{"id":8543,"date":"2011-02-04T15:55:28","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T21:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/?p=8543"},"modified":"2011-02-05T17:43:10","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T23:43:10","slug":"hcg-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2011\/02\/04\/hcg-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the HCG diet right for you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You know that I’m not a big fad diet person and that I think moderation, healthy choices and exercise are the way to a healthy and fit life. \u00a0However, I’ve gotten so many questions about the HcG diet, that I thought I would COMPILE some seemingly credible info…<\/p>\n

So basically, HcG is a hormone that is found in pregnant women’s urine and its purpose is to help provide nutrients to the placenta. The hormone is also found in small doses in men.<\/p>\n

The HcG diet combines injections or drops of this hormone with a drastically reduced calorie diet (~500 calories). The theory behind this diet is that the HcG pulls the needed calories from a ‘3rd layer of fat’ so you aren’t starving yourself but are using what your body already has in reserve.<\/p>\n

People are having lots of luck with losing the weight, some a pound a day. They swear by it. However, it is a very pricey diet. Usually the injections are done by a doctor. Note that the FDA has only approved HcG as fertility treatments and not as a weight loss drug. There haven’t been any crazy side effects noted besides headaches but I don’t know what kind of long term tests have been done on this ‘diet plan’.<\/p>\n

My question is: What happens when you stop the injections? Does all the weight come back?<\/p>\n

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