Protein A Critical Component Of The HCG Diet

When on any of the hCG diet plans, protein is an important component. The protein portion of this diet is crucial because of the metabolic effects that contribute to successful weight loss. Not are proteins are the same in their metabolic properties, so it is important to follow the specific dietary instructions.

By increasing your caloric needs in any way, you are more likely to lose weight. The calories obtained from protein require energy to burn. This effect is referred to in medical terms as “postprandial thermogenesis” which can represent up to 10% of our caloric requirements. You can boost the calories required by your body’s metabolism. This occurs as a result of additional energy required for digestion. As you raise the amount of the calories you are burning, you will in turn burn more of your stored fat.

Protein as it is being digested provides an actual appetite suppressive effect. We are uncertain as to how this actually works but it is seen in clinical practice. Individuals who eat more protein especially early in the day actually have less appetite. One group of individuals that ate a protein rich breakfast and were not given any limits on subsequent food choices, consumed about 30% fewer calories the following day than the other group who ate a presumably carbohydrate rich breakfast. The implication is that the protein digestion process somehow induces some degree of appetite suppression. This effect can be helpful when combined with hCG diet plans.

Consuming carbohydrates can cause blood insulin levels to rise. Insulin is a fat storage hormone and elevated levels of insulin are to be avoided when on the hCG diet. When you replace carbohydrates with protein as part of your daily meals, you help normalize the levels of blood sugar and insulin thereby lessening the fat storing effects that elevated levels of insulin would induce.

Protein helps focus the character of our weight loss. When we are on a calorie-restricted diet as one does with the hCG diet, the body will take its additional caloric needs from many sources. We would love to take all the additional needed calories exclusively from our fat stores, but of course this does not happen. The body will take its needs from fat and from other tissues such as our muscle. It has been shown that one effect of protein in our diets is to force our systems to the degree that it is possible, to take the needed calories from fat. Other diets may restrict calories, but the protein in the mix helps focus the weight loss to fat. The pharmaceutical hCG assists in this as well.

If you are constipated due to your reduced calorie diet, you may want to take a fiber supplement. Fiber supplements can come in powdered or capsule form, when on the hCG diet you will want to take the fiber that is unsweetened or sugar free. The added benefits of supplemental fiber is a feeling of fullness and keeping you regular.

In conclusion, when following a low calorie diet, it is recommended to incorporate both high levels of protein and pharmaceutical hCG to assist with optimal fat burning and appetite suppression in order to reach your weight loss goals. This concept should be followed when on any of the hCG diet plans.

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Source:  June 1, 2010 http://www.midnightedition.com/protein-a-critical-component-of-the-hcg-diet-15591/