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The Case for Eating Organically on the hCG Diet

Kevin Trudeau suggests in The Weight Loss Cure when you do the hCG diet you should eat organically.  Aside from releasing toxins and helping the rid the body of dis-ease, there are few other reasons that this is a good choice for you, your health, and your family overall.

Eating organically on the hCG diet can be initially more expensive and making it a life style change can be considerably more then you are use to spending on groceries, but let’s examine the cost to your health.

ADHD and ADD

There has been a strong undeniable link between pesticides that are commonly present in fruits and vegetables and ADD and ADHD in school age children.  The major offenders are imported grapes, strawberries, celery, peaches, apples, blueberries, nectarines, bell peppers, spinach, kale cherries, and potatoes.

You can get a dowloadable pdf list or an iPhone app of foods high and low in pesticides to take the grocery store with you.  If you eat some of these foods on the hCG diet or on maintenance you may want to switch to organics to reduce the amount of pesticide you and your family ingest.

The cost of ADHD/ADD in and of itself is expensive.  You have initial diagnosis from a psychologist, a visit to your doctor for a prescription and ongoing costs of medication in addition to follow up visits to doctor and maybe psychologist.  Even with the new Health Care Laws your child may not be turned down for coverage, but with a preexisting condition you may pay more for coverage.

You will also have emotional cost to your family and child and loss of learning time in school and your child having a harder time getting along with peers until ADHD/ADD is addressed.

Antibiotic  Resistance

If you are what you eat and you eat meat; beef, pork and poultry, that have been injected with antibiotics and hormones, would you not be eating those same antibiotics and hormones given to the animals you are now eating?  Although the link between agricultural use of antimicrobials and antibiotic-resistant human infections has not been proven, only speculated. . . .speculation is growing.

Antibiotics have been used in animals over 60 years and only recently has antibiotic resistance become a major medical concern. Whenever a population of bacteria of importance to animals or humans is exposed to an antibiotic, it encourages the predominance of the more resistant strains of the bacteria.

The cost of fighting infection, finding new antibiotics drives the cost of medication in the US.  Not to mention loss of time from work, going to the doctor, etc,  can all increase your health care cost.

You can find local organic food, producers, restaurants, stores, organizations and more committed to producing organic foods so you can eat well.

Hormone Injections and Residue

American cattle raised for your food needs are injected with a genetically-engineered hormone called rBGH, not only to make the animal grow faster but to increase milk production.

Growth promoting hormones remain in the meat we consume and it can disrupt human hormone balance, causing developmental problems, interfering with the reproductive system, and even leading to the development of breast, prostate or colon cancer.

Milk from rBGH-treated cows contains higher levels of IGF-1 (Insulin Growth Factor-1), which has been linked to colon and breast cancer.  However, the FDA refuses to admit the findings.

The cost of fighting cancer is very expensive.  Chemotherapy and radiation treatments, surgery are just the start of cancer treatments and cost.  Increase in health care costs, catastrophic costs in some cases and decline other health systems.

CONCLUSION

Dr. Simones did not have the issues we are faced with today on how our foods are processed for human consumption. Europeans have a higher level of standards of how foods are processed for their consumption.  They do not allow imports of a lot of our foods for consumption by their population due to the very issues above.  There are far less  pesticides and hormones allowed in their foods then in the US.

Yes eating organically on the hCG diet can be more expensive than what you are use to, but so can not eating organically.  You do not see the cost because it doesn’t immediately effect your purse or wallet.   But foods that contain pesticides, genetically engineered foods and hormones in our foods, all have a cost if not immediately today but the price you pay later is always going to be more costly.

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Questions About the hCG Diet?

There is a lot of information on the hCG diet all over the net.  Since 2007 when Kevin Trudeau revised Dr. Simeons manuscript, Pounds and Inches, the number of hCG diet sites went from maybe 20 to over 1.7 millions to date and growing!  And that leads to a lot of questions about the hCG protocol.

Step 1  Read

Before you start the diet it is best to 1st read Dr. Simeons Pounds and Inches and determine if this is something you want to do.  Then pick up a copy of The Weight Loss Cure by Kevin Trudeau.  This will give you a good understanding of the hCG protocol updates, additions and some other health benefits that Kevin Trudeau added to the hCG diet.

Step 2 Determine

After you have read both Dr. Simeons and Kevin Trudeau you can determine if you need to do any of the additions that Trudeau added to the hCG diet protocol.

These are the two of the most popular things people add, the Colon Clease and the Candida Cleanse.  These are the two areas of health that people find they have the most sign and symptoms of after reading about them.  You can relieve many symptoms of Toxins and Candida quickly with these cleanses.

