Kiwi nutrition experts have issue warning over the potentially harmful repercussions of a recently revived fad diet based on hormones from human placenta.
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Promoters of the fad diet, however, claim that it can burn-off fat locked away and 'forgotten' by the body, to trigger weight loss at a rate of 500g to 1kg a day, without exercise, as long as the dieter consumes only 500 calories a day.
Dieticians NZ said in a position paper that the hCG diet was first promoted in the 1950s, but that studies carried out since then found that hCG was not an effective way to lose weight.
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"Very low calorie diets without strict medical and dietary supervision can be dangerous. They are only reserved for severely obese people, and even then must be closely monitored by a qualified medical professional," she said.
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New Mothers Going for Placenta Soup to Retain Youthfulness
A Chinese sinseh has revealed that a number of new mothers in Malaysia are taking soup made from placenta in the belief that it will help them maintain their youthfulness and looks.
A Chinese sinseh has revealed that a number of new mothers in Malaysia are taking soup made from placenta in the belief that it will help them maintain their youthfulness and looks.
