What is the hCG Diet Protocol?

Answer 1

Below are some of the key points from Dr Simeons "Pounds & Inches", which can be found free online using a web search as well as support groups and tele-clinics that will work with you without ever seeing you, provided you have medical tests done locally prior to starting the protocol. There have also been a few videos popping up on YouTube in which people doing the protocol share their experience. Plan of a Normal Course 125 I.U. of hCG daily (except during menstruation) until 23 injections have been given. Until 3rd injection forced feeding. **That is to say, the 1st 2 days of taking hCG, you gorge on fatty foods, to make sure your normal fat cells are filled to capacity** After 3rd injection, 500 calorie diet to be continued until 72 hours after the last injection. For the following 3 weeks, all foods allowed except starch and sugar in any form (careful with very sweet fruit). After 3 weeks, very gradually add starch in small quantities, always controlled by morning weighing. The Diet The 500 calorie diet is explained on the day of the second injection to those patients who will be preparing their own food, and it is most important that the person who will actually cook is present - the wife, the mother or the cook, as the case may be. Here in Italy patients are given the following diet sheet. Breakfast:

Tea or coffee in any quantity without sugar. Only one tablespoonful of milk allowed in 24 hours. Saccharin or stevia may be used. Lunch:

100 grams of veal, beef, chicken breast, fresh white fish, lobster, crab, or shrimp. All visible fat must be carefully removed before cooking, and the meat must be weighed raw. It must be boiled or grilled without additional fat. Salmon, eel, tuna, herring, dried or pickled fish are not allowed. One type of vegetable only to be chosen from the following: spinach, chard, chicory, beet-greens, green salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus, cabbage. One breadstick (grissino) or one Melba toast. An apple or a handful of strawberries or one-half grapefruit. Dinner: The same four choices as lunch.

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Tea in any quantity without sugar. Only one tablespoonful of milk allowed in 24 hours. Stevia may be used as a sweetener.

Lunch:

Choose one item from each:

1) 1 serving of Ezekiel bread OR 1/2 cup cooked quinoa OR 28 grams raw brown rice protein powder

2) One type of vegetable only to be chosen from the following: spinach, chard, chicory, beet-greens, green salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus, cabbage.

3) An apple or an orange or a handful of strawberries or one-half grapefruit.

Dinner: The same four choices as lunch

---- The juice of one lemon daily is allowed for all purposes. Salt, pepper, vinegar, mustard powder, garlic, sweet basil, parsley, thyme, marjoram, etc., may be used for seasoning, but no oil, butter or dressing. Tea, coffee, plain water, or mineral water are the only drinks allowed, but they may be taken in any quantity and at all times. In fact, the patient should drink about 2 liters of these fluids per day. Many patients are afraid to drink so much because they fear that this may make them retain more water. This is a wrong notion as the body is more inclined to store water when the intake falls below its normal requirements. The fruit or the breadstick may be eaten between meals instead of with lunch or dinner, but not more than than four items listed for lunch and dinner may be eaten at one meal. No medicines or cosmetics other than lipstick, eyebrow pencil and powder may he used without special permission No variations other than those listed may be introduced. All things not listed are forbidden, and the patient is assured that nothing permissible has been left out. The 100 grams of meat must be scrupulously weighed raw after all visible fat has been removed. To do this accurately the patient must have a letter-scale, as kitchen scales are not sufficiently accurate and the butcher should certainly not be relied upon. Those not uncommon patients who feel that even so little food is too much for them, can omit anything they wish. There is no objection to breaking up the two meals. For instance having a breadstick and an apple for breakfast or before going to bed, provided they are deducted from the regular meals. The whole daily ration of two breadsticks or two fruits may not be eaten at the same time, nor can any item saved from the previous day be added on the following day.

Answer 2

First before beginning the HCG Diet Plan or any other consult with a licensed nutritionist. Next during the first 2 days of the 21 day period which is referred to as the Loading phase you eat anything you want to load up on energy and essential nutrients. Then comes the Very Low Calorie phase which requires you to consume only 500 calories a day along with a regular dose of HCG. During the latter phase women can increase their caloric intake to 800 and men up to 1000.

Answer 3

It is a diet developed by Dr. Simeons that utilizes a hormone called hCG to help you burn fat stores as energy. The diet consists of a strict 500 calorie diet while taking hcg injections or drops.

You can see all the history and info at the related links.

Good Luck

Answer 4

HCG diet plan has several key features. Its main one is that you do not need to control the amount of food you input nor do you need to go out and have constant exercises. HCG diet plan requires clients to receive this hormone by needles. This hormone is suppose to be produced from a pregnant woman, and with this hormone, it can allow you to slim down.

Answer 5

The HCG diet is a diet where the caloric intake is very low, and it is accompanied by HCG or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin. The HCG is taken orally or is given byt injection. HCG is a natural hormone that is found in everyone, but is higher in pregnant women.

Answer 6

The HCG diet consists of a hormone produced by pregnant women called human chorionic gonadotrophin. You can loose a whole lot of weight.

Answer 7

The Hcg diet is a supplement based diet plan. It includes a supplement in liquid form and pill based.