Controversial HCG injections.

HCG therapy is an area that is largely controversial and not fully understood by many people. You need to be under medical supervision to do this diet, as its the only way to get HCG. It has a very specific protcol for the HCG to burn the fat you carry with no loss of muscle.

Dr. Maples explains in a post about HCG on Joe Vitale's web-site:

I think it’s controversial because of it’s use of “pregnancy hormone”, in conjunction with an extremely low calorie diet, both of these by themselves being controversial …. so many don’t agree with it.

Maybe I can shed some light on the subject for your readers?

In a nutshell – the HCG therapy is used to stabilize/re-establish the HPA axis (hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis) and to prevent muscle wasting.

“HPA axis, a major part of the neuro-endocrine system that controls reactions to stress and regulates many body processes, including digestion, the immune system, mood and emotions, sexuality, and energy storage and expenditure. A wide variety of species, from the most ancient organisms to humans, share components of the HPA axis. It is the common mechanism for interactions among glands, hormones, and parts of the midbrain that mediate the general adaptation syndrome (GAS)”.

When this system (HPA) is interrupted, it can affect almost any function in the body – like a domino effect. One of the key issues in regards to weight loss is it’s regulation of hunger is altered, and hormone imbalance creates weight issues (obviously).

This hormonal / endocrine communication system can be shut down by many things that are prevalent in our typical American lives: stress and chemicals. For example, MSG and all of it’s derivatives shunt the hypothalamus and disrupts the neuroendocrine system.

I always ask people about their weight history, and almost always there is an emotionally or physically stressful situation that preceeded the weight issues.

Many chemicals in our daily lives are endocrine disruptors / xenohormones messing with this system and other hormonal communications. They are rampant in our foods, drinks, body care, laundry and cleaning products, perfumes, and the list goes on…(there is more on my Emotion Potions website about this for anyone who wants to learn more).

Here’s the best part: the big controversy, as I said before, is administering “pregnancy hormone (even to men…) and the extremely low 500 calorie diet.

What many don’t know is that there are completely safe, natural ways to restore the HPA axis to its normal healthy communication level without injecting the HCG.

Combined with proper diet and exercise techniques to re-establish a healthy metabolism, and simple emotional clearing products, many people get the same results. "

Read more at Joe Vitale's post about HCG.