hCG Diet

Recently I noticed a lot of patients online are doing hCG diet. Does hCG work for weight loss? hCG is human chorionic gonadotropin that is found in the pregnant women's blood and urine. It is used for women's infertility to stimulate ovulation because the structure is similar to LH that can stimulate ovulation. What is the reason hCG started to be used for weight loss? In 1954 Dr. Simeons who was an English endocrinologist published his manuscript: “Pounds & Inches a New Approach to Obesity” Dr. Simeons accidentally discovered that if Human chorionic gonadotropin was administered in very low doses while eating a very low calorie diet extreme weight loss occurred. Subsequent researchers repeated his clinical study and were never able to replicate any association between hCG and weight loss. Furthermore, most independent, peer-reviewed studies have shown no difference in weight loss between subjects on a low-calorie diet who received hCG injections and subjects who received a placebo. In 1975, the FDA noted that hCG is not a weight loss drug. In 1995, the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology published a summary of research showing no hCG related weight loss association. The American Society of Bariatric Physicians does not recommend hCG for weight loss as noted in a December 2009 position paper. The calories of the hCG diet is only around 500 that doesn't contain enough nutrition. It could harm your health. Also, if you stop the diet, you could gain weight as the rebound. Moreover the hCG could cause side effects such as irregular periods, headache, fatigue, irritability, and male breast enlargement. A physician in the WebMD renamed this diet the High Cost Game scam. A HCG diet person contacted me and asked me to put his website as a recommended site in this website. You bet I declined the offer.