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What are the side effects of hcg weight lose treatment in long and short term?

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Dr. Robert Kwok answered

Doesn't sound safe: The HCG diet has a person eating 500 calories a day for more than a month. That's just one big slice of pizza a day. A 4-month old baby eats 500 calories a day. Anybody on 500 calories a day is on a starvation diet and will lose weight. It doesn't sound safe. Extremely low calorie diets don't work because the weight comes back when one starts eating again. Long-term lifestyle changes are needed.

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Answered 11/27/2017

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A member asked:

What are the side effects of hcg weight lose treatment in long and short term?

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Dr. Robert Kwok answered

Dr Samuel and another doctor agreed

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