Oral HCG Weight Loss Drops - Are There Any Side Effects?

If you've ever tried to do an online search about the side effects of HCG, you may have run across a list that made you a little nervous. Not to worry. Such lists are usually copied from some other website by marketers who can't be bothered to do some real research. When the HCG diet first started becoming popular about two years ago, there wasn't much information available about the side effects of HCG, so they copied a list from the only place they could find—a list of side effects from the extremely high-dosage medical uses of HCG. The HCG diet uses much smaller amounts than those other uses, so the side effects are fewer and less severe.

Since HCG diet drops are not a pharmaceutical medication, they will be more friendly to your body. Based on everything we have seen, there are no worrisome side effects confirmed to be associated with homeopathic HCG itself. The most common side effects experienced by people using HCG drops for weight loss actually stem from the accompanying diet.

The HCG diet will be a big change from what you're most likely used to consuming First, you'll be getting just 500 calories each day (in addition to the extra fat your body will be burning, of course). Besides that, you have fewer food choices to make. Lastly, all the food items are healthy foods—no sugar, fat, or oil. Your body will need a little time to adjust to these enormous changes.

Even though the body is getting plenty of energy from the stored fat that’s being burned, the stomach will be getting much less food than it’s used to. Besides, the food is, for most people, very different from what many people are used to.

This drastic shift in diet can have an effect on you. Side effects may include:

* Some people get a headache during the first week of the 500-calorie diet. Any standard, over-the-counter pain killer can be taken to get ride of headache.

* Mild dizziness is not unusual, but it almost always disappears after the first week.

* When you're on a low-calorie diet, it’s expected for bowel movements to occur less frequently, sometimes just once every 2 to 4 days. This is not considered constipation. Still, sometimes people do get truly constipated. If this happens to you, you are allowed to take a mild, sugar-free laxative.

* Leg cramps rarely occur due to the lack of potassium in the 500-calorie diet. Potassium supplements should be used to treat this side effect.

* When your body consumes fat, normal toxins are released into your body and eventually eliminated. Due to the unbelievable speed at which your body consumes fat stores on the HCG diet, these toxins can build up and cause a minor rash before being eliminated.

If you ever experience any symptom that seems excessive or a severe headache that takes longer than 10 days, you need to consult with your physician.

Only three side effects can be said to be common (constipation, dizziness, and headache), and two are easily taken care of with common over-the-counter medication (constipation and headache). All three are almost guaranteed to disappear after the first week. As for the two rare side effects, one of them can easily be avoided by taking supplements, and the other is simply a indication that the HCG diet is really working well for you!