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Lose a pound a day: HCG dieters say it's possible
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Posted on 02/13/2011 6:23:55 PM PST by Perdogg

The HCG diet claims to be natural, promises to help you lose a pound or more a day and even discourages exercise.

But critics and medical doctors say it can be also dangerous.

HCG stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin and is a hormone that is produced during pregnancy. It's detected in the urine of pregnant women.

HCG retailers say it works because it goes on the same concept that a pregnant woman's body will use stored fats to help send nutrients to the baby, even if she is not eating much.

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KEYWORDS: diet; hcg
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To: Perdogg

Just did the 3 day diet....lost 8 lbs. 1000 calories. Lots of volume of food in the diet.Supposedly a chemical breakdown helps ou drop the weight. I’m starting again this week for another loss. felt perfectly fine doing it.


21 posted on 02/13/2011 6:41:28 PM PST by oust the louse (Mr. Obama is a left-wing ideologue who believes in the greatness of Fedzilla.)
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To: oust the louse

I went on that diet 25 years ago. That’s the diet that you eat beets and ice cream, correct?


22 posted on 02/13/2011 6:42:50 PM PST by Perdogg (What Would Aqua Buddha do?)
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To: ChocChipCookie
Eat a can of tuna a day. A little mayo and relish.

Your getting everything that way.

23 posted on 02/13/2011 6:43:30 PM PST by AGreatPer (Voting for the crazy conservative gave us Ronald Reagan....Ann Coulter)
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To: Perdogg; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

What if I’m not prepared to give birth right now? ;’)


24 posted on 02/13/2011 6:43:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: Grunthor

Please keep us updated.


25 posted on 02/13/2011 6:43:34 PM PST by Perdogg (What Would Aqua Buddha do?)
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To: Perdogg
Okinawans live longer and healthier than anybody in world. Their secret?

Treat meat as a condiment instead of a main (or even secondary) part of a meal. Vegetables and natural rice are the bulk of the meal.

The little amount of meat you do eat should come from the sea.

Only eat until you're 80% full and then stop to allow time for the belly to send the signals to the brain that it's indeed full.

Get enjoyment from being out and about instead of on the couch watching TV.

26 posted on 02/13/2011 6:44:43 PM PST by Engineer_Soldier ("Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto." Thomas Jefferson.)
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To: ChocChipCookie
studies show obesity reduces your lifespan by 9 months.

So your choice is to eat what you want your whole life and live 9 months less when it doesn't matter anymore... or live your life in misery eating rice cakes.

I'll eat what I want in moderation, and if it shaves a few months off my life... then so be it.

27 posted on 02/13/2011 6:45:34 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Perdogg

The diet really does work as I’ve lost 20lbs in 23 days with some cheat days. You should not stay on the diet more than 40 days as you will start to build immunity.


28 posted on 02/13/2011 6:45:54 PM PST by Cosmo105
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To: Perdogg
Sheesh!

This started in the 1930's, and shows up ever 10-15 years.

NOW, they say — this time — it will work IF you eat only 500 calories a day.

Does common sense — and people due diligence — exist ANYMORE!?!?

29 posted on 02/13/2011 6:48:26 PM PST by Jackson Brown
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To: Perdogg

Bump


30 posted on 02/13/2011 6:50:52 PM PST by tatown (Obama is a turd)
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To: Perdogg
Didn't lose a pound on this diet, but the Ob-Gyn doc says I'm due in June!
31 posted on 02/13/2011 6:51:12 PM PST by Ken H
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To: Perdogg
Not necessarily, the body shuts down. You need calories to fuel you metobolism. You need (your body weight X 9.8) calories to keep you metobolic rate at “normal”.

I went to Sapper school in November/December of last year and it taught me a lesson about eating. We eat way too much. When they starved me in the woods, I had energy to stay up for the 23 hours per day we were forced to stay awake and I never had the afternoon energy crash we suffer as regular soldiers or Americans. The great thing is that my weight (at 34 years old) returned to that of my high school days and I was very strong and energetic (after recovering from the frost bite, blisters, and all that comes from a very tough school in the Army).

32 posted on 02/13/2011 6:53:22 PM PST by Engineer_Soldier ("Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto." Thomas Jefferson.)
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To: Perdogg

correct....dinner one night is two hot dogs, carrots,beets and ice cream. actually ice cream after each dinner. drink lots of water and your losing weight...


33 posted on 02/13/2011 6:54:04 PM PST by oust the louse (Mr. Obama is a left-wing ideologue who believes in the greatness of Fedzilla.)
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To: Perdogg
It's detected in the urine of pregnant women.

Pregnant lady pee? This diet is going to appeal to a narrow group of fetishists, most of whom are already thin.


34 posted on 02/13/2011 6:55:12 PM PST by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
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To: tiki

Will do.


35 posted on 02/13/2011 6:59:36 PM PST by Grunthor (Enemy of the state)
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To: politicianslie

Thank you.


36 posted on 02/13/2011 7:00:13 PM PST by Grunthor (Enemy of the state)
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To: ChocChipCookie

Meats are basically chicken, veal, some fish and small amounts of beef correct?


37 posted on 02/13/2011 7:01:17 PM PST by Grunthor (Enemy of the state)
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To: Perdogg

I have had several patients in the icu from this diet. At least one permanently brain damaged after cardiac arrest. Very dangerous diet


38 posted on 02/13/2011 7:01:46 PM PST by Mom MD (Jesus is the Light of the world!)
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To: Perdogg

I’ve been pregnant 11 times. Never noticed that it caused me to lose weight ...

Yo, if you don’t eat, period, eventually you’ll get very skinny. Then you’ll die. Haven’t you seen the prisoner-of-war camp movies?


39 posted on 02/13/2011 7:02:55 PM PST by Tax-chick (All that, plus a real-meat cheezburger and wine.)
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To: Perdogg

BMFL


40 posted on 02/13/2011 7:05:25 PM PST by Scutter
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