HCG Supplements, India And The FDA Ban
To the outcry of several supplement companies manufacturing them, the FDA finally went and banned use of homeopathic HCG concoctions as a weight loss supplement. Let’s look at the reasons.
What Is HCG?
HCG stands for human chorionic gonadotropin and is a hormone women produce during pregnancy, where it helps sustaining growth of the fetus. In medicine, administration of HCG is used as a fertility aid for women and in men to increase the production of testosterone.
It’s difficult to see how this led over to it being used as a weight loss aid and the path it took to arrive there is nothing but astounding.
HCG And Weight Loss
In the 1930s, a British endocrinologist, Albert T. W. Simeons, studied pregnant Indian women who lived on a heavily calorie-deficient diet. At some point he also developed an interest in overweight boys suffering from Fröhlich’s syndrome, an illness where the pituitary gland is malfunctioning, making people very hungry, all the time.
Simeons claimed that those malnourished pregnant women he examined only lost fat mass, while muscle mass was spared. He reasoned that this is so because of their elevated level of HCG and that by injecting HCG into obese you could “reprogram” the hypothalamus (the brain’s control center for the pituitary gland) to protect muscle cells and only use fat cells for energy.
Homeless Indian woman: unfortunate and malnourished people such as her were the basis for Simeons' reasoning
He tested his hypothesis by injecting those overweight boys with Fröhlich’s syndrome with HCG, gave them very little to eat and, indeed, they lost weight. Unfortunately, what he didn’t test was what would have happened if he had given them very little to eat without injecting them with HCG.
Real Science Steps In
A proper scientist would have taken his observations and have them tested in circumstances where errors such as these are accounted for, but Simeons thought his reasoning was just about self-evident. In 1954, he simply published a report in the medical journal Lancet, which he soon turned into a book titled Pounds & Inches – A New Approach to Obesity, where he advised people to get HCG injections and eat around 500 kcal / day.
But despite a few early studies indicating that there might be some truth to what Simeons claimed, evidence that it wasn’t so was soon overwhelming (PDF). Any well-designed study failed to find a connection and any weight loss people experienced on the HCG diet was simply due to eating very little. In 1975 and 1976 the FDA and FTC ordered the various companies with which Simeons marketed his HCG diet to put warning labels on their patient contracts and product labels.
After 40 Years Finally A Ban
If I told you that the best way to lose weight was to eat like a malnourished and pregnant woman in India, what would you reply to me?
Yet for the last decades, some people made a good bit of money with what about amounted to the same: a more than likely useless drug, where any weight loss that is taking place is due to an unhealthy caloric restriction. Just in 2007, Kevin Trudeau, of infomercial fame, reinvigorated and capitalized on HCG until the FDA stepped in. Maybe we actually have to thank Trudeau for now getting the FDA to look at homeopathic HCG supplements and finally at least banning those for good.
Because despite the outcry of various supplement manufacturers, the only two things wrong about the FDA banning them is that it comes about forty years too late and that doctors can still administer HCG shots for weight loss. In those forty years, numerous people going through with this diet may have already suffered the same fate as many pregnant Indian women in the 1930s: an untimely death.
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48 Comments
Yes, amen to that! When I use to hear people preaching about how wonderful this diet was I thought they were on drugs, I just couldn’t understand how they couldn’t see it that this diet is a slow death. Anyone eating 500 calories a day is going to loose weight, it didn’t matter if they were using hormone shots or not, I’m just happy this wave is over.
I lost 100lbs on this diet and it all came from my belly fat. I’m surprised that this is being posted on this website since the owner of the website has congratulated me on my weight loss many times and said I look fantastic.
Diet and exercise do nothing for metabolism like hCG does. I went from gaining weight eating anymore than 1200 cals/day to doing hCG and now NEEDING to eat 3500+ calories per day just to maintain. Plus I gained 4lbs of lean muscle mass in the process.
Yes, I congratulated you to your weight loss. But the evidence of your weight loss is not evidence for HCG working.
