There’s nothing to worry about the HCG hormone for weight loss. Its powers to control hunger pangs and to redirect the metabolic process to fat burning from fat storing mode makes it ideal for fat loss. But there are some HCG diet risks you may have to deal with.
The HCG diet is not an easy one to be sure. Just looking at the amount of calories it allows per day may give you doubts about it. However, the diet actually has no serious dangers as long as you do not have an existing health condition that the diet can aggravate. Obesity after all is not just about lugging a bloated figure around or creaking joints. It has rather serious complications like diabetes, heart condition, infertility, even cancer are just some of them. Because of these complications, HCG doctors advise that you undergo a medical check up first to prevent said complications, if you have them, from being affected by the diet.
One is the HCG diet risks that is typical of very low calorie diets is hunger pangs getting the best of you and forcing you to quit or cheat. Intense hunger pangs resulting from the steep drop in calorie consumption can also lead to other side effects like bodily and mental disorientation, depression, irritability and headaches.
All the dangers mentioned above need not discourage you from engaging the HCG program. The risks are easily offset by the various benefits it provides. The program has been consistently proven by users to have the ability to lose a pound or two per day. And it does not require workouts which makes it the ideal weight loss program for people like you who are busy.
There are no special things you have to do make sure the side effects do not impede the successful implementation of the program. You really just need to follow the instructions on the how to implement the diet and HCG administration.
The 500 calorie a day detox diet should be strictly observed. It is intended not only to cut down your calorie consumption. More important, it’s meant to activate the powers of the HCG without which the side effects may be too much for you to handle. This means, of course, that you should follow the recommended diet recipe found in the book “Pounds and Inches” written by Dr. Simeons, the creator of the HCG program.
Another thing you have to strictly implement is the two days, prior to the diet, allocated for calorie gorging. The additional calories generated during these two days ensures you have enough energy throughout the entire process, reduces hunger pangs and confines the improved metabolism to burning fats and not muscles.
Observing the diet protocols solves most of the problems. This is does not mean, however, that you can just ignore the protocols for HCG administration. There’s the amount to consider which ranges from 125IU to 200IU daily and some specific instructions about oral drops administration. Absorption is supposed to be done 20 minutes before and after meals. You are to hold the hormone in your mouth for 15 seconds before swallowing.
There is the injection method, but if you are looking for more a hassle-free and cheaper method, you will not be disappointed with the oral drops.