By now you have all heard of the miraculous diet which people are losing upwards of 25 pounds in 3 weeks.
For once rumors have been proven successful. The diet is called hCG, which stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin, a hormone which we all have in our body but seldom use. Mostly known in pregnant females for regulation of metabolism, this hormone can literally transform and reset your body metabolism. But be careful, there are lots of claims being made, and just like any fad diet from the past, things can get blown way out of control.
Here is the basics of how the diet works. Don't judge it unless you are fully educated on what the diet is actually doing inside your body.
There are 3 ways in which to take this hormone (Injections, Sublingual, and Homeopathic) Injections are just like they sound, intramuscular injections of a hormone. Effective, but needs to be monitored very closely by your medical doctor. Sublingual is a hormone liquid (usually taken from human urine) dropped under the tongue for maximal absorption. Again effective but just not for me. Lastly there are homeopathic blends. These are the hormones diluted out up to 60x's. This may appear to be less effective, but it most certainly is not. The benefit of hCG in homeopathic form is you only receive 1/60th of the hormone with equal results.
Now that we see each method is equally effective, it is up to you to choose. No matter which method you choose, you NEED to be monitored by a knowledgeable practitioner.
Understanding what is actually happening in your body to create this miraculous weight loss.
Step one:
Administer hCG for 3 days with a "healthy" heavy diet. (ie Eat lots of food) The body (Liver) is starting to ramp up its metabolism to burn off all the extra calories from the food.
Step two:
Continue to administer hCG 21-40 days, but now reduce caloric intake to 500 calories (Cutting out all garbage foods). Sound scary? Do not be alarmed, as you only take in 500 calories per day, your body with burn fat to create the additional caloric needs of the body (up to 1700 calories). It is very important to stick to the strict guidelines of the diet, specifically what to eat, not eat, supplements to take/avoid, even what you put on your hands, face and body.
Step three:
Now that we have lost all this weight, we must set this metabolism into our biological rhythms of the pineal gland, hypothalamus, pituitary gland and adrenal glands. This step will consist of 21 days of a strict diet. Basically this is the way we should be eating. After this point you can repeat the process until the goal is reached.
Does this sound easy? It is definitely not for the faint at heart, literally. Even though this diet is boasted as a miracle, it most certainly is not. As you burn off fat in the body, one has to ask themselves the question, why was the fat there in the first place?
Most of America is overstressed, under appreciated, unhealthy, and overly toxic. Each of these things creating habits of overeating, increased cortisol, emotional eating, eating poor diets, and not taking a break from all the garbage to detox or fast. Once the fat is burned off, do all of these things simply stop? No, they do not. So what do we do?
Folks, we have to change our way of thinking!
In our office we promote lifestyle changes during the diet. We encourage our patients to continue eating healthy. We teach how to do that. We detoxify the body during the process to support weight loss permanently. We support your bodies specific needs of nutrition and herbs to support your organs which become overloaded. Organs like your liver, gallbladder, kidneys, stomach, and adrenal glands. Most importantly we help reset the stuck negative emotions associated with eating. This is the only way to see permanent change while doing this miraculous diet.
I hope this message finds you so you can find us.
Here's to a new you!
Love,
Dr. John
