HCG TO CUT FAT ???PLUS other thoughts

[snowman]

Hi everyone;
A couple of people i met a the gym, are taking HCG daily ( 250 iu) inorder to cut fat down ( they are down to around 9/10%)... does that actually work? i did a search on the web, even on youtube, and apparently, there is a lot of people doing this, so they can cut fat down, but from what i have also read, they are only taking 500 calories a day, so that made me think, is it the HCG working, or they are losing weight because they are only consuming 500 calories a day????
Now, i also started thinking about something else....IF HCG actually works for fat loss, even IF you dont cut down you calories, then who is to say , that people buying HGH ( blue tops) or any product from china; are not actually getting HCG, instead of HGH....both look the same in the vial, and IF HCG does actually work for weigh loss, why not sell it as HGH, and make people think its the real thing...

[n00bs]

Why not sell saline then?

Hcg stops hormones from dropping on starvation diet.. It increases test and effects thyroid hormone so takes away some of the negatives of starvation.

[hardworking]

I agree with n00bs

[quarry206]

I think the HCG starvation concept is more for females.

My wife lost lots of weight when she did it, and she was already a low BF percentage for a woman.

[38jumper38]

Good for women, I agree, My wife did the diet too, for men, on 500 calories diet, and working out, you will loose a lot of muscle before any fat.

[hardworking]

I have done this diet before. You can not workout on this diet.

[amcon]

looseing fat comes froma a good diet ... there is no way around that - drugs are a help however diet and cardio are the solution... ppl want the majic pill but the dedication to a "correct" life style to there goals is key

[bigdaddyets]

My wife did it and not a good idea to work out while on it.

[JohnnyVegas]

I think it also works well for women because they (most) don't care about muscle. My wife just wants to be skinny.

I take HCG every week and I don't know that it helps with fat loss. If it does, then that is a big bonus for me as I take it for different reasons.