To remain in shape, easy and fast weight loss diets have become a craze amongst several people. Time and again we have seen in media a new diet supplements like South Beach Diet, the Atkins Diet, the baby food diet and the Master Cleanse. The latest one is HCG Diet promises to help the dieter lose 1 to 3lbs per day. A.T. W Simeons a doctor who developed this technique believed that a HCG (Humanchorionic gonadotropin) hormone found in a pregnant woman’s body could help overweight men and women lose weight and keep that weights off after returning to a regular routine everyday. HCG is secreted by pregnant women’s urine. Anyone, who has attained reached puberty, can take HCG diet plan. HCG diet recipes consist of a very low calorie diet along with HCG injections or oral supplements.
HCG hormone aids in collecting adipose tissues from the body and converts into calories. Another benefit of HCG drops diet is that it suppresses appetite for a longer period. The decisive result is burning of accumulated fats and decrease in weight. The HCG diet does not take away your muscles or vitamins in the body ,but instead it strips away the fat that has been stored in your body. HCG hormones alter the metabolism in the body. Excess fats start melting to generate energy. In fact, the diet rectifies the hunger mechanism and diminishes the inclination of consuming high calories
As like many diets supplements, the HCG diet’s safety and danger remains the subject of apprehension for medical researchers. Five hundread calories a day in HCG diets is not adequate for regular functioning of the metabolic processes, which in turn causes cravings for foods, light headedness, weakness and irritation. This hormone is not approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for weight loss purposes. Using HCG as a weight loss aid is not scientifically demonstrated. There are no clinical trials that support the benefits ofHCG hormone in suppressing craving, burning adipose tissues.
People under HCG dieting experience the symptom of pregnancy, such as swelling of hands and feet, water retention and breast tenderness. Side- effects of HCG diets includes, headache, restlessness, blood clot problems and depression. Some patient experiences Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) which results in nausea, vomiting, breathing difficulty, excess urination and weight gain.
