Can HCG Diet Injections Help Me?

You may not have heard about HCG diet injections. If you have, you may be wondering what difference this treatment can make, particularly if you have been less than successful at losing weight before.

The answer is that when taken in conjunction with the specified diet plan, HCG will allow you to lose weight almost effortlessly – without feelings of deprivation and hunger.

What Is HCG?

The letters "HCG" stand for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin. This is a hormone that is made up of molecular chains of amino acids (proteins) and simple sugars. This hormone occurs naturally in developing fetuses as they gestate in the womb; its primary function is to maintain an optimal environment within the uterus. We are therefore born with a certain supply of this substance.

According to some research conducted in India during the 1950s, HCG may protect the fetus in another way; should the mother experience food deprivation, HCG appears to play a part in preventing the mother's system from feeding off the fetus and robbing it of vital nutrients.

Once we are born, our natural supply of HCG is depleted; this is largely due to the nature of our modern diet consisting of highly-processed foods stripped of nutrients and adulterated with chemical additives and preservatives.

How Do HCG Diet Injections Work?

The doctor who conducted the research in India over a half-century ago also found that injecting small amounts of HCG into obese patients resulted in weight loss. What he discovered is that HCG programs the small gland in our brains that controls our metabolism.

Known as the hypothalamus, this almond-sized gland at the base of our brains governs (among other things) the rate at which our bodies burn energy. The reason most diets fail is because this biological thermostat is lowered almost as soon as it perceives a reduction in calories. It is similar to backing off on the throttle in order to conserve fuel.

Because it is an energy source, fat cells are hoarded jealously by the hypothalamus; it will even consume lean muscle tissue before dipping into energy-rich fat reserves. HCG reprograms the hypothalamus to make use of stored fat in order to fuel our metabolic processes.

What Else Should I Know?

You will take HCG diet injections as you cut your calories down to a bare minimum – approximately 500 calories per day. This is only about one-third of the calories you need every day in order to maintain normal metabolism; HCG literally forces the hypothalamus to dip into fat reserves to make up the difference – and the end result is a slimmer, healthier body.

For additional information on HCG diet injections, sample recipes and menus and the role of moderate exercise, go to http://www.hcgdietdirect.com.

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