As I understand it: HcG is a pregnancy hormone responsible for making sure that the fetus gets necessary fat and nutrients. If the mother doesn't take in enough calories during pregnancy, this hormone ensures that the fetus will be able to survive by tapping into the mother's fat stores.
The HcG diet involves a daily injection of the HcG hormone for 3-4 weeks. The injections, according to one website, were about $10 a day. Along with the injections, you eat very little food so that the injected HcG can tell your body to use its fat stores. The HcG also suppresses hunger pangs. And here's why you need that hunger suppressor: you are only supposed to eat 500 calories a day!
500 calories a day is not, in my opinion, healthful for any adult, anytime. And if a person were to eat 500 calories a day, they would lose a lot of weight without spending hundreds of dollars on a "cure" for overeating and inactivity.
From Diets in Review.com:
Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Weight loss is hard work and it won’t come in a potion, pill, or injection. The most “dangerous” thing you should be doing to your body is trying a new exercise that intimidates you like rock climbing or completing a marathon.A-men!
Choose a new habit to work into your life.
Try herbal tea.
Make up a batch of vegetable base and throw it into everything. I puree it and put it in soups, casseroles, lasagna, etc. My family has never guessed. And I love the flavor.
Try eating less. Listen to your body and stop before you're full.
You need healthy habits to keep you healthy for life! You can't cheat at health.
