First, I am not going to say much about the whole HCG craze, except that it's yet another fad, that may or may not be proven harmful and I ain't gonna be a lab rat for it.
Second, I will say that my (and many Doctors and Nutritionists) common sense says it is harmful, if ONLY for the fact that you are on a 500 calories a day diet (yes, if you haven't looked into it, that's the rules), you will lose weight, even if you take drops of turtle piss.
You will lose weight because you are starving yourself. You will also lose vital nutrients, muscle mass and damage your kidneys, cause hair loss, constipation and gallstones.
AND fool your fat cells into thinking there is a medieval famine, after which, a little way down the track, your body will hoard those fat cells instead of burning them, to keep you padded and alive during the famine.
We are hardwired to do this. This is also why if you've ever done the too strict diet, you pack back on twice as many pounds when you resume normal eating.
That said.... many of you are going to see it as a magical diet solution anyway and not care about those things, so even if you don't care about that, care about this....
YOU ARE THROWING YOUR MONEY DOWN THE TOILET ON DROPS !
Would you throw $20 bills in the toilet on a daily basis in the normal course of a week ? No, of course not and you shouldn't throw it away on DROPS either.
I keep saying DROPS, because they are different, diluted, mixed with god-knows-what (usually alcohol or oil) than the actual real pure HCG Doctor injected synthesized hormone of the same name (naturally occuring in pregnant women and supposedly stimulates the hypothalmus to signal shedding of abnormal fat cells).
I watched Doctor Oz debunk this drops thing, along with some respected Doctors, I noted his research and took a good look at it myself as well as some other research I found
Then I asked a Doctor who offers the injection program locally. His words were "the drops are a money making scam and you don't know what's in them and because HCG is not readily digestable, stomach acid will kill it before the tiny diluted amount (if it's even in the so-called drops) gets anywhere near your bloodstream where it's needed. So drops are worthless on many levels. Injected actual symthetic hormone is the only way to get it usefully into your body"
Let it be noted that he's an advocate of HCG and the full injection program, but at least he was honest about it, unlike another Doctor I phoned with all these "trick questions", as he called them.. WHAT?),
However, the honest Doc, said it should be done only for a short period, under careful Doctor supervision (this and the injectable itself is expensive, hence the drops are attractive because they're so much cheaper) and if done again, a recovery break is required, however, he sadly admitted many actual MD's are also just on the money wagon after Reps come caling with "miracle drops" and they then shove the drops at people as a cheaper alternative... it's not an alternative, because IT DOESN'T WORK in DROPS.
There's actually little evidence it works in injected form either, but at least that whole package includes proper supervision.
The DROPS are bulls***, plain and simple. DO NOT waste your money on them even with a Groupon, Living Social Deal, Urban Deal-Light or even, sadly, from a "Doctor", seriously. Spend your Groupon money on a cleaner and give yourself the day off, or if you're going to go the really expensive injections route, skip it and hire a personal trainer.
If however, you must do this, do it free.
Go on a 500 calorie a day, balanced diet, go to Wholefoods and ask for a good, broad spectrum multi vitamin supplement AND some drops of either concentrated green tea (or better, drink 8 cups of brewed pure green tea a day to stay hydrated on the diet), hoodia, cayenne, seaweed or nettle drops or supplements (or all of them if you want, all have at least SOME data on weightloss assistance and are safely diluted and safe brands at wholefoods or good vitamin retailers) and call it a day.
You'll lose weight, I guarantee it, if you stick to it and for a lot less money.. free actually, other than a multi-vitamin and food scraps... then you'll pack it back on doubled, unless you have the discipline of a Monk and after a month start increasing your calories by 150 more per week back up to 1500 (for a woman) and maintain a good exercise routine and balanced diet thereafter.
So yeah, all hail Dr Oz or not, but the thing is, the man and his team are VERY cautious about what they put out there on TV and their website, because they can get SUED, just like a regular Doctor, only by millions, for giving harmful advice. Wrong information can kill this mans career both on TV and at Beth Israel Medical Center NY.
So instead of ONE Doctor or a Medi Spa seeing Dollar signs when some Rep comes toting a bag full of the newest tricks for the biggest money making sector of health (weight loss), Mehmet Oz has a huge TEAM of medical researchers looking at this stuff for you, so like his show or not, it behooves us to pay attention when he says something is crap.
Just my 2c and all advice in this post is my opinion only, I am not a medical professional, I will not disclose the Doctors I spoke to and you should seek the advice of your own doctor who can look at your medical history before taking any supplements or commencing a weightloss program of ANY kind.
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Ciao!
from a
Bona Fide Glam Junkie
Ciao!
from a
Bona Fide Glam Junkie
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