HCG - Diet FAQ (2024)

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HCG - Diet FAQ? ›

HCG alone will not cause weight loss. It must be combined with a very low calorie diet and low impact aerobic exercise to help you achieve your goals. However, skipping meals will not increase your weight loss. How much weight can I anticipate losing?

The hCG diet limits you to 500 calories a day for 8 weeks while taking hCG, either by getting a shot or by taking a “homeopathic” product, such as oral drops, pellets, or sprays, which you can buy at the store. None of this is approved by the FDA for weight loss.

May Cause Extreme Hunger

Abstaining from food for short periods leads to serious hunger. But when calorie deprivation is extended and while undergoing severe calorie restriction (such as a VLCD), it may result in not just hunger, but also unpleasant side effects like headaches, brain fog, fatigue, and dizziness.

If you should go back to the normal diet when the HCG is still within your body liberating the store fat, you will end up gaining a reasonable amount of weight.

It is a medically monitored treatment plan designed to shed significant weight in a short period. You won't lose the same amount of weight every day, but at the end of 30 days, you should find yourself 15 to 40 pounds slimmer.

You cannot do this program for ANY less than 26 days. If a client has more weight to lose, he or she can continue the diet for up to 43 days but that is the maximum allowed time for the diet to remain safe and effective.

Butter, oils, and sugar should be avoided, but you're encouraged to drink a lot of water. Mineral water, coffee, and tea are allowed as well. The hCG diet is usually divided into three phases.

Some Risks of an HCG Diet

If you stick to an improper diet for a period that causes you to lose too much weight in too short of a time, you can face problems like kidney failure, heart conditions, and other stress-related issues.

Because hCG and estrogen blockers produce marked increase in blood testosterone concentration in men, this provides strong evidence to support the banning of hCG and estrogen blockers in men.

Some women using this medicine have developed a condition called ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), especially after the first treatment cycle. You should NOT use this medicine if you are at risk for a hormone-related cancer such as tumor of the breast, ovary, uterus, prostate, hypothalamus, or pituitary gland.

Does HCG get rid of belly fat? ›

There's no proof that HCG weight-loss products alone help you lose weight. Any weight loss likely comes from getting very few calories as part of the HCG diet.

As when you are on an HCG diet you eat more protein and carbohydrates to the minimum. But when you attempt to exercise for longer periods without taking adequate calories this can lead to dizziness and exhaustion. And when you perform the vigorous exercise while being on the HCG program it leads to weight gain.

Bodybuilders often take steroids to increase muscle mass fast. They also take hCG injections with steroids to prevent their side effects like infertility. HCG injections are used to restore testosterone levels that have been affected by surgery and medical treatment you recently had.

Depending on how many calories you burn each day and your starting glycogen stores, this can take between 48 and 72 hours. Entering ketosis before phase 2 of the HCG diet is essential because it prevents all the nasty side effects of dieting, such as dizziness, headaches and vertigo.

Other hormones, such as estrogen and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), may still contribute to sleep disturbances.

An alcohol-induced increase in estradiol after hCG administration could contribute to risk for fetal dysmorphology during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Our results indicate that qualitative hCG tests have poor analytic sensitivity for specimens with hCG concentrations between 20 and 300 IU/l and that false negative results can occur when compared to quantitative results. This is especially apparent with urine, but also occurs with serum.

The 8 items allowed per day should be eaten in 2 meals (1 of each: protein, veggie, fruit, starch) or spread out through the day. But 2 of the same items (i.e., 2 fruits or 2 proteins) may not be eaten together at the same time. *Remember only 8 items may be eaten each day* Example Diet on next page.