HCG Diet : What Does It Do?

The hCG diet is being talked about a lot these days, so I thought I would review it.

First off, hCG stands for “Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin”, a substance found only in pregnant women.

After hearing people tell other people that they should try this new diet, I read the book by the guy who created the diet.

He uses injections of hCG and combines this treatment with a very very strict and restricted diet, about 500 calories a day.

He claims that the hCG causes weight loss of only the bad fat, and keeps the good fat.

It was interesting that while reading through this book he acts like this always works and never fails, but at the same time he keeps making remarks about all the little infractions in the diet regimen that can reverse the results, from losing weight to gaining weight.

When a patient doesn't lose weight, he interviews them to see what diet infraction they committed. And if they deny making any diet mistakes, he assumes they are lying, so he can still claim that his protocol always works.

This diet is not for the faint of heart. It involves daily injections and weigh-ins. It ties you to a doctor and a scale. To keep the weight off after the injections have been completed (23 to 40 daily injections depending on how much weight you need to lose) you must continually travel with a scale and weigh and measure your meals.

This diet will teach you how to obsess over your weight like never before.

The doctor's (Dr Simeons) explanations for how and why this diet works is very suspect. He makes a lot of assumptions about a great number of things. He ties all these assumptions together to create this protocol.

After noticing that his assumptions about digestion, evolution, fats, proteins, carbs, etc, were for the most part wrong according to all that I have studied. I must logically assume that his assumptions about hCG are probably also problematic.

He talks about how pregnant ladies don't get fat, and don't have many other health problems. I know at least several mothers who would disagree with him.

Having said all of that, I must admit that there are a number of people on the internet who claim that it worked for them. I suspect that it is the strictness of the diet that made the changes observed by these people. A change of lifestyle is nearly always the key to improving the well being of your body.

But hey, they say it works. So if you are a glutton for punishment here is where to read all about it.

HERE is where to get the guide to give you all the tips and tricks to having a successful experience with it.

And here is the cookbook for it.