Chloe Adisson answers:

Dietary supplements are poorly regulated in the US. They do not have to conform to the stringent standards applied to pharmaceuticals or food products by the FDA. The result of this absence of oversight has been a scammer’s dream and the scammers have made the most of it.

The scammers advertise their products in the usual way with commercial dot com websites. However, they also will publish blogs, reviews, scientific mock articles and white papers, and even scam stories so no matter where you look in the dot com part of the web you’ll find only good things about their products. The are very good at “gaming” the search engines so all you will find is what they want you to find. And, of course, they make sure these phony websites are not traceable to them. You can learn more by watching this CBS new video –> http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5196740n&tag=related;photovideo (you’ll have to sit through a quick commercial message first).

Anyone who believes there is an easy way to lose fat or add muscle should ask themself the following questions.

1. If there was an easy way to do hard things like burn fat or build muscle, why doesn’t the whole world know about it? How could that be kept secret when that’s what so many people desire?

2. If there were supplements that could help burn fat or build muscle, why haven’t the huge and powerful pharmaceutical companies taken it over? Why let the scammers like GNC and Weider continue to make $millions off the public when they have a much greater capacity for providing such products?

3. If there was a supplement that helped people shed pounds, why doesn’t your doctor know about it? If you’re overweight, why doesn’t your physician just give you the pill or recommend the acai or HCG diet or whatever? Why are physicians always telling the same story about obesity and how to cope with it?

4. Why do people pay big bucks to have liposuction or stomach stapling if supplements could really help them to lose fat?

There is only one good answer to all of these questions. Most of the supplements which are supposed to make you lose fat or add muscle just don’t work. It’s really that simple.

If you’re interested in burning fat or building muscle and you see a product which claims to help, be very skeptical. The golden rule for intelligent consumerism is still…

“If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”

Now, about your HCG diet. When reviewing the research it seems obvious that HGC contributes nothing to fat loss and is no more than another “snake oil” scam. HCG contributes nothing to the diet and the diet alone, without the HCG, will work as well. Check the following excerpts from the US National Institute of Health…the place where the doctors get their information regarding health research.

“In recent publications describing mostly well-documented double-blind studies authors largely reject hCG administration in dieting. Supporters of the hCG diet must prove the efficacy of this method in controlled studies according to the German Drug Law. Until then the opinion of the German steroid toxicology panel is still valid, that hCG is ineffective in dieting and should not be used.”
Red: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3609673

“Side effects were seen in 2 volunteers from the hCG group, 1 of whom suffered from severe headache and the other who suffered from ovarian cysts which were punctured by laparoscopy. The success of the diet was based on motivation and good information, rather than on the hCG administration. (author’s modified)”
Ref: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3609673

“We conclude that there is no rationale for the use of HCG injections in the treatment of obesity.”
Ref: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2405506

“Supporters of the hCG diet must prove the efficacy of this method in controlled studies according to the German Drug Law. Until then the opinion of the German steroid toxicology panel is still valid, that hCG is ineffective in dieting and should not be used”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3609673

“The success of the diet was based on motivation and good information, rather than on the hCG administration.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12281505

“Subjects receiving HCG injections showed no advantages over those on placebo in respect of any of the variables recorded. Furthermore, weight loss on our diet was similar to that on severely restricted intake. We conclude that there is no rationale for the use of HCG injections in the treatment of obesity.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12281505

“You won’t see me promoting quick fixes or fad diets anytime soon. But every once in awhile something comes along that seems so dangerous I have to call it out. That’s why I’m going to help reveal the truth behind the HCG diet.”

http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/07/hcg-diet-look-elsewhere-for-weight-loss/

Good luck and good health!!

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Chloe Adisson answers:

Dk. Oprah have tried every diet the best money can buy, look at her now.

People spend $20 billion per year on vitamins and supplements.  According to Everyday Health, here’s an article that will tell you why . . . Those PRODUCTS by any other name do NOT WORK.  It is false advertisements.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t have to approve supplements — no agency in the United States does. So it’s up to consumers to bring health concerns to light. “It’s important to understand the difference between over-the-counter medications and dietary supplements,” say Pieter Cohen, MD, an internist at Cambridge Health Alliance and instructor at Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, Mass. The FDA gets involved only after the fact, if the supplement later appears to be causing harm. By that time, the supplement may already have harmed many consumers who used it. “The burden of proof is on the FDA to determine [a supplement] is dangerous and remove it from the market,” Cohen says. Consumer complaints are the primary trigger for investigations. One recent investigation of the dietary weight-loss supplement ephedra resulted in it being banned for sale in the United States.

Sources: Everyday Health, Slate.com, CNN Health/herbal-supplements, FDA.gov for consumers protect yourself health fraud

Chloe Adisson answers:

I am a man and I did the drops from prohcgdiet.com and lost 16 pounds on the diet in 24 days. I did not have any side effects from the hormones, and no, I did not turn into a woman! The doses that you take of the hormone are so small that they do not cause any side effects. In fact, bodybuilders have been taking doses of the hormone for many years that are at least double the amount you take on the diet. Hcg will actually stimulate the production of testosterone in men, so instead you actually become more of a man in the process! Haha!

I would definitely recommend the hcg diet to men, especially since you can still retain all of your muscle mass while losing weight. For men, this is usually a problem that you try to lose weight and end up losing muscle, and then you put muscle back on and you put the weight back on. It’s a vicious cycle, but it does not happen on the hcg diet.

I still had plenty of energy on the diet and did not have that much trouble sticking to the 500 calories a day. I did plenty of research before I started the diet and found nothing about it not being safe for men. You can have the 50 pounds gone in 2-3 months if you follow the diet correctly.

Chloe Adisson answers:

I have lose over 60lbs on the HCG Diet, bottom line it works! And it is very safe haven been used now for over 50yrs. Remember HCG is a naturally produced hormone created by the placenta and is present in every pregnant women at levels literally a thousand times higher than while on the HCG diet.

You can expect to lose .5-1.5lbs per day while on the diet, if and only if you stick exactly to the diet as written by its creator Dr. Simeons! Also, keep in mind that you need to have a plan to keep the weight off after completing the diet. One major advantage to the HCG diet is that is has built in benefits to help you keep the weight of but if you simply return to the way things were before you’ll eventually end up right back were you left off . . . Overweight.

Check out my sources for more info!

Chloe Adisson answers:

Well the first time I used the pill I dint had side effects, but the second time I did and it was just like you, I had those effects like for a month! My period dint came in 1 month but I wasn’t expecting a baby… So I think is normal but if I were you I would stop that diet… Just for 2 weeks… And eat more healthy food