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What Is The HCG Program And Why Many Dieters Prefer It Over Other Programs?

Human chorionic gonadotropin or HCG is a hormone produced by women during their first tri-mister of pregnancy. Its purpose is to help develop the womb for the protection of the baby and the absorption of the nutrients coming from the mother. Aside from this crucial function, the HCG hormone speeds-up the metabolism of the body, allowing it to easily break down all foods consumed into nutrients needed by the mother and her unborn infant.

The capability of HCG hormone to alter the metabolism is the reason why Dr. Simeon, a British physician, who worked all his life dealing with pregnancies, endorsed it for obesity treatment more than 60 years ago. The HCG weight loss program did not attain immediate success possibly because many health and fitness professionals did not believe the hormone is effective for weight loss. It is only now with Kevin Trudeau's marketing skills that the program is getting the recognition it deserves. The recent success of the program is not at all surprising given its vaunted ability to drop excess weight at a rate of one to two pounds without the dieter needing to perform strenuous exercise.

Naturally, not all are comfortable with the program. There is the method of administration to consider. For a long time the hormone can only be administered through injections. Sad to say majority of people do not like sticking needles into their bodies. Today, of course, the hormone can already be administered orally. There is the diet which is one of the main complaints of the some health and fitness professionals. They consider the diet too calorie starved and they fear this may result to the metabolic process eating up muscles instead of fast which can lead to really serious health problems.

Fortunately, most of the fears of critics have not been confirmed by user's experiences. This is probably because potentially serious side-effects have been largely anticipated by the doctor, hence the inclusion in the program of a special three-day period where the dieter is allowed to consume all the calorie rich foods he or she can. The reason for this period is simple: augment the stock of fats in the body to ensure that the dieter run out of energy and ensure the accelerated metabolic rate does not burn muscles instead of fats.
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