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Sunday, March 3, 2013

How long the hcg diet lasts

By John D Greene


A natural question for dieters is, how long do I have to be on the hCG diet? The hCG diet, causes your body top go through metabolic changes. When a dieter learns proper nutrition and applies it to their life, the hCG diet becomes an indefinite part of their lifestyle. As far as the amount of time taking the injections, the initial protocol lasts 23 days, depending on the amount of weight the dieter needs to lose.

The short clinical answer is that the diet usually lasts from 4 to 12 weeks, depending on your weight loss goals. If you have, a lot to lose you can stay on it longer. There are patients were on it for up to 12 weeks, losing 96 pounds of fat.

Before we focus on the numbers, one should understand what the hCG diet protocol is. The original hCG diet was established in the early 1950 by Dr. A.T.W. Simeons, who observed that expectant mothers who suffered from malnutrition, gave birth to babies that were healthy.

He thus concluded that a hormone found to be prevalent in the placenta, increased levels during pregnancy, triggering the mother's stored fat nutrients, carbohydrates, and sugars to nourish the baby during gestation. Furthermore, he observed no marked loss of the mother's muscle tissue.

Dr. Simeons formulated a diet that consisted of 500 calories consumed daily, accompanied by injections of the hormone. A natural question is what will happen if someone limits his or her caloric intake to 500 calories a day without the assistance of the hormone. First, simply limiting calories is not enough. The diet must be nutritious, with sugars and starches removed. After a period, it is important to add sugars and starches back to the regular diet.

After the initial 3-week period, the daily injections cease, and sugars and starches are slowly brought back into the regular diet. This of course after the patient has been educated and enlightened to the importance of proper nutrition to maintain the dramatic weight loss.

The nutrients that are let loose from the excess fat cells, is released into the bloodstream and utilized as nutrients. Thus, even thought the patient's caloric intake is only 500 calories, the nutrient from these stored fats can be as high as 2000 calories a day, hence, the rapid loss of weight. The patients generally report a loss of appetite. The net result is that weight loss happens because of the depletion and absorption of the fat cells. If the patient adheres to the protocol, the results are a significant drop in weight over the three week period.

The result is remarkable, and rapid loss of weight. Diets that do not afford enough nutrition or calories cause a decrease of the body's metabolism. In such diets, there will be some initial weight loss; however, inadequate calories will cause body weight loss to stop.

In conclusion, the hCG injection diet is highly customizable, depending on the dieter's weight. The diet protocol requires 4 phases of dieting. The first 2 phases cover a minimum of 23 days of injections. Phases 3 and 4 require no injections, but are for the systematic increase of calories as well as the re introduction of sugars and starches into the diet. Phases 3 and 4 are two consecutive 3-week periods for a total of 6 weeks. Then, for dieters who need to lose more weight, they may start the process over again.




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