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2011-03-10 1:08 PM
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Subject: RE: HCG diet fad
Batlou - 2011-03-09 1:35 PM
Techdiver - 2011-03-09 9:05 AM

As a diabetic that has to watch what I eat.. I wonder about this. My wife has a friend on FB doing this however she is eating closer to 800-1000 calories a day.

the thought is that the other calories come from your body burning and consuming your fat.

However as a diabetic I eat a higher protien diet, lower carbs... and no not a LOW CARB diet but lower... Its the only way I can loose weight. We are all warned about Ketoacidosis

As fats are broken down, acids called ketones build up in the blood and urine. In high levels, ketones are poisonous. This condition is known as ketoacidosis.

Acidosis can lead to severe illness or death. Improved therapy for young people with diabetes has decreased the death rate from this condition. However, it remains a significant risk in the elderly, and in people who fall into a coma when treatment has been delayed.

Now I am not a doctor and maybe this can't take place during this But I know what is happening is the fat breaking down and being used as fuel for your body so I would suspect that this has to be going on at some level.

I am curious to see how this girl does around us. But she is loosing it SOOO FAST I am not sure that her skin and stuff can keep up she was easily over 400 and she seems to be loosing 8-12 lbs a week for the last month. And she is NOT working out and she has cheat days etc. So she is not fully doing the 500 calorie thing.

My issues as someone that has lost 64 lbs the hard old way is that it is a lifestyle change in order to maintain this... and that form, Will it teach you about lifestyle change? how do you keep it off after if you go back to doing things you always have.

Ketosis/lipolysis and ketoacidosis are two completely seperate metabolic processes.  This is a common misunderstanding and I could write a for a while to try and explain it but the bottom line is that the only thing the two have in common is the excess ketones in the urine.

Below is a good article explaining all of the details should you need more information.  You can also google ketosis vs. ketoacidosis and find many other articles as well.

http://barnson.org/node/1773

Being in a "Ketone" state is a very natural and safe process and lends well to managing and stabalizing blood sugar.

 

Sorry for the highjack... Interesting article. A bit of misunderstanding from me that normal non diabetic person would be in Ketone state and not really able to reach Ketoacidosis.  But regardless I don't think I would condone a diet that looks like this.

Funny enough I asked my wife about the girl on FB that keep posting.. seems she stopped her diet a bit ago and is no longer posting anything and friends of hers told my wife she has gained 20 lbs back already. I guess it wasn't as recent as I thought but I remember everyone talking about it.

I think most of us that have truely lost weight know what it takes. Balance, Control and effort. Not some miracle pill. I know I am going to have to fight obesity my whole life. I am still obese..But a hell of a lot less then I was for years.

2011-03-10 2:44 PM
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I too have some friends who have done this diet...the weight loss was rapid, but so was the weight gain back when they went right back to crappy eating habits.
2011-03-10 3:39 PM
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This was debunked back in the 60s.  Unbelievable that it is back.

I went on the Morning Show with Mike and Juliet and voiced my opinion of the dangers of such low calories, that THAT was the reason for the weight loss etc.

 

I believe there is a clip on you tube - that someone who is likely selling the stuff 'captioned'.  The part that I wish was still up on the internet was the scene in the green room after the show when I asked the overweight doctor who was prescribing HCG for weight loss "if it works so well then why are you fat?"

it was priceless....

2011-03-10 3:48 PM
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TriToy - 2011-03-10 1:39 PM

This was debunked back in the 60s.  Unbelievable that it is back.

I went on the Morning Show with Mike and Juliet and voiced my opinion of the dangers of such low calories, that THAT was the reason for the weight loss etc.

 

I believe there is a clip on you tube - that someone who is likely selling the stuff 'captioned'.  The part that I wish was still up on the internet was the scene in the green room after the show when I asked the overweight doctor who was prescribing HCG for weight loss "if it works so well then why are you fat?"

it was priceless....

ZING!!!! Awesome!

2011-03-10 3:58 PM
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TriToy - 2011-03-10 3:39 PM

This was debunked back in the 60s.  Unbelievable that it is back.

I went on the Morning Show with Mike and Juliet and voiced my opinion of the dangers of such low calories, that THAT was the reason for the weight loss etc.

 

I believe there is a clip on you tube - that someone who is likely selling the stuff 'captioned'.  The part that I wish was still up on the internet was the scene in the green room after the show when I asked the overweight doctor who was prescribing HCG for weight loss "if it works so well then why are you fat?"

it was priceless....

DING DING. WE HAVE A WINNER!

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