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  • <h4 class="dechead">On One Hand: Theory Rules

    The HCG diet requires an intake of only 500 calories along with a daily injection of the human chorionic gonadotropin hormone. In theory, the injections prevent people from feeling weak or woozy despite the small amount of food intake, and the results will be significant weight loss over a period of time without the usual weakness associated with lack of nutrition.

    On the Other: Results Speak Louder

    In the 1930s, when HCG first became a weight loss solution, results indicated that HCG helped people lose weight. Every single study since 1959 has indicated otherwise; all people who ate only 500 calories per day, with or without the injections, lost weight. Both groups complained of weakness, hunger, and constipation. The author of the 2007 book that brought the HCG diet back to popularity, Kevin Trudeau, claims otherwise; Trudeau, however, has previously been targeted by the FDC for promoting false cures for cancer and banned from appearing on infomercials since 2004.

    Bottom Line

    With an industry taking advantage of selling costly HCG injections to people who are desperate to lose weight, the study results positively prove that the injection of this hormone does not prevent weakness or hunger. Consuming a 500 calorie diet is neither healthy nor recommended; the HCG diet is a "fad" and ineffective as a permanent weight loss solution.

    Source:

    LA Times - HCG Diet

    Diets in Review

    Resource:

    Ripoff Report

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