The weight loss industry is flooded with many weight fads, and it's like almost every other day, a new fad comes up. Even more amazing than this rapid innovation of fads is how easily many people are accepting these fads without even thinking twice abut the many possible repercussions. People simply hope to lose that extra weight as quickly as possible with the help of these useless fad products, but if you ask me, I've never believed in fads, and I never will! In this article I'll tell you a little bit about the latest weight loss fad called HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) and how far...or little, it can help you lose weight.
First of all, if you're thinking that HCG is just another drug, then you're dead wrong! It's just a hormone that's already present in your body. This hormone is found in abundance in pregnant women. This is why any woman who tests positive for HCG is confirmed to be pregnant.
People never know about benefits of HCG on overweight people until an author named Kevin Trudeau wrote a book that claimed that HCG can help people with their weight. If you didn't know, Kevin Trudeau has spent a considerable amount of time in jail due to several violations of FTC guidelines. While Kevin Trudeau claims that HCG is a miracle hormone that will help people lose that extra weight much faster than any other weight loss supplement, there's no medical or scientific proof that backs up his claim. Not even the manufacturers who create a synthesized version of HCG claim that it's beneficial for overweight people. There is only a handful of doctors and experts who claim they have proof of its effectiveness on obese people.
For almost 40 years, many tests and studies were done on HCG to try to prove the truth of these claims. A bunch of research was done covering the effectiveness of HCG on obese people. No study or research done till date has yet to prove that HCG really does helps one lose that extra weight. So then, how can doctors claim the opposite?
Well, if you didn't know, if you choose HCG treatment, doctors will ask you to do a low calorie diet. So whether figuring out if it's the low calorie diet or the HCG hormone that helps people to lose weight isn't known.
And finally, HCG was banned in the US long ago. If you even want to buy synthetic HCG, you'll need to get it either in the black market or get it from another country, which can end up very costly!
If you want to take my advice, I would suggest that until the effectiveness of HCG is completely proved, you just follow the old long proven method of healthy food and exercises. A healthy food plan doesn't mean that you have to diet; just take in a lot of vegetables and fruits, be sure to drink lots of water, and also avoid the fatty and junk foods! Now this is a proven way to lose weight!