THE HCG DIET EXPLAINED
The HCG Diet is probably the easiest and safest way to lose a quick 30-40 pounds. Millions of people have successfully and safely lost weight on the HCG Diet. The only people who seem to dispute the effectiveness or safety of the HCG Diet are those with competing financial interests who benefit from a fat population.
It took us a year of research (talking with countless physicians and pharmacists) to convince us that the HCG Diet was safe. Since then we have helped thousands of patients successfully do the HCG Diet. We urge you to do your own research! Google it, YouTube it, talk to your doctor, talk to everyone you know. At first this diet sounds too good to be true, but as you research it you will discover it makes sense. We are confident that not only will you come to believe that the HCG Diet is an easy, effective and safe diet, but also that our clinic is the place to do it. Many people lose 50+ pounds doing the 6 week diet, however most lose 30-40 pounds. On the 4 week diet most lose 10-15 pounds.
What Makes Traditional Dieting Difficult
What makes dieting difficult is the anxiety and hunger associated with muscle burn.
A thousand years ago everyone was lean and mean. When hungry a man would hunt for food or gather fruit and vegetables and eat until he was full; when he was hungry again he would repeat the cycle. Man would stay hungry much of the time.
With the advent of regularly scheduled meals, people became fat. We ate lunch before breakfast was burnt off and dinner before lunch was burnt off.
Over the years our bodies accumulated old fat stores. These old fat stores become so grizzly that our bodies find it easier to metabolize muscle than this old fat. When we diet, we burn off an easy 5-10 pounds of new fat stores, then our bodies attempt to burn off the older fat stores and, since it’s difficult to metabolize, we burn part fat and part muscle—we feel the anxiety and stress normally associated with muscle burn.
The solution to this problem is targeting the old fat stores while sparing the muscle. Hence—The HCG Diet!
History of the HCG Diet
Dr. Simeons’ discovery of the benefits from using HCG as a diet aid was made about 50 years ago. Dr. Simeons’ discovered that certain pregnant women lost abnormal fat stores (double chins, arm fat, cellulite) when pregnant, even when they were unable to ever lose this type of fat with previous dieting attempts. HCG (aka: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) is not a term you normally hear, unless you're an OBGYN nurse, because it's a pregnancy hormone. There are two times when you'll see this hormone in nature. One is in boys going through puberty. If you've ever seen a teenage boy grow a foot in a month it is believed that HCG is accountable for that. The other time is during pregnancy when a woman’s body undergoes a tremendous period of growth.
Dr. Simeons’ experimented with injecting various levels of HCG into men and women and discovered that at an extremely low dose combined with a very specific low calorie diet, people burned fat at an incredible rate and did so without the hunger or anxiety normally associated with dieting.
What seems to happen is that low levels of HCG in your body trick your brain into thinking that you are going through a critical stage of development (ie: pregnancy, puberty, starvation etc. These are very complex and critically important times during the survival of the human race) and stimulate a reaction that super saturates your body with nutrients. If you eat normally, you gain weight at an accelerated rate. If you stick to a special diet, you burn fat at an accelerated rate. That's it, nothing else.
Doctors prescribe HCG to help boys bring about puberty or to help women have an extra day of ovulation. The standard therapeutic dose is 10,000 units per day, but you're only going to get a daily dose of 150 units on the HCG Diet. HCG is very benign, you're never going to hear of someone dying from HCG; it's a natural human hormone. In fact, 10,000 would be like a dose you would take to increase ovulation, but during pregnancy one's HCG level could be 200,000-300,000 units. Now step back a little bit and look at the dose we’re prescribing: 150 units. 150 versus 10,000, that's 1/60 of the FDA approved dosage. Even at 10,000 units per day, HCG is an extremely safe medication, statistically much safer than aspirin, a flu shot or penicillin. At 1/60th of the FDA approved dosage, its safety can hardly be questioned.
What doctors might be concerned with is not the safety of HCG, but, "How can you safely diet on only 500 calories per day? Won't there be muscle burn?" The most important muscle everyone is concerned with is the heart. Again, when a person experiences muscle burn, they feel hungry and anxious, and that's what typically makes dieting difficult. This is mother nature's mechanism for survival. However, with the HCG Diet, muscle burn is almost non-existent compared to other diets. The HCG causes your body to tap into the fat stores that typically can't be accessed. You will burn 2000-3000 calories a day, all coming from the fat stores which are composed of the exact combination of nutrients your body is looking for.
Side Effects
You're not going to have any hormonal side effects by taking extremely low doses HCG. You're not going to get pregnant and you can feel confident that nothing weird is going to happen to you. In fact, because the body is super saturated with nutrients, most people say they've never felt better than when they are on the diet (much like some women's experience with pregnancy). The side effects that you might see from HCG that are listed of the FDA's website, or any of the manufacturer's websites, are more associated with getting pregnant than with taking HCG. What is a side effect you are likely to experience? Dehydration. In fact it's pretty common and it can be dangerous if not addressed. This happens because as you're burning large amounts of fat, your body produces ketones. Ketones need to be washed out, so you become increasingly thirsty and you will urinate more. If you don't keep up with fluid consumption there is a good chance you're going to get dehydrated. Just take note that you're going to need to drink approximately a gallon of fluids per day.
Beginning the HCG Diet
The hormone
is administered through injection. The first dose will be administered in our
office and our nurse will teach you how to self administer the injections at
home. The injections we prescribe are either subcutaneous or can be taken via sublingual dissolvable tablet
at the patient's choice. Shortly within the first
week of the diet, most patients notice a significant decrease in their appetite.
Moreover, most people have adequate energy and feel good while on the program
The first two days of injections, you're going to load. This means you're going to "pig out", and you are likely to gain 3-5 pounds (don't worry, you will lose it fast).
The third day is the first 500 calorie day; it's pretty easy, you just gained a few pounds, they will burn off quickly and without complication.
Day 4 is a little tough but definitely manageable. Most people lose 3-4 pounds from day 3 to day 4. This will require you to drink an excessive amount of fluids to prevent dehydration. Also, if you've never dieted before and/or you've never experienced a sugar detox, get ready because you're probably going to feel lethargic and you might get a little headache. No big deal. Take Motrin or Tylenol as you normally would for such symptoms and increase water consumption. As the diet progresses, it gets easier and easier. If you are hungry, it’s generally because you ate something the day before that wasn't on the diet. If you don't lose one pound a day you need to call or text our office. Continue the diet until you finish your injections.
Completion of the HCG Diet
After finishing your injections you want to stick with the 500 Calorie diet for three more days as the HCG weans from your system. On day four you want to resume eating with increased calories and adding fat you your diet. This will be a 3 week period on an Atkins type diet acts to program your brain into believing that you new weight is your real weight. This Atkins portion is important to maintain long-term weight loss.
After the 3 week Atkins portion of the diet is complete gradually add carbohydrates and sugars while monitoring your weight. Should you increase weight eliminate carbohydrates and sugars until your weight normalizes.
In the even you would like to do the HCG Diet again wait for 4-6 weeks so you don’t build up an immunity to the HCG.
