’t feel deprived at all. That’s because your body is not hungry as it gets all its needed energy from the fat deposits that it’s burning off.
HCG hormone is usually introduced to the body through injections but now there is a safer and cheaper way and that is through the oral drops. The oral drops version of the HCG hormone is synthetically made but works just as well. You need to take the oral drops every before meal instead of once a day with the injectables. That’s because it is less concentrated compared to the real hormone extracted from the urine of pregnant women.
HCG diet is so effective and doctors recommend this for their obese patients who want to get rid of the unwanted weight once and for all without compromising their health. There are some speculations that the diet is not safe but there are no studies that confirm this. That’s because the diet is very safe and you are not introducing any harmful chemicals into the body. The hormone is naturally produced by the body so it’s not going to cause any problem at all. Men may want to go for the oral drops if they are concerned of injecting a woman’s hormone into their system. The synthetic hormone will not cause any side effects and people who are afraid of needles would prefer this because they don’t want to get an injection every day until they are satisfied with their weight loss. Many have lost 50 or more pounds with this type of diet.
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