How long the hcg diet lasts

By John D Greene


One of the most prevalent questions for those who inquire about the hCG diet is, "How long do I have to be on this diet?" The hCG diet can last on average, 28 to 40 days depending on the individual. The important thing to remember is that during this time, the client will learn appropriate nutritional habits that will last a lifetime and allow you to maintain the weight lost indefinitely

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.

Thus, the hCG injection diet consists of daily injections of small amounts of the hormone accompanied by a very low intake of calories (500 daily). However, it cannot simply be a low caloric consumption, the calories consumed, must contain specific nutrients and the absence of certain fats, sugars, and starches for the first 24 days. Then starches and sugars are slowly reintroduced into the diet, by which time the dieter has been educated on proper nutrition and lifestyle to support and maintain the lost weight.

During these first 3 weeks, the patient experiences impressive loss of weight. Many patients report losses of 1 to 3 pounds per day. This will vary, based upon the total amount of weight the patient has to lose. Generally, the benefits of the hCG diet is hCG helps to ease side effect from low caloric intake, the hormone helps the patient, by aiding in decreased appetite, and finally, the hCG injections helps the body to release nutrients from fat cells, and halts the body's tendency to get stored energy from muscle mass.

When a person starts the hCG Injection Diet, the hormone enters the bloodstream and causes the body to release stored energy in the form of nutrients from stored fat cells. This process can add as much as 2000 calories to the individual daily. This is the reason weight loss is so considerable. The other benefit is that the client does not feel hunger.

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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