To understand where I’m coming from, have a look at the below book. I think you may very much enjoy reading it, if for no other reason than to curse my name 😉
http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Science-Quacks-Pharma-Flacks/dp/0865479186/
people are losing weight and getting off major meds because of the weight loss.. they aren’t dying I know at least 10 people healthier than they were when they started.. but hey don’t let real life get in your way… wait till big pharma change the chemical makeup a little so they can profit big from it. Good thinking .. the fda is owned by those people
You are right- this will work for people with metabolism issuses that have tried every other weight loss plan and failed. You know because you have experienced it and long with so many others. Once you have experienced something that works – no one can take that away from you- their opinion does not count- YOUR TESTIMONY LIVES BEFORE EVERYONE WHO SEES YOU!
What does it feel like to do the work of the drug companies. Convincing people not to take HCG is a shame! I was at one time 275 pounds as a freshmen in high school before I lost 75 pounds. The sad thing is once you have put on fat you will struggle with it for the rest of your life. Since then I had put back on 40 pounds before I took Hcg and lost 29 in 28 days. It had never been that easy before. To lose 29 pounds back then took me months. Nobody has proven that hcg is bad for you so why has it been pulled. I am a grown adult I can decide whether I want to eat 500 calories if I want to. HCG does not make you only eat 500 calories it allows you to. Yes HCG does not cause you to lose weight 500 calories does. Next thing you know you are gonna make me eat 2000 calories a day. When does it stop? The FDA should be there to keep people from giving us something that could harm us, and give us recommendations for health. That is not what they are doing here. They never said HCG was bad for you.
“Convincing people not to take HCG is a shame!”
Rubbish. Complete and utter rubbish.
HCG is just a brilliant example of the placebo-effect. As I’ve said, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials have failed to show greater weight loss in the HCG group.
I now know why this country is doomed for failure. people like yourself are like sheep. You have no ability to think for yourself. I am absolutely certain that you know several people that have lost weight with it and love it. Aparently what they have done is found a way to eat only 500 calories with a placebo. I’m not saying it isn’t possible because it is. Do me, you, and the rest of the world a favor and try it yourself. Eat 500 calories a day with and without it and see what the rest of us already know. Doctors and weight loss clinics are going to continue to prescribe it and you know this. I know a local cardiologist who prescribes HCG for his patients before they can have surgery. His patients have never been close to this successful over the years. I know a lady who was morbidly obese. She had told me that the first time she talked to a doctor about her weight she was 5 years old. She told me that for the first time in her life dieting wasn’t something that she hated. She actually loved being on the drops and eating 1000 calories a day. She was never so successful in her life and she was I assume in her mid to late 40’s. You obviously do not know what your talking about and therefore you should probably not post anything anymore. The truth is any study is only as good as the integrity of the person administering the study. I can make a study say whatever I want depending on how the study is done, how the study is interpreted, and who I pick to be in my study group. There is a reason that the top 5 fortune 500 companies are pharmaceutical companies. And there is a reason that those 5 companies make more profits than the other 495 fortune 500 companies. This is because the FDA protects their ability to charge extreme amounts of money. I am almost certain you are just another example of what it takes to protect those profits. I purchased HCG for $20 and that just pisses the powers that be off!!!! To be able to lose weight for $20 is unamerican in their eyes. Extreme profits is the American way!!!!!!!! I have no problem with profit as I am in business to make a profit myself. I do not however advantage the system to take advantage of people the way the pharmaceutical companies do by influencing the FDA. Simple FACT, many of the people who work for the FDA resign or retire to go work for the pharmaceutical companies or their Lobbyists. Their they are paid very large sums of money for the work they did while working for the FDA!
And this ladies and gentleman, is the disturbing reality of the placebo-effect.
Trust me, I’m the last person you need to convince that the FDA has an alternative agenda that most certainly is NOT in the interest of public health.
Public health policy can be influenced by powerful vested political and commercial stakeholders. However, you really don’t seem to understand the process of how original research is first conducted and then published into peer-reviewed journals.
