We all know that with any diet the chance of your weight coming back is the same with any program, so keep that in mind. The HCG Diet isn’t a miracle, although it is doing wonders for so many people, you still need to keep exercising and eating properly. I’ve kept my calorie levels down to a healthy, manageable level that will make it much safer for my body to react normally.

“If you do not understand the causes of weight gain in today’s world you will not be able to keep the weight off. The idea that a person can reduce calories and exercise more to lose weight was true in the past, but it is a new environment and there are new factors that cause weight gain that people are not aware of”

- Yegyan, author of Metabolism Makeover.

By understanding the source of weight gain, dieters will be able to attain quick weight loss keep the weight off permanently. The main cause of weight gain today is not calories but hormone imbalances caused by environmental toxins. The HCG diets works by restoring correct hormone balances to a healthy level of fat storage. However, if a person does not understand how the environment and foods today are causing hormone imbalances that store fat and cause illness, they will simply gain the weight back.

It is important to understand the definition of homeopathy. Wikipedia defines it as “something prepared by serial dilution with shaking by forceful striking, which homeopaths term “succession,” after each dilution under the assumption that this increases the effect of the treatment. Homeopaths call this process “potentization”. Understanding the key difference between two things when considering them to HCG diet, clinical evidence versus actual scientific evidence.

On a final note, does homeopathic HCG work just as well as real HCG? Yes, in fact sometimes even better results. Clinical studies have and always will support this with limitless testimonials. While scientifically there will never be any support for such a practice. It works is because when you are trying to lose weight, the psychological state of mind will produce a reaction in the body for the homeopathic remedy to work while the real HCG diet ingredients will only base the body to react to the active ingredients to work without any care if the psychological state is intact or not. And clinical studies have proven time and time again that the psychological state of a patient will produce a greater result than the bodies’ reactive state to the ingredients.

Let’s take it even further though to prove the point of this article, the opposite of a placebo effect is a “nocebo”. Wikipedia states that a no-cebo is when a patient strongly feels that a remedy will not work for them and as he takes the remedy unwillingly it will actually produce negative effects rather than a positive one. So will homeopathy work for you? If you pursue it with the right state of mind it will produce the positive results that it has in tens of thousands of people who have already lost weight through homeopathy.

The hCG weight loss is reported to be especially effective for those who have been struggling with weight problems for years and want to lose a serious amount of weight . Since its creation, thousands of people have turn to this diet and lost weight quickly and efficiently. The diet plan focuses on a low calorie diet followed by a small daily dose of the hCG hormone, which results in a faster metabolism, so your body’s natural metabolism speeds up, helping you shed off unwanted fat.

One of the many appealing benefits of this diet is that it allows for a quick weight loss. Some dieters reportedly shed off up to 40 lbs in just 6 weeks, resulting in an average loss of 1 pound per day. In addition, this diet usually won’t cause dieters hunger pains or other common symptoms from losing weight quickly. Many dieters report they feel better than ever after completing this hCG diet protocol.

Although the FDA approves the use of hCG as fertility drug, it contends hCG was of no use for obesity management, because “there is no substantial evidence that it increases weight loss beyond that resulting from caloric restriction.” However, dieters should understand although hCG dieters might lose similar amount of weight comparing to those without hCG, they tend to lose more body fat because hCG cause dieters to lose adipose fat tissues rather than muscle or structural fat comparing to other diet programs.

Consider how much going off the diet will be costing you. Add up the costs for the diet plan, the hcg, the syringes, the alcohol wipes, the bottles of sterile water, shipping costs, etc., and divide the cost by 23 or 40 days and then multiply by 3 days and you will know what it costs you financially. If you go to a clinic or doctor, there is that cost, too.

If you decide you must eat something totally not on the diet, you will be in effect doing a “loading day.” (I don’t recommend this!) I have done it, but it means it will be at least three days before you start losing weight again. If you must do this, then save it for a very special event and try not to do it more than once during your 23 or 40 days. This is intentional and planned and best of all you can tell yourself you are taking a day off or doing a loading day. It also works if you are in a stall or plateau.

The hCG weight loss is reported to be especially effective for those who have been struggling with weight problems for years and want to lose a serious amount of weight (over 20 pounds). Since its creation, thousands of people have turn to this diet and lost weight quickly and efficiently. The diet plan focuses on a low calorie diet followed by a small daily dose of the hCG hormone, which results in a faster metabolism, so your body’s natural metabolism speeds up, helping you shed off unwanted fat.

Remember that when you are taking Hcg, if you eat any calories over the 500 a day, that you will gain. It is the nature of Hcg. It only works to help you lose fat when you do the very low calorie diet, called VLCD.

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Men and women are doing it, young, old and obsessive people are going crazy for pregnancy hormones, but instead of swelling them…. this time it’s working to shrink ‘em down. I recently spoke to two weight-loss success stories who claimed to have gone on this special diet which uses HCG pregnancy hormone injections to stop hunger. HCG stands for, “Human Chorionic Gonadotropin”. This hormone is created in everyone’s body and produces in pregnant women,as it assists with increasing the fat stored in the baby.

The hormones which have to be administered by the participant each day via injection, tricks the brain into thinking that the person is in fact pregnant. Mother Nature dictates that the amount of food a mother takes in is not dependent on how much the fetus grows. If the mother under eats, the fetus will still grow at a normal pace once the mother is not malnourished for weeks. This happens naturally, as the nutrients and fat can come from the mother’s body rather than from the food she may or may not take in each day. The principle is the same with the diet, whereby the person reduces their caloric intake to as little as 500 calories per day, similar to that of a fast, and the rest of the energy needs are met from the fat which is stored in the body. HCG does trigger the body to draw from excess fat stores to fuel daily energy needs, as if the body were feeding a fetus.

