4 True “Diet Patient ManualThe HCG True Diet Program ‘The HCG True Diet offers a unique medical weight loss program to patients desiring a healthy, effective weight loss and management program. The program has the advantages of medical assistance and supervision to ensure your safety, while enabling you to lose weight rapidly to help motivate you to achieve your weight loss goals. The weight loss program is based on the amazing power of HCG, a natural hormone with the ability to change one’s metabolism, HCG “tricks” your body into thinking that it is pregnant, which changes your metabolism to burn the fat wile eating a very low calorie diet. HCG is the hormone naturally secreted during a pregnancy to ensure nutrition is present for the fetus to grow. During times of starvation or very low calorie diets, when the body has HCG flowing within it, the body mobilizes the abnormal deposits of fat for nutrition. Thus, when these fat stores are being utilized, the weight drops precipitously. It is not uncommon to lose one to two pounds a day on this diet. Normally, without HCG, ingesting a very low calorie diet would result in fatigue, loss of energy, and give your hunger pains. HCG enables the body to lose the weight while maintaining your energy level and decreasing one’s appetite. Because HCG pulls nutrients from the abnormal fat stores, it supplies the needed energy calories to the body so fatigue is usvally not a factor. Moreover, because the body sees lots of nutrients in the blood, the appetite center in the brain is not stimulated, thus the hunger pains are usually minimal and very tolerable. The HCG diet was developed by Dr. Simeon in Rome Italy in the mid 1950s. He postulated that we have three types of fat. One is structural fat, such as the fatty cushions in the soles of our feet. One is normal fat that acts as a reserve of energy stores. Finally, one is, abnormal fat, such as the large deposits of fat in the pot bellies, the saddlebags, the love handles and the hips. The latter are the large fat reserves that make us look “fat”. HCG works primarily to mobilize the abnormal fat and to thus shrink the fatty deposits so fone loses weight. It does not seem to mobilize normal fat or structural fat well. Therefore, it isa diet for people who want to lose 15 to 90 pounds or more. It is not a diet for people ‘who need to lose only a few pounds for they have very ttle abnormal fat. These people may want to consider liposuction for body contouring to achieve their desired result, or just 0.2 mild calorie restriction diet with proper exercise. For people who want to lose a lot of weight, this program is ideal. It is easy to do. You don’t have to spend hours of time doing lots of exercise, although maintaining good muscle tone is very important for your health, While doing the diet, you earn about how many calories are in foods and how a food journal works easily. Plus, the results are a motivational boost for the successful dieter to continue to lose weight, ‘The diet program consists of four phases, guided intensively and monitored by Dr. True. An initial workup includes an exam, possibly an EKG and blood work. Then you are seen every two weeks for six weeks. You are given 2 vitamin shot and checked for potential side effects of this very low calorie diet. Supplements are prescribed as needed to maintain your health 0 your body receives the essential nutrients it needs, while it metabolizes the stored fat and you lose the extra weight.HOG Diet Food Guide ‘The HCG True Diet is based on the use of HCG combined with a very low calorie diet to change your metabolism to burn the extra fat and lose the extra pounds. Only certain foods are allowed during the diet, as noted below. The diet consists of a loading phase (Phase 1), a very low calorie diet (Phase 2), 2 maintenance diet (Phase 3), and a long term lifetime diet (Phase 4). You will use the HCG preparation for the first forty (40) days, or Phases 1 and 2.The following are the food guidelines and restrictions for doing the HCG True Diet. Phase I For the first three days you are loading up on HCG and food. You may eat what you want during these three days, but eating a well balanced diet is recommended. You want to make sure ail your cells are filled with nutrients for the next phase. It is imperative to begin weighing yourself every day and to continue throughout the program. If you gain weight, this new weight will be your beginning weight. Phase 2 After the third day of HCG, you are allowed to eat only 500 calories a day, split between two meals a day of lunch and dinner. Breakfast is just a liquid beverage with minimal to no calories, Any non-caloric fluids in any amount. This could be coffee without sugar (nonsugar artificial sweeteners are okay) and a tablespoon of skim-milk as desired. Lunch and Dinner You are allowed these two meals only per day. Each should total around 250 calories each. Each consists of 3.5 02 (or 100 gm) af some type of protein food, plus enough of the recommended vegetables and fruit to total 250 calories each (see food guide). You should record the foods you eat in a food journal for accountability. You soon will see how easy itis to keep track of your diet. This also helps you to learn about the number of calories in the servings of food you eat. The number of calories in 100 grams (3.5 02) of the recommended foods is listed below. To calculate the amount of each food for your diet, follow the following steps. They will make the program very easy to follow. The HCG True Diet of 500 calories per day is a very simple diet program and very easy to do, Make sure you record everything in your journal Step 1: Pick a Protein Food Pick @ protein food from the list below. You must weight the food raw, so get 2 food scale. ‘Only eat 3.5 oz (100 gm) of meat or fish per meal. An agproximation of the size of a portion is the amount of the foot that would resemble the size of @ makeup compact. It must be cooked without additional fat. Avoid eating the same protein foods for both lunch and dinner. Write down the food in your food journal. All foods must be baked, roasted, broiled or grilled. All visible fat must be removed before cooking, and the portions should be weighed raw. NO frying any foods. Spices may be used for flavor per your individual taste as long as the spices have no calories.