Bottom line is that the HCG diet has no scientific foundation. Keep citing all the anecdotes you want, it changes nothing.
The sad thing about this whole conversation between you and I is that the people who have never tried the product will possibly have pause when it comes to trying the product. Since they do not know you or I the question arises who do you believe. I am going to talk past you in this instance and talk directly to the people who may read this. Please understand this people as I only believe in the spreading of knowledge so that you can decide for yourself! This man is quoting a study that was performed on a certain group of people and administered by a certain group of people who most likely had good or bad motives at heart. The true test is the millions of people who have tried it and loved it. You probably know some or many! I assure you that those of them who were successful such as myself would be more than happy to tell you what they experienced was short of a miracle! The study that he is citing only says that the people who were given the hcg did not lose any more weight than the placebo group. That is true. I cannot state this enough “That is true”. The problem is that both groups of people were forced to eat the same ammount of calories. Of course they lost the same amount of weight! I would however bet my life on the fact that if you talked to the people in the study that were on HCG it was easy and the people that were given the placebo (if they were actually given the placebo) were miserable during the study thinking about food all day! This is the absolute truth people! I want you to know that ignorance in this country rules the day and this is why we are destined to fail as a country. The people in this country have the freedom to speak and think for themselves. We have the best access to information in the world, good and bad. The truly enlightened person has the ability to look at the big picture and read between the lines of bull. It takes a lot of time and perserverence to get there but mark my words it is worth your while as a person and as a society. If we allow the powers that be to get away with confusing the public we will lose. And depending on who you are reading this you most likely understand what I am talking about as the vast majority of people in this country believe we are on the wrong track. This is an excellent example of us being on the wrong track people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do me a favor people and open your eyes to the ad choices in the upper right hand corner of this page! This is exactly what I am talking about. The ad choices are for weight loss products. The powers that be absolutely hated the fact that you could purchase a product for $20 that actually worked. Think about it!!!
Did Mr. Trudeau give away his book for free?
You can lose weight without buying anything.
“The problem is that both groups of people were forced to eat the same ammount of calories. Of course they lost the same amount of weight!”
There you just admitted calories ultimately dictate weight-loss not HCG.
Game over.
This goes out to evilcyber and Rani. The lack of being able to understand what I am saying displayed by the two of you is mind boggling. I am now wondering what level of education you were able to maintain. I would advise you to never quote the school that you attended as the administrators, deans, or principles may not appreciate it. I am going to try to put it in words that you may possibly be able to understand. HCG does not cause you to lose weight. Are you with me so far? HCG curbs your apatite so that you can eat less without feeling starved. Still with me? When you eat less you lose weight. I know I have probably lost you by now but I am going to keep trying because I think you need the help. I actually wonder if you know what the phrase curb your apatite or apatite suppressant really mean. Perhaps this is where you need the help. An apatite suppressant causes you to not desire or want food as much as you normally would. If you still do not understand perhaps you could still go back to school. It’s never too late! I wish you the best and I hope that you can find the help you need.
