• April 26, 2024

Having a thin and toned body is the dream of most people, so various treatments and diets that promise to do it in the simplest way such as the HCG diet, but how effective are they and what are the risks of doing them? ?

The HCG diet, created by the Dr. A.T.W. Simeons, It consists in supplying the pregnancy hormone called human chronic gonadotropin through injections, to stimulate the burning of fat.

In addition, these hormonal injections should be combined with a diet of 500 calories daily for 23 days, so that the weight loss is effective, according to the Biochile.cl portal.

Is it effective?

However, in a study published by the Western Journal of Medicine and the Sucre Medical Institute , the HCG diet does not directly impact on weight and what generates fat loss is the diet that accompanies the treatment.

For the research, two groups that followed the 500-calorie diet were analyzed, but one was given a hormonal injection, while the rest only received a placebo. At the conclusion of the study, they all had the same weight loss.

Even, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States launched an alert in 2011 on the potential risks to people's health from products made with the pregnancy hormone to lose weight, by generating problems such as:

1. Headaches
2. Blood clots
3. Weakening in the hair follicles
4. Sensitivity in the breasts
5. Constipation
6. Irritability
7. Fatigue
8. Cramps

Some specialists from Harvard that eating a hypocaloric diet can be counterproductive for the proper functioning of the body. For its part, the Canadian Medical Association Journal ensures that the pregnancy hormone or the HCG diet is not effective for the treatment of overweight.

Ideally, if you want to lose weight go to a nutrition specialist, so you can design a plan according to your needs without risking your health. And you, do you have a balanced diet?

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