Is The Hcg Diet Protocol Too Good To Be True?
The HCG diet protocol has been very popular for people combating obesity
, the most rapidly growing disease in America. Every week it seems there is a new fad diet, miracle supplement, or outrageous exercise plan on the market to combat weight issues. What makes the HCG diet different than all of the rest of the diets, and why is it suddenly so popular?
A little about the history of HCG
Dr. Simeons studied in India during the early 1930s through the late 40s and his stream of study was on the malnutrition effects of expectant mothers to be. During his study he researched on how obesity affected the pituitary glands. He came to the conclusion that if there was an issue with parts of the regulatory system, our body would become a victim to obesity.
His treatments
Dr. Simeons then started treating patients suffering from obesity by using low doses of HCG, which would cause the body to release abnormal stored fat to use as fuel, rather than lean muscle tissues. Up to 4500 calories of stored fat was released and burned each day, resulting in just less than one pound per day of weight loss. He monitored his patients carefully and tried different methods and foods until the protocol was perfected to allow maximum weight loss results. During this time he studied how HCG actually regulated the hypothalamus gland located in the brain, which controls your metabolism and creates your weight set point, which is the weight that your body thinks you should be at, and fights hard to keep you there. Its no wonder that permanent weight loss is so difficult to achieve with traditional weight loss methods. Your body is still fighting to keep you at your higher weight.
So what does the HCG diet do?
With the HCG protocol, HCG drops are taken three times per day while following a strict diet. During this time, weight loss of just less than one pound per day is achieved, while the HCG is causing the hypothalamus to increase metabolism, which will enable your body to use fuel more efficiently after your goal weight is reached, rather than storing extra calories. Your hypothalamus will also create a new weight set point at your new low weight, causing your body to fight to keep you at your new weight, rather than gain back the weight lost.
The three stages, or phases for the HCG diet plan
1.Phase 1 Loading
2.Phase 2 VLCD
3.Phase 3 Maintenance
Phase 1 Loading only lasts 48 hours. You start taking the drops, and consume a minimum of 250 grams of fat per day, while eating and drinking anything desired. These two days are essential in making sure that your regular fat stores are well-stocked, which is essential in allowing the HCG drops to start working.
Phase 2 VLCD of the HCG diet lasts 21-40 days, and is where the weight loss happens. You will start to see dramatic results on the scale after completing your first day of the protocol as stored fat is being burned as fuel. The diet must be followed 100% to ensure the close to 1 pound per day average weight loss.
Phase 3 Maintenance is three weeks long. During this time you do not take the drops, and can eat anything you wish with the exception of sugars and starches, which must be avoided completely during the three weeks of Phase 3. During Phase 3 is when your metabolism is increased and your new weight set point is established.
If more weight loss is desired, one can start Phase 1 Loading again after the three weeks of Phase 3 Maintenance have been completed. If your weight loss goal has already been achieved, after completing Phase 3 Maintenance, you would start to slowly reintroduce the missing sugars and starches into your diet, one at a time.
by: silvester
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