As with any rigid diet plan, you may have some side effects with the hCG weight
loss plan. But, when comparing with others, the results are far better.
Side effects also vary as to whether you’re giving yourself
injections of the hCG hormone as opposed to taking the oral drops or pills.
Some common side effects while on the hCG diet are:
• Headaches – If you have headaches, it’s usually during the first week of the
diet and hCG hormone therapy. Since the diet is very low in calories, you
may experience mild headaches until the hCG hormone takes full effect.
• Irritability – This is also sometimes experienced during the first week of the
diet plan and soon goes away.
• Light-headedness – Another symptom of a low calorie diet that usually
subsides after the first week.
• Inflammation or bruising at injection site – If you’re giving yourself the hCG
hormone injections, be sure you know how. You may want to seek help from
a physician or nurse to perform the injections or consider taking the hormone
in oral drop or pill form.
Compared to other weight loss plans, the hCG diet has very few side effects. Some
side effects of other diet plans you may have heard of are:
• Atkins Diet – The Atkins Diet consists of high-fat foods and giving up most foods
that contain carbohydrates. Some unpleasant side effects that may occur are
fatigue, insomnia, nausea, dizziness, constipation and bad breath.
This high fat diet may also place you at higher risk for heart disease and nutritional
deficiencies that could cause serious health problems later on such as kidney
problems and bone diseases.
• Jenny Craig and Nutrisystem Diet Plans – These similar plans require you to
purchase expensive, pre-packaged meals – so one side effect could be a lower bank
balance – especially if you’re still having to grocery shop for a family.
Also, it’s difficult to maintain the weight loss after you stop purchasing their preportioned
products. Consultants at Jenny Craig and Nutrisystem aren’t required to
be proficient in health or nutrition, so you may run the risk of getting some bad
advice.
• South Beach Diet – The basis of the South Beach Diet plan concentrates on foods
high in fiber and complex carbohydrates. Some negative side effects include
constipation and bloating and a possible serious side effect called ketosis.
Symptoms of ketosis include bad breath, dizziness, and tiredness and occur
because there’s not enough glucose in the body. Ketosis can also result in kidney
problems
Is the hCG Weight Loss Plan Right for You?
If you’ve been on a diet roller coaster for years, or perhaps all your life, only to gain
the weight back – and more -- almost immediately after you begin eating normally
again, it’s possible that the hCG weight loss plan could be the one you’ve been
looking for. It’s a diet plan that’s sweeping the nation, and the results are near
miraculous.
Followers of the hCG weight loss plan report that the fat literally melted from their
bodies and that after the diet was over they didn’t regain the weight they’d lost.
And, that’s not all! Even after losing 1 to 2 pounds per day, these dieters reported
that their skin was taut and they hadn’t lost muscle mass!
Further reports from hCG weight loss supporters said that the normal hunger and
cravings they’d had on other diet plans hadn’t bothered them even while on this
VLCD (very low calorie diet). It may seem too good to be true, but the concept
behind the hCG weight loss plan will convince you that it really works!
