Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Weight Loss: A Miracle Or Dangerous?
By Christian Walker
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin weight loss is undoubtedly one of the fastest ways to lose weight available on the internet today. It has quite an impressive list of benefits, but is such rapid loss of weight safe?
Traditional wisdom says that you shouldn't try to lose more than 2 pounds a week but like a lot of weight loss information, the reason for this is never made quite clear. Still, the 2 pound rule persists among health experts. The fact that Human Chorionic Gonadotropin weight loss results in 3/4 to 2 pounds of weight reduction per day many people write it off as unsafe.
Why Human Chorionic Gonadotropin weight loss has become popular
Despite the naysayers, Human Chorionic Gonadotropin weight loss continues to skyrocket in popularity and once you look at a list of its purported benefits, it is no surprise.
First of all, people using Human Chorionic Gonadotropin weight loss report astoundingly fast weight loss. Many people average a pound a day and can easily shed 30 pounds a month. Besides the rapid weight loss Human Chorionic Gonadotropin protocol claims to reset the hypothalamus so that dieters do not have as much trouble maintaining their weight once they have completed their diet.
Another benefit dieters claim is that there is no muscle loss during their rapid weight loss and in fact trainers like Colin Fitzgerald have developed specific body shaping programs using the hormone to get their clients jaw dropping results.
Some of the other benefits reported by dieters are no hunger, no fatigue and increased energy. There is also the benefits of losing weight in general such as lower blood pressure, decreased risck of heart disease and diabetes. There is also increased confidence and a better self-image.
What is Human Chorionic Gonadotropin?
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin or hCG is a hormone produced mainly in women during pregnancy and it appears to have two main functions. The first is to help the fetus develop its gonads and the second is to open the woman's fat cells to either release or collect fat rapidly. This is believed to be for the protection of the fetus so that it has a ready supply of nutrition.
It is the latter effect that is exploited by dieters. Once a person, male or female, begins taking hGC their fat cells open for business so to speak and then they go on a strictly controlled, low-calorie diet. The resulting calorie deficit is easily made up because the body draws around 2000 calories from its fat stores. This results in rapid fat loss.
But Is It Safe?
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin weight loss has plenty of critics who claim that the hCG protocol is dangerous. They claim that it has never been proven that the hCG hormone actually opens the fat cells for business and that the weight loss enjoyed by hCG dieters is due simply to the very low calorie diets they are on. This very low calorie diet which is usually around 500 calories a day, is dangerous they say because that low of calorie intake is insufficient for necessary body functions.
They further point to the fact that the FDA has never approved the hCG hormone for weight loss and that you can not buy pure hCG with out a doctor's prescription.
Proponents, however, point out that Human Chorionic Gonadotropin diet has been used since the 1950's and anecdotal results have shown no significant dangers from Human Chorionic Gonadotropin weight loss. They are eager to point out the many testimonies of people who have successfully shed weight at a very rapid pace using Human Chorionic Gonadotropin diet.
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin weight loss is not just something you can go out and buy. There has been a flood of hCG drops on the Internet, but these drops are homeopathic which means they have so little hCG in them that the FDA doesn't regulate them. If you want the hCG that was used in developing Human Chorionic Gonadotropin weight loss then you will have to either get it from a doctor or order it from a country where it is legal.
Once you get it, you will need to mix it for either under-the-tongue application or injections into your muscles. Then you will need to go on a the proper meal plan while you are taking the hCG..
There are fantastic guides that you can get on the internet that will guide you step by step through the protocol and including the cost of the guide you can get everything you need for very little cost.
It is a sort of do-it-yourself high end diet. I researched Human Chorionic Gonadotropin diet once I had heard about it and finally decided to try it myself since most people who used it reported such great results and those people who criticized it had never tried it. In the end it has to be your call.
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