Effect of human chorionic gonadotrophin on weight loss, hunger, and feeling of well-being
| Autor: | W. L. Asher, Harold W. Harper |
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| Rok vydání: | 1973 |
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endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Diet Reducing Chorionic gonadotrophin Hunger media_common.quotation_subject Medicine (miscellaneous) Blood Pressure Body weight Placebo Chorionic Gonadotropin Injections Intramuscular Placebos Weight loss Internal medicine Vegetables medicine Humans Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Obesity reproductive and urinary physiology media_common Aged Clinical Trials as Topic Nutrition and Dietetics urogenital system Obstetrics business.industry Body Weight Bread Middle Aged Diet reducing Diet Clinical trial Endocrinology Feeling Health Fruit Well-being Female Dietary Proteins medicine.symptom business hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of clinical nutrition. 26(2) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9165 |
| Popis: | Since Simeons (1, 2) introduced his method of treating obesity using human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG), there has been continuing controversy concerning the effect of HCG on the program. Simeons and his followers have generally not claimed that patients eating 500 kcal daily will lose more weight when receiving HCG. They (2-4) have claimed that patients are less hungry and feel better because of the HCG and are thus more apt to remain in treatment. There have been a number of literature reports of double-blind studies (5-9) concerning the effect of HCG on weight loss. Only one (8) indicated HCG may be of more value than a placebo. However, as pointed out by Gusman (4), most investigators significantly altered Simeons’ basic program. Both Simeons and his followers have vociferously maintained that strict adherence to the basics of Simeons’ program is essential if HCG is to be useful. Because of the increasing popularity of Simeons’ program, it was felt further attempts should be made to assess, in a doubleblind manner, not only weight loss but the degree of hunger and the feeling of well-being of patients receiving HCG or an identically appearing placebo. |
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