Latest Weight Loss Fad Called (HCG)
Posted: June 10, 2009 11:35 PM
It seems there's always a diet trend going on. Some require a special drink, others a special pill. But now there's one with an injection.
The HCG diet is the latest fad in losing weight, and requires the dieter to inject themselves daily. The question on many peoples minds: does it work, and is it safe?
HCG, or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin is a hormone created during pregnancy and is actually what is detected in pregnancy tests to determine the presence or absence of an implanted embryo. And it is also used for weight loss.
Dr. Warren Willey: "You would have to go intramuscular, and that's because blood supplies better and is picked up. So the longer needles are probably the way if I were to prescribe it."
The reason for the popularity? 2 pounds a day. Safety? Questionable.
Dr. Warren Willey: "Again we can't... we don't understand its benefits. It does appear to cause fat loss. But at the same time all the diets that recommend Human Chorionic Gonadotropin are very low calories, on average 500 calories a day, which is extremely below most peoples resting metabolic expenditure."
Dr. Warren Willey is a board certified osteopathic physician, an expert in nutritional and exercise medicine, and has written many books on the subject of dieting. His opinion?
Dr. Willey: "Would you give it to your mother? And if I don't give something my mother then I'm not going to give it to my patients."
Dr. Willey mentioned HCG has been known for weight loss since the 1970's.
Dr. WIlley "Two reasons to why now it's more prevelant. Number one, the internet. You can get it anywhere. It's as easy as getting it, just signing on, finding a pharmacy out of the country and buying it. Number two, everyone's looking for the magic pill.
Teresea Bannister is a 38-year-old mother of 4, a patient of Doctor Willey's, and found the HCG diet on her own and decided to give it a try in order to lose those last stubborn pounds.
Teresa Bannister: In about 24 days I lost 18 pounds. Wow. Yeah.
Teresa Bannister: "I just had a friend that talked about it so I just looked it up online and stuff and learned about it and acquired it and started doing it.
"Let's say Human Chorionic Gonadotropin did work over the short run and did help someone lose weight on 500 calories a day. My only question to that patient would be, now what. Do you go back to regular eating. Do you know how to eat regular."
Dr. Willey: Whether people are ordering it overseas and they think it is going to help, but what about the after effect? It's so low calorie that how does someone start eating normal again?
Teresa Bannister: "HCG is icing on the cake. That's all. That's what I feel like it is.
With all diets, Doctor Willey says it really comes down to a few basics: work with your doctor, include him or her in what you are doing, and slow weight loss has proven to be the healthiest approach throughout the years.
Well as for me, I can suggest that if you are serious on your weight loss program you should keep track your food intake from time to time so as not to waste your efforts.
Source: http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=10511501
Posted: June 10, 2009 11:35 PM
It seems there's always a diet trend going on. Some require a special drink, others a special pill. But now there's one with an injection.
The HCG diet is the latest fad in losing weight, and requires the dieter to inject themselves daily. The question on many peoples minds: does it work, and is it safe?
HCG, or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin is a hormone created during pregnancy and is actually what is detected in pregnancy tests to determine the presence or absence of an implanted embryo. And it is also used for weight loss.
Dr. Warren Willey: "You would have to go intramuscular, and that's because blood supplies better and is picked up. So the longer needles are probably the way if I were to prescribe it."
The reason for the popularity? 2 pounds a day. Safety? Questionable.
Dr. Warren Willey: "Again we can't... we don't understand its benefits. It does appear to cause fat loss. But at the same time all the diets that recommend Human Chorionic Gonadotropin are very low calories, on average 500 calories a day, which is extremely below most peoples resting metabolic expenditure."
Dr. Warren Willey is a board certified osteopathic physician, an expert in nutritional and exercise medicine, and has written many books on the subject of dieting. His opinion?
Dr. Willey: "Would you give it to your mother? And if I don't give something my mother then I'm not going to give it to my patients."
Dr. Willey mentioned HCG has been known for weight loss since the 1970's.
Dr. WIlley "Two reasons to why now it's more prevelant. Number one, the internet. You can get it anywhere. It's as easy as getting it, just signing on, finding a pharmacy out of the country and buying it. Number two, everyone's looking for the magic pill.
Teresea Bannister is a 38-year-old mother of 4, a patient of Doctor Willey's, and found the HCG diet on her own and decided to give it a try in order to lose those last stubborn pounds.
Teresa Bannister: In about 24 days I lost 18 pounds. Wow. Yeah.
Teresa Bannister: "I just had a friend that talked about it so I just looked it up online and stuff and learned about it and acquired it and started doing it.
"Let's say Human Chorionic Gonadotropin did work over the short run and did help someone lose weight on 500 calories a day. My only question to that patient would be, now what. Do you go back to regular eating. Do you know how to eat regular."
Dr. Willey: Whether people are ordering it overseas and they think it is going to help, but what about the after effect? It's so low calorie that how does someone start eating normal again?
Teresa Bannister: "HCG is icing on the cake. That's all. That's what I feel like it is.
With all diets, Doctor Willey says it really comes down to a few basics: work with your doctor, include him or her in what you are doing, and slow weight loss has proven to be the healthiest approach throughout the years.
Well as for me, I can suggest that if you are serious on your weight loss program you should keep track your food intake from time to time so as not to waste your efforts.
Source: http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=10511501
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