My last post was a joke. This whole blog thing is kind of fun. I know Rani and evilcyber understand what I am saying. They may very well even have college degrees from respectable schools. What they are trying to do here is confuse the general public. It’s unfortunate that people have to put up with it! Please understand one thing people. This kind of thing is how the powers that be control people. If you can keep people confused and feeling hopeless they will not trust anybody. It’s then when they have you! America please wake up! The tea party and Occupy wall street have opened their eyes. Please do the same! Don’t let the powers that be determine how we all have to live our lives. They want us to be excellent consumers. Nobody in washington or Wall street ever wants us to consume less of anything. The govt. didn’t come down this hard on Atkins diet did they? How can you beat that diet if you want great consumers. Those people ate more calories when they were on the diet than when they weren’t. This is what the powers that be want. They are looking like crazy for the perfect product or diet that will allow you to lose weight by consuming more! Lobbyists in washington spend piles of time and money making sure that no govt. or official person says consume less of their product. Mark my words!!! If anyone ever comes up with a product that allows you to consume more without gaining weight but causes many negative side effects, that product will not get banned and will be praised by the medical community. Alli is an example though a poor one of what I’m talking about. Alli says that it blocks the absorption of fat. Truth is it does, but itdoes not work very well. Isn’t it brilliant though! Now you may think I can take this and possibly lose weight (and you may lose a few), or take this and keep from getting fatter while I eat more! Gotta love it! This was approved by the FDA to be Over the counter. I think your getting my drift. Here is a good question to ask yourself. How many people do you know that were successful that tried Alli which was approved by the FDA for weight loss and how many with HCG? I truly should not have to say anymore. But if you have read all of mine, Rani’s, and evilcybers posts. I’m certain this conversation is not over! This is Fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who cares if HCG creates a placebo effect. In fact, wouldn’t it be even better if it was just a placebo effect??? I lost 42 lbs on my first round of HCG ang I’ve never felt better in my life. I’m healthier and no longer have high blood pressure. I learned how to eat right and now I’m able to introduce exercise where I couldn’t before. Placebo???? More power to hcg.
Hi! I have a a health nutritionist, which allowed me to purchase HCG … Now she is stating she will not due to the fda banding it… she know stating her vit such has vit d and her weight loss vit, along with a healthy diet of 1,200 calories a day with excercise will be best for her customers… I am very upset I have lost 17 Pounds fron hcg and DO NOT WANT TO GAIN IT BACK…. HOW CAN I GET THE REAL HCG FORMULA? I KNOW YOU STATED YOU CAN GET HCG FOR 20 DOLLARS.. WHERE CAN I PUCHASE FROM…
I don’t personally know any of these people in the studies so I really don’t care what the studies say because I know many who tried other weight loss plans and no matter how they restricted their calories they could not successfully lose weight- their metabolism SLOWED DOWN! Especially women! And as I personally know many people SUCCESSFUL with the HCG diet plan- that is my study and it is good enough for me. You are certainly entitled to your opinion but you can never take away from the truth that many have used the HCG plan and lost and kept the weight off- were not hungry through the phace and lost the bad fat, not muscle. You can not take that away from anyone who has experienced it, so believe what you want to believe…. that’s your perogative- but many have experienced contrary to your vain imaginative speculations!
If you have SERIOUSLY tried this for yourself I believe that your comments and views would be different. I have tried many diets including low calorie doctor supervised ones and NONE have given me the results of the HCG diet. I completed this diet (ALL PHASES) over a year ago and have successfully managed to keep the weight off because I actually lost FAT not muscle or water. Also the fat I lost was in areas that typically don’t budge regardless of what diet or exercise plan I’m on. I think it is also important to mention that I lost 40 lbs and my skin did not sag and I was not flabby as was the case with other low calorie doctor supervised diets I completed in the past. I also recommended this plan to others and they had similar results including my mother who WAS diabetic (her medical doctor took her off the pills as a result of the improved state of health this diet plan gave her). To be clear I believe anyone undertaking such a restrictive diet plan should do so under the care of a physician (I and my mother were and we used medical grade homepathic drops NOT injections). I would just say that not every diet works for everyone but ANY diet that results in a better state of health, even if for only a few (although from the testimonies I’ve heard and read this diet has worked for hundreds) should not be banned.
There is no such thing as “medical grade” homeopathic drops – homeopathic remedies per definition at best contain only trace amounts of the supposedly functional ingredient.
Also, while I applaud you for having achieved this weight loss, I’m still very certain you could have done it without HCG, especially in homeopathic dosage. You may find the following explanation of homeopathy interesting:
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/homeo.html
Don’t attribute something you achieved with your willpower to an outside source – it’s all in you.
Exactly Monica – those fat areas that never budge no matter what exercise you do… DISAPPEAR within days on hCG.
I dropped 18″ off my waist. I dropped 1″ off my waist every week consistently with hCG.
