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Could Faster Heart Beat Be Due To HCG Drops Intake?

Hi. I am wondering if there is any risk to the heart when on the HCG diet. I have been taking HCG drops for 3 days and woke up this morning with a pounding heart. Could this be because of the HCG diet? If so, is it the drops themselves, or the restricted calories that could be causing my heart to pound? I am healthy, 46, and would like to lose 30 lbs.
Wed, 14 Dec 2016
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HCG diet is typically just 500 to 800 calories a day.
As you are restricting your calories body may get deprived of regular electrolytes which body is taking ,hence bp may fall and cause palpitation( tachycardia)_
as you are taking only 800 calories ,i may be possible that long fasting houirs during night decreases your blood sugar levels and causes palpitation.
measure your fasting blood sugar next time you feel palpitation.
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Could Faster Heart Beat Be Due To HCG Drops Intake?

HCG diet is typically just 500 to 800 calories a day. As you are restricting your calories body may get deprived of regular electrolytes which body is taking ,hence bp may fall and cause palpitation( tachycardia)_ as you are taking only 800 calories ,i may be possible that long fasting houirs during night decreases your blood sugar levels and causes palpitation. measure your fasting blood sugar next time you feel palpitation.