HCG Diet 800 Calorie Protocol. Sonia E. Russell

      Sonia E. Russell has been a licensed nurse for 13 years and trained at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. She has co-authored several eBooks and published articles about the benefits of hCG for weight loss. She has studied the effects on the hCG diet for over 4 years and has worked with many physicians and coached thousands of patients. Now a safer and more tolerable 800 calorie protocol for the hCG dieter has been made available from her years of hands on internal patient trials, testimonials and research.

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      Why was the “original” 500 calorie hCG diet protocol modified?

      Recently in the news and on many popular morning talk shows, the hCG diet has been stirring up quite a bit of debate as to its safety. A large majority of MD's that practice traditional weight loss will not treat their weight management patients with hCG therapy because they feel it is unsafe at 500 calories per day. There are very few doctors nationally that prescribe the real hormone to their patients.

      The obesity epidemic in America is outrageous. My belief is that the new 800 Calorie hCG Diet Protocol will help more Americans lose weight safely and assist in reducing many weight related diseases with more physicians utilizing this protocol within their weight management practices.

      INTRODUCTION

      The HCG Diet: What is it?

      The HCG diet was discovered by a British endocrinologist Dr. A.T.W. Simeons who was always looking for cures for current-day medical problems.

      Dr. Simeons had already pioneered an anti-malaria drug and studied bubonic plague and leprosy in India when he turned his attentions to weight-loss and obesity in the 1950’s.

      One day, a woman came to his office in Rome for a weight-loss consultation. He was on the phone as she sat down and when he looked up at her, he noticed she was emaciated. Her skin was dry and loose, her collarbone and ribs protruding. He hung up the phone and was about to tell her she had the wrong doctor when she stood up. “I know you think I’m mad, but just wait.”

      As she rounded his desk, he saw that she had enormous hips and thighs below her small waist.

      Dr. Simeons had studied a hormone called HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin), which was produced in the placenta of pregnant women. It converts stored body fat into nutrition for the baby.

      The HCG hormone was being extracted from the urine of pregnant women and given to young boys suffering from Froehlich Syndrome. These were the so called “fat boys” with oversized breasts and undersized sexual organs. He had noticed that the HCG helped the boys lose their appetites and inches around their hips.

      Dr. Simeons treated the woman with 125 IU’s (international units) of pharmaceutical HCG. Within 8 weeks, she lost 8 inches around her hips. He claimed that by using the HCG, combined with a calorie restricted diet and a 30 minute daily walk, the woman was able to get rid of her reserve fat.

      By 1967, weight-loss patients from around the world flocked to Dr. Simeon’s clinic in Rome. He was treating Hollywood starlets, royalty, the rich and famous.

      He was spending enormous amounts of time telling other doctors and hospitals about his HCG diet, so he put together a protocol titled, Pounds and Inches: A New Approach to Obesity.

      His claim: men and women who used the HCG diet had no headaches, hunger pains, weakness or irritability and lost on average a pound a day.

      By the 1970s, HCG was the most widely administered obesity medication in the United States, but it was only approved by the FDA as a fertility drug. So in 1976, the Federal Trade Commission ordered Dr. Simeons to stop claiming that his HCG program was safe or approved by the FDA for weight-control. The order did not stop the clinics from using HCG. It just required that patients be informed in writing the following:

      “HCG has not been demonstrated to be an effective adjunctive therapy in the treatment of obesity. There is no substantial evidence that it increases weight loss beyond that resulting from caloric restriction, that it causes a more attractive or "normal" distribution of fat or that it decreases the hunger and discomfort associated with calorie-restricted diets.”

      Dr. Simeons originally put his patients on a strict 500 calorie diet with very tight controls on exactly which foods could be used. Dr. Simeons prohibited his patients from use of regular medications prescribed by their physician, however because he required his patients to see him every day he could resume a specific medication if needed. His patients were not allowed to eat breakfast or take any vitamins except for coral calcium. They could only take HCG by intramuscular injection.

      The new 800 calorie hCG diet protocol suggests a daily calorie intake between 550-800 which has been found to be more tolerable, much safer and has produced similar weight loss results . The body is technically “starving” if a less than 800 calorie diet has been consumed for the day. I recommend to stay between 725-750 calories daily to prevent going beyond the 800 daily limit. I have found that this increase in calories has enabled my patients to complete the entire 6 weeks, a decrease in the occurrence of diet plateaus, fewer complaints of hunger, weakness and headaches. The additional calories added to the protocol were mostly obtained from adding more protein sources which have 3 major benefits. Protein will assist in preserving your lean muscle mass, increase fat burning and may help curb the appetite. I have found that the key to success on the new protocol is to stay below 800 calories, carefully follow the food guide provided, take a daily multi-vitamin/mineral, avoid skipping breakfast, consume more protein daily, continue all prescription medications and participate in light exercise for 30 minutes daily.

      The thousands of patients I have coached have successfully lost weight while taking HCG without the effects of feeling tired and hungry. In addition, many have reported an increase in energy and motivation. Most women who carefully follow the new HCG Diet Protocol have lost on average a half a pound per day or 20 to 35 pounds in 40 days. Men who carefully follow the new HCG Diet Protocol tend to lose more, about a pound per day or 35 to 45 pounds.

      As a licensed health care professional, I feel it is imperative to educate the hCG dieter on how to lose weight safely while on the HCG diet or any restricted calorie weight loss plan. Modern medicine and nutritional information has vastly improved since the 1950’s when the original protocol was first discovered. My goal is for you to learn why a healthier approach to the original protocol will have a positive effect on your body’s response to weight loss and assist in the prevention of weight-related diseases.

      Please make sure you notify your physician when on any restricted calorie diet.

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