Some people who have a fast metabolism and are already fit don’t understand what it’s like to be constantly trapped in a fat body with slow metabolism that just doesn’t allow the fat to burn like they do.
Plus, diet and exercise are not the only way. hCG is perfect and for obese people it’s the best solution because it allows you to slim down FAST and boost metabolism FAST so you can get to the point where you can actually exercise like a normal person.
I spent ten years in the gym – no results. 4 rounds on hCG and I lost all my blubber and now I can eat anything I want and not gain – hmm. I have been coaching people through it too for a year and everyone has the same dramatic results. my friend even lost 4lbs a day on average and looks fabulous now – has more energy and it got her cooking which is amazing.
People who have never tried the hCG diet really have no place to put in an opinion.
Do you know a better method to find out if something works than by testing it on two group of randomized people, where the only difference between them is that one receives the medication, supplement etc. and the other doesn’t?
If I went to say that my workouts are much more successful when the moon is full and you believed in me as an authority in the field of fitness, those full moon workouts would likely work for you, too. But it would have nothing to do with the moon, just with your belief in me.
Everything in this world is based on belief. Every pharmaceutical, every herb, every tea… even the way we think our circulatory system works is based on belief… but there is also a biological component to hCG that most people don’t get. And that is that it literally does reset metabolism. I don’t trust any of the studies anyone does… because they are looking for specific results therefore they get what they set out to get.
I just recently stopped taking testosterone for a year and a half and yet my endo and everyone was baffled at the fact that my levels are still in a normal range. Well, that’s because I focused on maintaining my levels consciously.
So really, biology is meaningless – unless you ascribe meaning to it.
You can believe whatever studies you want to believe and that is your reality. It doesn’t invalidate anything.
The “placebo effect” is funny because EVERYTHING in this world is the placebo effect.
The world has it backwards. They think that person A who takes a placebo and achieves results – gets those results because it was “all in their mind” while person B who takes the biological substance achieves results because of the biological substance… but in reality, both people achieved results because of their belief.
I could drink rat poison and not be affected by it if I believe it is harmless… in a nutshell. That’s how this world works!! =)
So you would also be able to fly if you believed you could?
The placebo effect is controlled for when you use a double-blind study design. This means that neither the participants nor the scientists conducting the test know who receives the placebo or the active agent.
That being said, I do wonder what you would do if you broke your arm. Would you sit down and wait for the placebo effect to set it in a manner that makes it fully functional again or would you see a doctor?
When I injure myself I heal myself energetically. Burns, cuts, bruises, even knife wounds and broken bones. Ripped my finger in half all the way around with tissue coming out – should have had stitches by western medical means but never did. Healed in 3 days no scars. Ripped my leg open deeply – same thing, healed it. Broke my big toe, doctors told me they need to re-break it and I never went back – healed it on my own.
So what? Are you going to outlaw it because it’s a placebo? If a placebo works, use it!!!!
I understood that Dr. Simeone noticed that the Pregnant starving woman gave birth to normal sized infants and wondered why the infants were not also malnourished. In his study he noticed that the only difference was the hcg when testing bloodwork. He figured that the hcg tricked the hypothalmus and one was then able to retrieve abnormal fat stores which another duplicating the same diet WITHOUT the HCG could NOT do! People need to educate themselves on the matter before they spoil it for others who have found great success, such as myself. One may be eating 500 calories, however they may be burning up 2500 calories; without the hcg, they would not be able to do so. One would most likely either become ill or fall off the diet, due to hunger. I lost 60 lbs and 75 inches doing hcg! When I watched Kevin Trudeau’s infommercial for the first time, I flipped the channel and thought he was full of bologny! NOW I KNOW, HE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! It definately works! I and many, many other people are proof! When I was in my 20’s weight watchers worked for me. Now that I am 60, this was the ONLY thing that worked! I hope the FDA does NOT take this off the market; it IS a cure for obesity, however, one MUST eat healthy to maintain, which is true regarding any weight loss program/diet! The FDA would spend better use of time to ban MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) which CAUSES obesity and leave HCG alone! Both my husband and another family member each lost 50 lbs, also. Hcg Works!
