Does HCG Work or Is It Just Hype?

It seems that everyone is looking for a quick way to lose weight

. For every person who wants to drop a few pounds, there are more fad diets and weight loss supplements that are ready to help. But do these products and diets really work? Let's take a look at one of the hottest diet supplements out there, HCG.

HCG is short for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin no wonder they abbreviate it! HCG is not a drug. It is a hormone that is found naturally in the human body. This hormone is found in strong concentrations in pregnant women, in fact if that is one of the ways to tell if a woman is pregnant is by the levels of HCG present in her body.

This hormone was first promoted as a weight loss aid until author Kevin Trudeau wrote about book claiming that HCG helps people lose weight. In his book he claimed that HCG is a wonder hormone that boosts weight loss and helps people lose weight more quickly than dieting alone. However, there is no scientific proof that shows that HCG is beneficial for people who need to lose weight.

There have been tests and studies done on HCG to prove it's effectiveness on weight loss. So far, no study has proven that HCG helps to promote weight loss. Yet many doctors still promote it as a great way to lose weight.

On the pro side, if you talk to a doctor who provides it or someone who has been on the diet, they will tell you it works. This author knows of people who have dropped 20 plus pounds in one month using the HCG system. It is obvious that something works or people would not continue to use it. They would not recommend it to their friends if they did not see results.

Well, there is more to the story. It is not just a matter of taking the supplement and going about life as usual. People who use the HCG diet are told to follow a very strict, low calorie diet. As they progress through the diet period, foods are slowly reintroduced into their diet. So, at first the diet is very restricted and the person starts to drop weight fast. Encouraged by the weight loss, they keep following the low calorie diet until they reach their goal.

Seeing quick results encourages people to keep plugging away with the diet until they reach their goal. But what happens when it is time to go back to the normal way of eating? That is where people get into trouble.

It is not really proven if it is the HCG supplement or the low calorie diet that causes the dramatic weight loss in people who try this diet plan. At any rate, it is better to make lifestyle changes instead of relying on an unproven supplement for weight loss. By changing the way you eat and the way you exercise you will be making changes for life, and that will bring far more health benefits than a quick weight loss fix.

Does HCG Work or Is It Just Hype?

By: Paige Mercer

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