HCG for Weight Loss and/or to supplement TRT for men

The HCG diet requires that you eat only 500 -800 calories (I advise 1000-1200) a day to help reset your metabolism and change your abnormal eating patterns. Foods you can and can’t eat are tightly controlled and, as listed in the video, so are some lotions, oils, and creams! These could slow the weight loss process down and prevent HCG from targeting your stored fat. 

According to the HCG protocol, you can have strawberries, apples, red grapefruit, lettuce, celery, cabbage, cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, chicken breast, lean ground beef, shrimp, lobster, and white fish. Foods that are off-limits are fatty fish, nuts, oils, potatoes (or any starchy vegetable), and sugar. The foods that you choose need to be nutritious so that you don’t become malnourished. I also recommend vitamins/supplements while on this program. Lipotropic injections can be taken with this program as well and most people chose this. Another option is something like Ensure or Boost low sugar nutritional drinks (this is not on the protocol but I think it’s a good idea). It’s important to stay hydrated with plenty of water consumption. 

You are not a good candidate for the HCG diet if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, have a prior allergy to HCG, have a history of hormone-related cancer (such as breast, prostate, ovarian or testicular cancer), gallstones, or a blood disorder/history of blood clots. 

Research on the HCG diet has not consistently shown that it can cause weight loss and so it’s not fully backed in the medical community, and the FDA advises caution with it. You will find just as many people for it as you will against it. Many people love it and get good results with an array of desirable improvements to health, including lowered cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, decreased risk of disease, increased energy, fewer aches and pains, and an improvement in insulin sensitivity.

The diet has three phases. During the first phase, or the “loading phase,” of the HCG diet, you start to take HCG injections and eat plenty of foods high (yes, high) in calories and healthy fats. This phase lasts 48 hours. This phase is required to bring the hypothalamus gland in balance. 

Phase two is the weight loss phase. This lasts until you are done with the HCG shots. The shots are administered by injection with a very tiny needle into your stomach fat once daily for 6 days a week. So you take them once a day for six days and then skip a day and repeat until they are gone (it should be about 40 injections). 

The weight loss phase of the diet is when you really start to shed excess fat. During this phase, you continue to take HCG. However, you limit your caloric intake to 1000-1,200 calories per day. If you want to do the 500-800 calories per day recommended in the protocol then we can discuss that. Use MyFitnessPal (a free app and website to log your food) to stay within this limit. This is very important as most people are unaware of portion sizes on nutrition labels and the associated caloric content. Be vigilant with this. 

Once the injections are done you enter phase three. This lasts’ six weeks and will transition you off the program. In the first three weeks of this phase, you stop taking HCG and increase your food intake gradually. You should not consume starches or sugars during this period. There is a second three-week period that you use to incorporate more starches and sugars into your meal plan. You can then do the plan again if you have not yet met your goal weight or you can transition off.  

At this point, you’ve been on the diet for 6-12 weeks and you should be very good at recognizing small portions of healthy foods. Don’t restrict or eliminate any foods but try to focus on eating nutrient-dense, high-fiber, low-glycemic carbohydrates. 

Please print and read the protocol I have attached to this webpage. It explains the diet in exact detail and answers many commonly asked questions. It explains why exercise is not recommended and why daily B12 supplementation is recommended (which is offered in my Lipo-B injections). 

Most clinics I've seen offer HCG at $500-$900!!!! I offer HCG injections at 150 IU (international units) once a day for a total of 40 days which is 40 SQ (subcutaneous) injections at only $420.00. However, you do need accompanying lab work which is $50-$100 (depending on your health history) so the total comes to $520. If you get the recommended Lipo-B Injections ($200 for ten) then the cost is 10% off making it only $648.00. If you have labs already and only need HCG and Lipo-B it's $558.00

HCG is shipped to your door. Syringes and needles are included at no extra cost to you.

Yes. This is a prescription drug that requires special licensing by a qualified healthcare provider. I’m licensed in SC*, FL, NM, AZ, IA, CO, MI, NV, VA, UT, ID, OR, RI, CT, WA, MI, DC, MO

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