Brenda, the effect Dr. Simeone claimed to have found was repeatedly tested in exactly the way you describe. In a typical experiment, one group of people were given HCG and another not, but both received the same amount of daily calories. There was no difference in lost weight – see the ASBP paper I linked.
MSG doesn’t cause obesity, eating too much does. In Asia, it has been used quite liberally for decades, yet Asians for a long time didn’t report the same rates of obesity we experience in the US or Europe. In China, for example, things only changed when a growing middle class was able to afford buying and eating more food.
If MSG causes increased hunger feelings and if its consumption is *healthy* is another matter.
Most of those studies were not done to protocol, the people were fed potatoes which completely ruins the process…
Most hCG diet plans out there aren’t to protocol, either, so many people don’t get the results they should. Some companies allow mixing of vegetables which is a huge no-no…
Anyone who sticks to the protocol will see results. If they don’t see results, I guarantee they aren’t following the protocol. I’d bet my life on that. I’ve seen it happen with my coaching clients… they think they are following protocol and guess what? After asking the right questions I come to find out they aren’t. Now I do house-calls where I go stay with people for a month and guarantee their success…
It’s not an easy protocol to follow. It’s not like most diets where you can have a cheat day. On this diet, you cheat with one bite of sugar and you destroy the progress. I’ve coached 10 people through it successfully, and in 42 days they lose 30-45lbs all from the problem areas and keep it off afterwards… and can eat anything they want. It’s beautiful!
… but again, only if you follow protocol. Which these other studies did not do.
I got interested in HCG ever since Kevin Trudeau resurrected it from the rubbish bin of science.
Ancedotes notwithstanding, anyone who has read the literature objectively will clearly see HCG is just another diet fad that does not hold up in clinical trials.
Yep, exactly.
Actually, they have only banned certain makers that were selling an “imitation” HCG hormone. I just went yesterday and got my refill from my doctor. It was mixed and filled at the pharmacy. I have lost 32 pounds and have kept it off for well over a year. I am doing the second round just so I can fit into my size 6 “little black” dress for a class reunion. Only 12 pounds to go until I reach my goal. I just finished blood work and my cholesterol, blood pressure etc is better than it was when I was 25. I am 40 now.
Janie, great job! I will have to look up if HCG drops can still be sold in some instances.
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Heah Sheamus, good to hear from and hope you are doing great! 🙂
If the only side effect is weight loss, as compared to death, if you’re lucky, on most other weight loss products, then why the he!! is it getting banned ????????? HMMMMMMM……
Is weight loss the only effect?
I’ve tried to lose weight through regular cardio and a calorie deficit like all the magazines and “experts” said. I felt terrible the whole time, and my stubborn love handles remained ( :-/). I stuck perfectly to everything, and later on went to try various dietary supplements and even tried following Robert Lustig’s recommendations from “sugar: the bitter truth”(which I wholeheartedly recommend, as well as the undergroundwellness YouTube channel). I still had my love handles, and I still felt terrible.
Then I found Homeopathic HCG. It was at this point my “permanent” love handles were stripped, and I felt such an abundance of energy it couldn’t be put into words. I can’t believe “Big Pharma” is dropping the hammer on the good men and women who make these products available to us. The “Man” doesn’t want us to know how to manage our weight effectively, and wants us to stay sick by feeding us milk that isn’t raw as well as a diet abundant in grains(which are fed to cows to MAKE THEM FAT).
In short: HCG turned my life around and opened my eyes to the falsehoods popular media throws my way.
No, this is an example of Big Pharma paying off the FDA once again, because HCG works, and is taking money out of their pockets. If Big Pharma doesn’t make it, the American people can’t have it…period! I did the reasearch. I ate a 500 calorie a day diet without HCG, and I didn’t really lose much, and stayed hungry all the time. I did the 500 calorie a day diet with HCG and lost a pound a day. You can’t tell me it doesn’t work, and you can’t tell me there is a placebo effect. You can’t tell me that Big Pharma is afraid of it, because it does work.
