The HCG Diet: Diets that Work

This Hub looks at the ever more popular HCG Diet.  Is the HCG diet one of the diets that work or just that much more hype?

There are many different diets and you’ve probably tried them all.   The real trick is finding the diet that works while also offering you the chance for a fastest way to loose weight. The HCG Diet promises both, and it is all the craze these days.  And the best part about it is that it is actually showing some positive results.   But how does the HCG Diet and the HCG Weight Loss program actually work?  

The HCG Diet was actually discovered by chance.   HCG is basically a medication that was originally administered to patients who had reproductive and puberty problems.   Primarily, the HCG injections were given to women who had trouble getting pregnant because the drug provides a hormone called gonadotropin.   This hormone is an indicator that is also used to test if a woman is pregnant.   Typically, in a healthy woman, gonadotropin levels are elevated when she is pregnant.   HCG injections have also been used in adolescent males who have retarded genital development.  In the 1950s a doctor noted that one of the side effects of administering the HCG injections to boys was weight loss.  This led to the emergence of the so-called HCG diet as we know it today.

Though this diet requires nerves of steel if you’re afraid of shots, many women who are conscious of their weight have been willing to take these HCG injections to successfully loose weight quickly and permanently without much effort at all.  This sure sounds awesome, doesn’t it?   Well, not so fast.  With every fad, craze, or other trend, there are some dangers also.   Though the HCG Diet can effectively help you loose the weight that you want to get rid of, there are some side affects with this diet and many of them can also be quite dangerous.  

Though most of the side affects are minor, such as headaches and acne, you want to ask yourself, if the trade off is worth it?  A face riddled with acne in exchange for losing 10 or 20 pounds? Well, that can very well happen, because it has been known to cause acne.  Likewise, headaches are also not fun, so why go through all that stress?  Furthermore, for people who have issues with a low calorie diet, the HCG Diet might not be the right diet for them.   Though side affects are minimal, you want to make sure that the accompanying low calorie diet does not have any adverse affects on your health.   Also, people who are hypoglycemic need to consume calories to prevent a drop in their blood sugar levels.   If you have hypoglycemia, then perhaps this diet is not for you.

There are also many other diets, but the HCG Diet does show some hope for those who have had issues with loosing weight.  But the down side is that the medications for this diet do require injections, so that may not be appealing to some people. Also, it is very important to speak with your doctor before considering the HCG diet.