Simple Approach For Weight Loss

IS THE HCG DIET A SAFE, healthy and effective way to drop pounds? Or is it a gimmicky, unhealthy and even unsafe regimen that doesn't help its followers achieve long-term weight loss? Many experts think poorly of the HCG diet – which combines an extremely low daily calorie intake with ingestion of the hormone HCG – as an effective way to lose weight. "The HCG diet is almost the quintessential fad diet," says Mike Israetel, chief sports scientist for Renaissance Periodization, which provides online dieting and training templates and coaching. There are no clinical studies suggesting using HCG helps with weight loss.

There are two key components of the HCG diet: One is limiting your intake to 500 to 800 calories a day. The eating regimen emphasizes protein from lean meats, fish and poultry, and calls for low amounts of carbohydrates or milk and modest amounts of vegetables and fruits. The other component is injecting (or getting an injection of) HCG, typically into your thigh, or taking it as an oral drop – either in spray form as a pellet or tablet.

How the HCG Diet Works

The typical HCG diet was outlined in 1954 in the book "Pounds and Inches: A New Approach to Obesity," by A.T.W. Simeons, who created the diet. Many dietitians promote the importance of eating a healthy breakfast, but under the regimen Simeons developed, there's no solid food before lunch. If a dieter has breakfast, it typically consists of a cup of black coffee or tea of any size, with no sugar, though calorie-free sweeteners are allowed. If you drink milk, you can have one tablespoon every 24 hours.

In conjunction with the paltry food regimen, the HCG diet calls for daily injections of the hormone; typically, a dieter would inject himself or herself, usually in the thigh. Or, a person on the HCG diet could ingest the hormone by swallowing drops or pills, or take it in spray form.


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