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The HCG diet is one of the weight loss systems that work. There are many diets that get advertised by media and you’ll find new ones every year making a trend as more and more people give it a go to see if it will really make them lose weight. The HCG weight loss plan is not new but it had just been reintroduced lately though it had been introduced first back in the 1950’s by Dr. Simeons. He’s the one who really studied about the HCG hormone and tested it to see if it will really work in helping overweight individuals to lose a lot of weight in a short amount of time. He also investigated whether this hormone would be safe to use through injectables or will it pose a threat to the health of the overweight individuals who need to lose weight in order to be healthy.

Unlike other weight loss diets that become a fad for a short time and then fade away because it is either ineffective in what it’s supposed to do, to make people lose weight, or it poses a health risk to those who would want to lose weight using their type of diet. HCG diet is different and it had helped many severely obese individuals to lose a lot of weight to keep their bodies healthier and away from the serious health risks of severe obesity. In fact, many doctors suggest the HCG diet simply because it can help their patients lose more than 40 pounds without going under the knife. Gastric bypass surgery is proven to be effective in making a severely obese individual to shed the excess weight off but it’s a very invasive procedure that not too many obese individuals want to experience. Plus, it’s a permanent procedure so your stomach will not be the same way anymore after you reached your goal weight. Unlike other weight loss diets, this one uses the HCG hormone which is a pregnancy hormone that is naturally produced by the human body. Of course this hormone is only produced by women but this does not mean that it cannot be introduced to the body of severely overweight men. There are some known side effects when injecting this hormone into the body but these are just minor and temporary discomforts that will just go away and will not cause any health risk both for men and women or even teens.

Anyone who has a weight problem can go for the HCG diet but you must first consult a doctor and get some tests done before proceeding. This is just to make sure that you don’t have any health concerns that may worsen when you go on any kind of diet. A health professional must keep in contact with you to monitor your health status while going for this diet. Diabetic patients need blood sugar monitoring and they may need to have some alterations on the diet to make it safe for them. Instead of the 500 calorie a day strict limit for calorie intake, diabetic patients may need to consume a bit more to protect their blood sugar and it’s a medical doctor that would make the alterations.

Dr. Simeons’ Pounds & Inches can actually be downloaded online so you will go with the HCG diet the way that it was designed for. Not because you have the HCG hormone injected you can already consume just about any food as long as you don’t go above the 500 calories a day. There’s a course that needs to be followed to make the diet the most effective for your weight loss. You will also learn about how much of the injections would be needed and how long should you continue with the diet. You can also find support groups online that will help you on your way to losing weight as the members there are also doing the HCG diet or had been on the diet before. Finding a support group, whether it’s from an online community or from your own locality, would really help you big time especially when you are feeling low or having trouble with food temptations. Having a support will make you achieve better success than when you do it alone and with no one to support you.

There are healthy diet recipes online that will make your HCG diet a bit more interesting. If you are already tired of the foods that you normally eat daily then you can twist it up a little by searching for healthy HCG diet recipes that would still follow the 500 calorie a day diet but will add more flavor, texture and a lot more creativity into the mix. You won’t feel deprived and your cravings would be satisfied by having yummy foods on your plate that are actually healthy and low in calories.

For those who are afraid of the HCG injectables, there is a more convenient and cheaper way that is also not painful and that is through the HCG oral drops. The oral drops are the synthetic version of the hormone but it works just the same. You only need more than with the real hormone which is why you need to take the oral drops every before meal rather than just 1 injection a day. Many prefer the oral drops now because going for daily injections can be traumatizing to some, especially to those who are afraid of needles. Also, with the oral drops you don’t need to go to a health professional to administer it as there are no risks involved with dropping the synthetic hormone on your tongue before enjoying a meal compared to the injections that a health professional should administer to prevent blood clots because of improper technique in injecting the hormone.

All in all, there is no question about the effectiveness of the HCG diet. It’s a great weight loss program that helped a lot of overweight individuals from around the world to finally be healthy and lean once again.