Although you have heard a lot about the HCG diet protocol recently, it is far from a new idea. The dieting world was revolutionized way back in 1954 when Dr A.T.W. Simeons found that the hormone HCG helps pregnant women metabolize fat and could help overweight people get rid of their excess fat. He developed “Pounds and Inches”, which spelled out in great detail the uses of the hormone and the HCG diet protocol.
The Basic Diet Described
The basics of the protocol include a low calorie diet and daily doses of the HCG diet formula. It’s a little more complicated than that, so let’s dive right in and examine the process.
The first two days of the diet are the easiest, since they require you to gorge yourself on fatty foods. You get to eat as much as you want for the first couple of days. This will make sure your existing fat cells are full and ready to be metabolized.
The next three weeks are a little more reive. You are limited to very few per day, which amounts to 200 grams of lean meat, two servings of bread, two fruits, and two vegetables per day. At a first glance, you might think that you can only eat twice per day, but that is not necessarily true. In fact, protocol calls for you to drink up to two liters of fluid per day, at any time, and in any quantity.
The diet is based on a per day calorie total, so all of the foods can be mixed and matched. It calls for coffee or tea for breakfast, but if you want something to eat you can have one of your bread servings and a fruit, as long as you take it away from the lunch or dinner menu.
You are allowed one tablespoon of milk daily, as well as the juice of one lemon. As far as seasoning goes, your choices are quite varied- just about any herb can be used, as well as limited amounts of salt, but no butter or oil for cooking.
The last and for some, the most difficult part of the protocol is the ban on the use of oily cosmetics. HCG is such a powerful substance that even the presence of oil based eye liner can disrupt its function and performance.
Once the last does of HCG is taken, you must keep to the diet for at least the next couple of days until the last of it is flushed from your system. You can lose several pounds per day on this diet, so if you’re looking to lose some weight fast and healthily, the HCG is a safe bet.
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I was surprised at how simple this diet was to follow. I never thought this diet plan could be filling. I guess Dr. Simeon knew what he was talking about because I did not get hungry while using the drops.