To lose weight, you need to get rid of some types of foods and artificial sweeteners, white sugar and flour. Maintaining this kind of diet will help you drop several pounds and lose the stubborn belly fat. You also need to switch to a 100% organic diet and consume less than 500 calories a day. And of course, there is a new breakthrough in the weight loss department and it’s called the hCG diet.

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin or hCG is a hormone produced during pregnancy. It is composed of cells in the placenta and aids in maintaining the production of progesterone in the entire period of pregnancy. One of the possible roles of hCG is the breaking down of stored abdominal fat so that it can serve as an energy source for the growing fetus, a process that increases the metabolism of the mother. And because of hCG’s function, there are now beliefs that it can also be used in losing extra pounds.

Dr. Albert Simeons, a British endocrinologist, formulated a weight loss plan in the 1950s which involves injecting people with the hCG hormone based on his theory that it will help break down the fats stored in the body, increase metabolism, and ultimately promote weight loss. Meanwhile, Kevin Trudeau, a controversial businessman, wrote a book in 2007 entitled The Weight Loss Cure “They” Don’t Want You To Know About.

The said book outlines a restrictive hCG diet and suggested the use of hCG injections to guarantee weight loss. While many consider Trudeau as the people’s hero for sharing the cover-ups with the public when no one else would, still, he was convicted of fraud and larceny. He was also held in contempt for making deceptive claims in his book.

Trudeau together with the other hCG diet proponents continue to make big claims on how it greatly lead to weight loss. However, these are just mere claims and not backed by reputable researches. Dietician Becky Hand even said that some placebo-controlled clinical studies done between 1970s and 1990s showed that hCG injections provide no weight loss advantage.

Researches grouped their subjects into two: a control group who followed the diet only and another group who followed the same diet and received hCG injections. Result of this study showed that the weight loss between the two groups were the same hence hCG injections offer no weight loss advantage over dieting.

The bottom line is, proper diet and regular exercise are the key to losing weight. You need to follow the recommended foods to eat and allot a portion of your time in flexing your muscles. It is also essential to consult with your doctor if you plan to take supplements. Your doctor will advise you of the right diet pills to take that would do no harm to your body. And take note that not because it is a popular method of losing weight, it means it is effective.

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