Are you aware that someone *is* profiting from these drops as well?
I recommend the same book as above:
http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Science-Quacks-Pharma-Flacks/dp/0865479186/
And your point is? I think people want to keep their HCG. You go ahead and buy the book.
Clearly those that are naysayers never used it. All I know id that I used ChiroHCG dropped 60 pounds, no exercise over 2 rounds. My exact science is this
Pre HCG:
BMI 28,
Borderline Hypertension high 130s over high 80s low 90s,
Metabolic Sundrome (Prediabetic – Fasting Blood Sugar averaged 107) Avg Pulse Rate 85,
Cholesterol: 203
A1C 5.7
I took HCG 3x a day for 6 weeks, ate the 500 cal diet no exercise and NO HUNGER PANGS. Weight Loss 30 lbs each round
Post HCG:
BMI 24,
Blood Pressure mid 120s over high 70s ,
no longer considered to have Metabolic Sundrome (Fasting Blood Sugars low 80s)
Avg Pulse Rate 64,
Cholesterol: 179
A1C 4.2
After I completed my maintenance phase, I ate the EXACT SAME DIET for 6 weeks, no HCG no exercise. Weight Loss 1.5 pounds.
Interesting fact was this:
While on the HCG diet hair loss while showering was about average no notable difference
While trying the EXACT SAME DIET without HCG while showering my hair loss DOUBLED by the time I finished the diet (muscle loss).
So I’m healthier and the FDA is telling me its a BAD THING?? I can find books to debunk anything and every thing so please spare me any suggested reading the diet did nothing for my PMS. Data is Data. I hope the FDA is debunking the Master Cleanse as well as the Fat Sick and Almost Dead Documentary.
I hope they realize that people will just order their HCG from overseas.
I have data that shows Santa Claus lives on the North Pole. After all, those presents have to come from somewhere, don’t they?
I lost 47 pounds, and my girl friend lost 25 pds, its a shane how the systems imposed taking away the good things just to let the pharmaceutic make more money. I’ll bet hcg will come back with a pharmaceutical name. WHAT A SHANE!!!!
The reason HCG has been banned is because ordinary people can afford it!. If sn entity is not making obscene amounts per use from a sold item, it’s not available to the American public
I have been successful losing significant weight with HGC – after 50+ years of trying – yes 50years. I have maintained over half that weight loss for over 2 years. On similar caloric intake in the past, starvation mode has kicked in & weight loss was minimal. The physicians who have very expensive clinics still seem to be able to get HCG – who owns the FDA if not the pharmaceutical companies driven by physicians. How is it that every fast food in the country can “Biggie UP” to the tune of heaven knows how many calories per meal,and are not subject to the same type of “health of the American people” oversight?
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Everyone seems to be MISSING THE POINT on why HCG worked! LISTEN PLEASE: Of COURSE you will lose weight on a reduced calorie diet -that ISN’T the issue here! The REASON HCG worked so well for many is that is REDUCED HUNGER! If you don’t reduce your hunger pangs, then good luck on ANY diet! With HCG, you simply aren’t hungry..PERIOD. And if you aren’t hungry, then you can lose the weight and THEN adopt a healthy eating lifestyle and not have to wait years to lose the weight in a convention method with horrible hunger pangs that are always tempting to you to eat more and make you a horrible person to deal with, not to mention all the health crisis’ you can get while still fat and taking years to lose it. Need I remind everyone this is the SAME FDA that approved Fen-Phen for dieters, and which caused HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DEATHS and heart-valve problems?! Show me where HCG has caused such deaths?! You won’t find that info because the original research by Dr. Simeon showed it was SAFE to do for most people. The pharma companies simply didn’t want competition…END OF STORY.
Nobody said the FDA is perfect. How would HCG reduce hunger?