History of Obesity Per Dr. Simeons
Around 8,000 years ago, during the Neolithic age, humans moved from nomadic hunting and gathering to owning property and growing and raising their own food. Read More
The Top 12 Errors People Make During the 500-Calorie Diet Phase of the HCG Diet
As long as there's HCG in your system, abnormal fat that has been locked up in storage has the potential to be released into… Read More
Using Hygiene & Beauty Products During the Diet Days of the Protocol
One peculiarity of the HCG Protocol is that your body will be extremely sensitive to even tiny increases in nutritional intake. When you have HCG… Read More
Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater! — Cheating on the HCG Diet
Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater! – Cheating on the HCG Diet Posted by DIY HCG on 27th Dec 2016 The very low calorie phase, Phase 2 of t [...] Read More
Adjustments to HCG Dosages During a Cycle
Dr. Simeons' discovery that HCG releases abnormal fat into the bloodstream for use as energy has helped countless people to lose weight. But he found that it may also lead to physiological changes in the body that make weight maintenance easier after a person has successfully completed the HCG Diet. Most people start off with a suggested homeopathic HCG dose of [...] Read More
Do’s and Don’ts During the 500-Calorie Diet Phase of the HCG Protocol
While the HCG Protocol isn't very complicated, it can seem so due to the many restrictions and caveats. But really, it's pretty straightforward, and if you familiarize yourself with the ins and outs and do's and don'ts before you begin, it will make adhering to the protocol much easier. Here, then, are the most important do's and don'ts to keep [...] Read More
Moving On to Maintenance on the HCG Diet
Regardless of how much or how little weight you need to lose, the minimum number of HCG days for the protocol is 23, and the maximum is 40, counting the gorge days. Keep in mind that if you only need to lose five or ten pounds, you'll likely accomplish your goal in the first week or two of the [...] Read More
Goals for the HCG Protocol
The short term goal of the HCG Diet is, of course, to lose weight. The long term goal is to keep it off. In order to successfully lose pounds--and more importantly, keep them off—it is preferable to reset (or fix) and increase your base metabolism, which Dr. Simeons’ described as one of the effects of successfully completing the [...] Read More
Low-Carb Diets: Good or Bad for Your Health?
Not a week goes by without another diet appearing in the news, accompanied by hundreds of personal testimonials from people claiming to have lost massive amounts of weight effortlessly. Low-carbohydrate diets have been going in and out of fashion ever since the work of Dr. Stillman in 1967 and Dr. Atkins in 1972. Although they are effective for short-term [...] Read More
In the Beginning…The Load or HCG Diet Gorge Days
It may feel counter-intuitive to let yourself have free reign of high-calorie, fat-and sugar-laden foods just when you're on the brink of starting a new diet. It's important to remember, though, that the HCG Protocol isn't a diet, but rather a collection of processes that strive to push a physiological re-set button to normalize your body's functions and reach a [...] Read More