Step 3 Decide

How are you going to do the hCG diet? hCG diet injecitons or hCG oral drops. If you do hCG diet injections, you will need to buy hCG ampules and a hCG diet kit. If you decided to do hCG oral drops you will need to buy oral drops.

Step 4 Gather

Since it will take a few days (for hCG diet kits or hCG oral drops) to about 2 weeks (for hCG det ampules) to arrive to your home, you should gather a few needed things and prepare for hCG Diet-Day.

A digital food scale, hCG test strips, body fat tool, cooking grill, bamboo steamer, weight scale and a few other hCG tools you may find handy to help you on your road to success.  Another good thing to get is at least 2 hCG diet recipe books if you have a lot to lose.

Primary reason is eating the same foods will cause boredom and diet failure.  And the majority of recipes you can turn into maintenance recipes by adding more protein and some good fats like olive oil or canola oil.  Both are good healthy monounsaturated fats.

Another item you may want to add is the hCG diet teas.  You don’t have to drink all of them but they do have health benefits and benefits for the hCG diet to help you with weight loss.

Step 5 Exercise

Exercise on the hCG protocol is not needed but you know, it’s sure wont hurt your weight loss or health!  If you haven’t exercised in a while, I would start by just doing some daily walking.  Do 15 minutes then adding 5 minutes every week until you are up to 30 minutes or doing 2 -3 miles.

If you have exercised in the last few months, give T-Tapp a try.  I sing it’s praises because I’ve seen the results on me and I have seen the results on others.

The only reason for those who have not exercised for awhile is adding too many new things can stress you.  You don’t want to overwhelm yourself with the hCG diet and then a brand new exercise program.

Step 6 Commitment

This should have come 1st but I made the guess that you were building your commitment as you did steps 1-5.  This step, Step 6, is by far the most serious of all the steps because you can’t buy it, borrow it, bargain with it or negotiate for it.  Commitment must come from you.   The hCG diet does work but you must commit to doing the hCG diet.

You must follow the rules, eat the hCG diet foods and yes suffer through the first few days that maybe unpleasant with headaches, hunger and cravings.

Asses your reasons for wanting to do the hCG diet.  Yes you lose weight fast and that is always appealing, but why do you want to lose weight?  Do you have some special event to go to?  Are you wanting to do the hCG diet for a person you love?  Do you want to regain your health and well being?  Those are all good reason, and I can’t tell you who will fail or who will succeed.  All I know is without commitment to doing the diet, your reasons won’t hold up.

So while you wait for the arrival of your hCG.  Determine your reasons for wanting to loss weight, write them down and review them 3x a day and keep them close to you.  When you see a piece of cake or you are tempted to cheat, pull your list out and read it.   Those are you reason for not cheating.

Step 7 hCG Diet Day

Now your hCG has arrived and your ready. IF you made the decision to do a cleanse then you should have did that prior to the arrival of the hCG. IF you decided to just do the hCG diet then your ready to get started!

When is the best time to start?  Well I personally think Thursday.  You have 2 loading days, then Saturday and Sunday to deal with any unpleasant headaches and get adjusted without work or temptations right off the bat.  If you are a women and your menstrual cycle is starting then wait till the 1st day our cycle is over.

The day before you start loading take your measurements (bicep, neck,chest/bust, waist, hips and thigh), record your body fat and weight.  Make sure you do this at the same time each time when you record your stats.  Your weight fluctuates during the day so the best time is in the morning after you have emptied you bladder.

The taking your measurements and recording your body fat is important because if you are not losing pounds off the scale you could be losing inches and this is a good way to determine if you are really in a stall.  If pounds or inches haven’t moved for 4 days, then you have are in a hCG diet stall.

Step 8 Review

While you are doing your load days, re read this site (did you book mark pages you needed handy), re read Pounds and Inches and The Weight Loss Cure (did you high-lite important parts for later reference) and make a grocery list of items you need to pick up from the store or order on line.  And above all pick out recipes you want and make a hCG diet menu for yourself.

Pre make salads, weight and store 100 grams of meat for yourself ahead of time.  The more automatic things are the easier it is for you to stick to the hCG diet.

Step 9 The hCG Diet

Now that you are actually doing the diet, relax.  If something comes up answers on this site, you have your manuscript and book.  26 days (or 42) will be over before you know it.  Take each day one at a time and just focus on the diet.

Remember the key to the hCG Diet is sticking to the diet, eating the hCG diet food, avoiding sugar, carbs and fat.  Your mantra during this time is…IF It Is Not On the hCG Diet Food List, DO NOT Eat It.  It is that simple.  Save that food item you want for hCG Diet Phase 3 (Dr. Simeons).

