The new buzz word for dieting nowadays is HCG. HCG stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin. It seems that every year a new diet hits the market, one that promises to make everyone lean and be healthy at the same time. The difference between this diet and the others like the Adkins diet is that this requires a shot.
HCG is actually a compound created in the body during pregnancy which regulate the metabolism. How the diet works is simple. You get a shot of HCG which is pretty much made from fluid taken from a womans placenta. Then you force yourself to eat only 500 calories per day. This is an extremely low number of calories, about 25% of the recommended daily intake. Normally the body would have problems dealing with such a low number of calories, however the HCG metabolises the calories better, meaning you will feel relatively normal.
May 26 2008
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