I am a real person who tried the HCG Diet. The HCG injection were prescribed by a real doctor that actually delivered my children a few years ago. I followed the injections as ordered and the diet (500 calories) as prescribed. I drank plenty of water. After about 10 or 11 days I awoke one morning with my heart racing and irregular. I went to my hospital ER and was found to be in an irregular rhythm called atrial flutter with a rapid ventricular response. My heart rate was jumping from 150 to 300. I had NEVER had any heart issues in the past. My potassium was too low from such a strict intake and a fast loss of weight and fluid. This was not resolved until my potassium was replaced with medication and I underwent an ablation 2 days later. The real cardiologist asked me why I would take something just wasn't FDA approved. That's a good question! Why did I and why did my real doctor prescribe it? Maybe it's the enrollment fee and other fees that they make while the patient is being a guinea pig on this diet. The diet is the only thing to which my cardiologist can attribute my medical. condition. Since then I, of course, stopped the diet and will not be using it ever again. Sure, you can mimic a lot of hormones that the human body makes, but the body does not need more than it makes and you definitely don't need a pregnancy hormone when you're not pregnant. Let's us use our brain...not FDA approved, no real reporting processes are required or in place, so no organized information about all of the cases where people get sick, and yes, some die! Don't do it!!
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I am a real person who tried the HCG Diet. The HCG injection were prescribed by a real doctor that actually delivered my children a few years ago. I followed the injections as ordered and the diet (500 calories) as prescribed. I drank plenty of water. After about 10 or 11 days I awoke one morning with my heart racing and irregular. I went to my hospital ER and was found to be in an irregular rhythm called atrial flutter with a rapid ventricular response. My heart rate was jumping from 150 to 300. I had NEVER had any heart issues in the past. My potassium was too low from such a strict intake and a fast loss of weight and fluid. This was not resolved until my potassium was replaced with medication and I underwent an ablation 2 days later. The real cardiologist asked me why I would take something just wasn't FDA approved. That's a good question! Why did I and why did my real doctor prescribe it? Maybe it's the enrollment fee and other fees that they make while the patient is being a guinea pig on this diet. The diet is the only thing to which my cardiologist can attribute my medical. condition. Since then I, of course, stopped the diet and will not be using it ever again. Sure, you can mimic a lot of hormones that the human body makes, but the body does not need more than it makes and you definitely don't need a pregnancy hormone when you're not pregnant. Let's us use our brain...not FDA approved, no real reporting processes are required or in place, so no organized information about all of the cases where people get sick, and yes, some die! Don't do it!!
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