Living On HCG Allowed Food

By Diane Rogers


A persistent diet craze uses a naturally-occurring hormone with a greatly reduced calorie meal plan to burn fat and accelerate weight loss. Although health professionals often say that human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) does not affect metabolism, others attest to its benefits. While on the plan, dieters stick strictly to hCG allowed food for their two meals a day.

You can have two meals a day, lunch and dinner. Each will contain 250 calories, which seems like enough to keep a canary happy. This 'starvation' diet allows no butter or oil, and all fat must be trimmed off the meats you can eat. No sugar is included. The hCG supplement comes in pellet, spray, or liquid form.

Each of the two daily meals is structured with an item from four food groups. There will be one protein item, one vegetable, one bread, and one fruit. This gives a balanced entree, although the calorie count is much lower than the recommended daily intake. Diets this restricted in calories are not recommended by most medical doctors.

The bread might be a surprise, but don't get excited. The choice is one round of Melba toast or one bread stick. The crunchiness might be welcome as you force your body to live off its own fat stores, and the flavors will complement the vegetables that make up the bulk of your meal.

The protein can be a small piece of grilled veal or beef, white fish, or chicken breast. Lobster, crab, and shrimp are also on the list. No fat can be left on the meat before grilling. This diet is not for vegans, but the fish and seafood will allow most vegetarians to participate.

Several green leafy vegetables are on the list: spinach, chard, chicory, beet greens, and green lettuce. Cucumbers, asparagus, and cabbage are allowed, as are red radishes and onions. Surprisingly, tomatoes are on the list, as are fennel and celery. This completes the list of allowed vegetables.

Fruit can be an apple or an orange. You could choose one half of a grapefruit, or several strawberries. To round out this 'dessert' menu, you can have all the coffee, tea, or water that you want. To visualize a 250 calorie plate of four items off this list, you will need to check out the calorie count per serving of each food and put them together.

Many experts say that the weight loss and fat burning that people experience with this diet can be attributed to the severe calorie restrictions. Some research says that the hormone adds nothing to the program, having no effect on metabolism, thyroid activity, or fat loss. However, many who have tried hCG feel that they do experience a lift of some sort that accelerates fat loss and makes it possible to stay with the very low-calorie meal plan. People will have to decide for themselves whether they can stick with such a rigorous program and if they find that their metabolism is 're-set' to keep weight gain to a minimum in future.




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