The result is that the person experiences no loss of energy or vitality, the weight drops off very rapidly, and the distinction between real hunger and craving food is made very clear. If your body is getting all that it needs from its stores, it is not calling for calories, and therefore you are not experiencing hunger as you had before. Your only experience of hunger is that which exists in your mind. The smell of food, may entice you to want to eat, but the feeling of hunger is not actually there. And so, those successful participants who stuck with the meager daily 500-calorie regime that accompanies the injections, had to disconnect real hunger from false hunger. This is an exercise of mind power, and can really benefit people in the long run to manage their cravings and curb unhealthy eating patterns. They all claim to have begun to really see how food has a psychological fix and a very strong effect on their eating patterns.

Water

Despite the daily 4 liters of water that are required of the participants, the feelings of hunger were described as not as strong as the thoughts of food. Water is the thing that cleanses a person’s body on many different levels. It cleanses the palate, the organs, kidneys, and the mind. Being clean on the inside provides a different experience of thinking, much like what the Buddhists believe. I compare this process of distinguishing my cravings from hunger, to a spiritual practice. Just like a meditation, it takes one’s last shred of self-control to fight off those urges to want to taste and enjoy food in the palate.

Up to 14 pounds of weight has been lost in as little as 2 1/2 weeks, others claim even more drastic weight loss results. One thing that is for sure is that it teaches you to eat properly, it teaches restrictions and trains you how to eat within a framework of lean, small and healthy proportions. You realize that all the excess food that you were eating previously was unnecessary. By eating along the lines of this diet, you will have a good path laid out for you to experience a healthier, slimmer you.

Whether or not the HCG diet is a fad or not is up to you to decide. However, this article will present the facts allowing you to make an informed decision.

What is HCG?

HCG stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and is a hormone that appears predominantly in pregnant women. It was first observed in 1927 when it was identified as a substance that was only present in the urine of pregnant women. It is still the basis of pregnancy tests today, as its appearance in female urine clearly indicates pregnancy with an error of less than 0.1%. Doctors also use HCG to determine the risk of birth defects in the fetus.

What does HCG do?

In pregnant women, among many other functions, one role of HCG is to make sure the fetus survives no matter what by making sure that it receives adequate calories and nutrients even if the mother is not receiving sufficient food. In other words, HCG diverts all the required nutrients from the mother to the child, overriding any survival instincts in the mother’s body.

HCG forces the body to release fat from fat deposits which are usually found in women’s problem areas, like the hips, tummy and rear. In fact, that is why women store fat in these areas, it is nature’s way of guaranteeing that the fetus will be healthy. One other interesting fact is that the quantities of HCG peak in the body at around 14 weeks and then begin to diminish. The reason is that before medical progress a pregnancy becomes noticeable at around 14 weeks and that is when women will modify their behavioral pattern to focus on the child. However, until she becomes aware of her state, it’s HCG’s job to make sure that the fetus receives everything it needs.

HCG Diet Protocols

Due to its ability to burn fat no matter the state of the mother, studies were conducted to determine its capacity to help in weight loss. It seems that in small doses HCG helps with weight loss as it also controls hunger pangs. All HCG diet protocols demand a low calorie-level, no more than 500 calories per day, and without HCG sustaining this calorie level for the minimum duration of the diet would be virtually impossible.

HCG is Human Choriogonadotropin, a hormone produced in the placenta. It regulates the female metabolism while she is pregnant and it appears to have a positive effect on fat oxidation when administered to obese patients. HCG was first used by Dr. ATW Simeons, a British physician, who published his findings in a report in 1954.

Since Dr. Simeons’ findings there have been many more studies conducted and the conclusion is that hCG is effective in treating obesity with quick results. It accelerates fat mobilization from adipose tissue meaning that the body burns through fat much quicker than normal. However, hCG is only effective if a very low calorie diet is adopted. Claims are that fat is released so quickly from the body that it will immediately seek to replenish its stores but with no fuel to turn to fat, it will continue to burn through fat stores. Were it not for the clinical evidence of hCG’s effectiveness, one would have to wonder whether the hCG is the reason for the weight loss or the extremely low calorie diet, usually under 500 calories per day.

Many clinical studies have found that hCG improves fat utilization in the body and appears to help control appetite. Patients who underwent treatment for obesity with the use of hCG found it easier to function on a very low calorie diet without any of the usual side effects such as dizziness or irritability. However, it must be noted that significant results can only be obtained by following the diet’s protocols exactly.

There have been a series of dietary guidelines offered by various doctors and practitioners that need to be followed while on a weight management program using hCG. Generally, they all rely on a very low calorie diet, which is under 500 calories per day. It seems that subsequent weight gain is rare due to the fact that a person’s appetite is completely altered. It also appears the hypothalamus’ functions are reset and the metabolism operates at an increased rate.

The biggest advantage of an hCG diet is that weight loss comes only from fat and not lean tissue as well as the speed of weight loss. The average weight loss ranges between one and three pounds per day. There are also no known side effects to taking hCG, either intravenously or oral. Headaches are associated with taking larger doses of hCG but that is only the case for fertility treatments.

However, irrespective of how effective the hormone treatment is, it is not recommended to go on an hCG diet without first consulting a doctor.

Here’s another amazing HCG dieter with some real results from going strong on the HCG Diet. I love putting these videos up because everyone can see that it works, and go interact with the HCG diet users themselves. If you’ve got a HCG diet success story then get in touch with me and I’ll publish it!