HCG and it's Impact of Human Life Style

HCG or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin is a hormone that we all have in our bodies. However, quite recently HCG has been used in fad diets and has been either taken orally or injected to help people lose weight. The theory is by taking this hormone artificially people can stick to a lower calorie diet without feeling hungry. There is no science that this works- it is a medical theory without being backed by much proof behind it. The 500 kcal diet will make people lose weight but having HCG has not been proven scientifically to improve weight loss. HCG has been getting much more publicity recently with the weight loss clients. Technically, it's the same hormone that is present in the human body just in different dosing and purpose. In medical science, it has been primarily used on male patients with testosterone replacement.

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin(HCG) is essentially a hormone produced by a female placenta during pregnancy. The levels of HCG production are very high and often fluctuate in pregnant women. It can be detected in their urine and it is the same hormone that is measured by a home pregnancy testing kit. Doctors prescribe HCG in high doses for patients dealing with fertility issues. More recently, this drug has been used in an "off-label" way for people dealing with obesity and aiding weight loss.

Does HCG help in Weight loss?

The diet structure for HCG recommends daily doses of oral HCG drugs or injections along with a severely calorie-restricted diet of around 500 kcal per day. Now, if we look at it scientifically, people lose weight when put on an HCG diet because of the fewer calories they eat. There's hardly any medical proof to substantiate that HCG injections make people lose weight.