According to FDA the original HCG diet with its extreme calorie and protein restrictions is dangerous to your health!!!
The original HCG diet with its extreme (500) calorie and (200 grams) protein restrictions did result in fast weight loss. Unfortunately it also resulted in the loss of an unacceptable amount of lean body mass and most patients became so protein deficient they could only be on the program for a maximum of six weeks!
Dr Lipman’s Up to Date HCG Plan is a modern weight loss program that integrates the basics of the original HCG diet with results from current medical studies to provide a system that has been clinically shown to rapidly burn fat while maintaining lean muscle mass and protects from protein deficiency.
Disclaimer: HCG is a drug which has not been approved by the food and drug administration as safe and effective in the treatment of obesity or weight control. There is no substantial evidence that HCG increases weight loss beyond that resulting from caloric restriction, that it causes a more attractive or "normal" distribution of fat, or that it decreases the hunger and discomfort associated with calorie-restrictive diets.
Fat tissue accumulated preferentially around the belly (apple patter)
and buttock (pear pattern) has more adverse effects on health than
does fat stored in arms and legs.
Fat storage is easily measured by wait circumference. In women,
the normal waist circumference should be less than 36 inches
and in men about 38-40 inches. Above these values increasing fat
deposits are associated with greater risks for diabetes, hypertension
and heart disease. Some of the cardiovascular risk may be due
to the increase in abnormalities of blood vessels including
development of plaques and thickening of the blood vessel wall.
Steroids, growth and sex hormones, genetic factors, and physical
activity are all determinants of body composition In addition, body
composition and large artery properties may be influenced by behavioral
characteristics such as smoking,and alcohol consumption.
Differences in Metabolism of Fat Tissue
Fat metabolism varies depending on whether it is located centrally in the
trunk or in the limbs Fat cells from trunk regions are more sensitive to
destruction(lypolysis.) The higher lipolytic activity of the fat cells in the
trunk leads to overexposure of the liver to free fatty acids resulting in insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia. In addition, fat cells are endocrine organs that produce many peptides, and chemicals with wide spread effect on many organs. Regional differences in secretion of these peptides could thus potentially explain the direct and opposite effects of these fat depots on arterial properties.
Experimental Evidence of HCG Effecting Fat Cells
Throughout the years, hCG has been reported to exert its actions on several tissues other than gonadal.Therefore, we are not dealing with a "pure" sex hormone: Several clinical conditions, such as asthma, allergies, gastric ulcers, intermittent claudication of the lower limbs and anemia were treated with hCG, with encouraging results. Available data indicate that hCG might also improve lypolisis(fat cell destruction) in human adipose tissue, via an inhibitory effect on lipogenesis.(new fat cell production.)
Fleigelman concluded that the administration of hCG in rats decreased the activity of alfa-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from the liver and adipose tissue, suggesting a decreased lipogenic activity in both tissues under hCG. Yanagihara reported that hCG accelerates "not only the mobilization of fat from fat deposits, but also its utilization in peripheral tissues. hCG increased the metabolism of injected fat emulsions, suggesting the acceleration not only of fat oxidation, but also increased ketone production in the liver and its utilization in peripheral tissues." Romer reported that hCG intensifies the metabolism of rat brown adipose tissue. Administration of hCG to humans appears to increase the release of fatty acids that varies with the age of the subject. Melichar demonstrated that hCG causes a marked FFA release in newborn infants.In adults, a single dose of hCG caused a marked FFA release by when compared to placebo-treated subjects.