Do not compare you loss to anyone else.  I know this is difficult, but everyone, loses differently.  Thiss is very evident on the TV show The Biggest Loser.  Men tend to lose faster then women.  Heavier people tend to lose faster then those with less to lose.  BUT that is not always the case.  So don’t stress about it.

Step 10 The Finish Line

You have now either lost the weight you wanted  or you have another round or two to go.  Either way…

CONGRATULATIONS

Celebrate your loss it is a milestone, an achievement.

If you have another round or two to do, then you will rinse and repeat some of these steps and maybe you have come up with a few of your own!

The best way to eat after the hCG diet is in moderation, avoid junk, carbs, fast foods and such.  Understand maintaining your loss is going to be an inconvenient lifestyle.

You will have a personal choice to make.  Give in and go back to where you were at, or dig deep and make the change for the better for you, your health, your life and your family.

I hope you found this useful! Enjoy!

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Hi:

This is not one of the usual posts we do here, but a visitor had a really bad experience with an HCG site, so I told him I would help spread the word to my visitors to help them avoid the same experience.

He wanted to purchase HCG and did so from a site offering a free trial (it was not a site hCG Diet Journey recommends nor a site that left a blog comment we checked).  It was only $5.95 and he didn’t think much of the purchase or the charge.  That was until the site charged him about $179.95 for the purchase a few weeks later.   He had to google the sites number and then call and ask about the transaction.  He basically got nowhere in his attempts to resolve the matter.  The site refereed him to their TOS (Terms of Service) and they said “Good Luck” as they were not going to refund him money.

I think this is a SUPREME example of a scam, fraud or at the least misleading advertising and I hope others will avoid doing business with the company. Really any company who is offering hCG free trial needs to be avoided as it has also been my experience dealing with a my now 22 year old daughter, that things that are ‘FREE’ are not.  I’ve had to deal with number of ‘FREE’ ring tones that made my cell bill go up about $9.95 a month and other ‘FREE’ things she purchased that cost money later.

Also hCG itself isn’t the most expensive product on the market but it does have a cost and it is more than $0.00 or $4.95.

Be careful, the internet is safe but as the saying goes, 1 bad apple.

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“Motivation is what gets you started.  Habit is what keeps you going.“

— Jim Ryun: Former track athlete and politician

This is a very powerful statement.  And it speaks to what you are accomplishing with the help of the hCG diet from your first round to your last.  While you are eating hCG diet food you are in essence detoxing your body from unhealthy food and eating habits.

Think of what foods you were eating before the hCG protocol.  Think of how you were eating before the hCG protocol.  If you are like most you were not eating well, eating very large portions and over all your health wasn’t the best.

What you are accomplishing now is:

• Decreasing Sugar Intake
• Decreasing Sugar Cravings
• Decreasing Saturated Fat Intake
• Decreasing Salt Intake
• Avoiding Fried Foods
• Avoiding Processed Foods
• Eating Less Fatty Foods
• Eating Fresh Fruit & Vegetables
• Learning to Cook & Eat Healthier
• Learning To Use Herbs & Spices To Flavor Foods
• Learning To Control Portions

As you do the diet portion of the Dr. Simeons protocol, you may realize you have had a very unhealthy diet for a while and you need a change  to lose weight fast.  However, you may have underestimate what the hCG diet really can accomplish if you continue the habits you are learning.

You were motivated by losing fat on the hCG diet in a short amount of time but you are also building habits to keep the fat off permanently.  Do you want to go back to being overweight?  Unhealthy?  Unhappy?  Do you want to go back to eating fast food? Foods high in salt content?  Foods high in sugar?  Foods that are processed loaded with white and enriched flour?  Food that are the leading cause of obesity? Heart Attacks? Disease? And Type II diabetes?

When you have finished with your first hCG diet round, your taste should have already changed where cravings for those unhealthy foods have decreased or diminished greatly (if you still have sweet cravings you may want to consider another Candida cleanse and or avoiding Splenda).  You have detoxed while on the hCG diet and you should have more energy and feel mentally clear.

The portions on hCG diet are rather small, but what size were you eating before?  Usually enough for 2 people but you never realized it.  After your first hCG diet round your portion size should be a lot more normal (size of meat no bigger then your hand) and it should take less to food to satisfy you.

Instead of eating starches and breads you have grown accustomed to eating more fiber in your diet by eating Miracle Noodles, fruits and vegetables.  Now that your first round is over, you can incorporate additional healthy fruits, vegetables and expand on those Miracle Noodle recipes.

There are so many good benefits to the hCG diet regardless of your motivation, it is your healthier and cleaner eating habits that you have formed that will keep your weight off and keep you healthier long term.

That is the only secret to long term weight loss success, maintaining your good and healthy eating habits.

It’s all up to you!

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