HCG and weightloss

**Brewster** · 11-18-2010, 11:02 AM

Anyone ever use hcg for weightloss?
I have been reading about it on many different sites.

I was going to add HCG into my 16 week dec./test bulk cycle.
Maybe I can use the HCG to cut a bit??????????????
any thoughts..

***D7M*** · 11-18-2010, 11:31 AM

I personally think it's marketing BS.

They had these women on 500cal/ED and HCG .

They lost weight because of the reduced cals, not HCG.

**Brewster** · 11-18-2010, 11:35 AM

Makes sense
I didnt really read into the dieting as much

BG · 11-18-2010, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by D7M

I personally think it's marketing BS.

They had these women on 500cal/ED and HCG .

They lost weight because of the reduced cals, not HCG.

ya I agree. My friend in arizona runs a big gym there. They swear by it, but even he said their diets were VERY strict with intense cardio.

**Nooomoto** · 11-18-2010, 12:01 PM

With HCG diet protocols, the weight loss because of the (food) diet and exercise, not because of the HCG.

**Swifto** · 11-18-2010, 12:13 PM

NO NO NO NO NO....

It does NOT work.

The massive calorie deficiency is behind the weight loss.

HCG has no lipolytic effect and no effect on appetite, its a dam expensive placebo.

**Swifto** · 11-18-2010, 12:15 PM

S Afr Med J. 1990 Feb 17;77(4):185-9.

Human chorionic gonadotrophin and weight loss. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Bosch B, Venter I, Stewart RI, Bertram SR.

Department of Medical Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Parowvallei, CP.

Abstract
Low-dose human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG ) combined with a severe diet remains a popular treatment for obesity, despite equivocal evidence of its effectiveness. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, the effects of HCG on weight loss were compared with placebo injections. Forty obese women (body mass index greater than 30 kg/m2) were placed on the same diet supplying 5,000 kJ per day and received daily intramuscular injections of saline or HCG, 6 days a week for 6 weeks. A psychological profile, hunger level, body circumferences, a fasting blood sample and food records were obtained at the start and end of the study, while body weight was measured weekly. 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.

PMID: 2405506 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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