Taking Vitamins While on the HCG Diet
The HCG Diet incorporates a very strict protocol as to what people can and cannot have, including vitamins, supplements, lotions, creams, and other health care products.
Taking vitamins on the HCG Diet is allowed – to a certain extent.
For most people, the vitamins that they have at home will not be compatible with the HCG Diet. Capsules and gel type vitamins contain ingredients that are forbidden while following the HCG protocol.
Certain supplements, vitamins, and body preparations contain ingredients that can inhibit weight loss, countering the effect that you want to achieve.
Can I take my vitamins on the HCG Diet if they are in pill form?
Each case is different. When you speak with your HCG advisor at the start of your diet, you will be able to discuss all of the supplements you are taking, as well as health care products that you use, to make sure that none will impede your weight loss results.
Dr. Simeons did not recommend vitamins for most people, and only some forms of vitamin C, calcium, and vitamin D on HCG Diet were occasionally used as part of the original protocol.
Even now, most doctors do not use these particular vitamins while on the HCG Diet.
What Vitamins Are Allowed on the HCG Diet?
Weight Loss Medical Center provides certain vitamins allowed on the HCG Diet as part of our HCG Diet Kit.
This includes our MIC/LIPO Complex as well as vitamin B12.
Why should you take vitamin B12 on the HCG Diet?
Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) serves many purposes:
- It increases energy – useful when you will be consuming between 500 and 700 calories a day
- It improve brain functions and reduces brain shrinkage
- B12 helps regulate the nervous system, reducing stress and depression
- Vitamin B12 assists with the maintenance of a healthy digestive system
- It plays a role in cell reproduction for healthy skin, nails, and hair
- B12 also is a protector against breast, lung, prostate, and colon cancer
- Vitamin B12 also lowers LDL cholesterol for protection against heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke
What is the MIC/LIPO Complex?
This specially compounded vitamin complex contains three essential amino acids:
- Methionine – reduces fat and lowers cholesterol
- Inositol – metabolizes fat and cholesterol
- Choline – helps to emulsify cholesterol
The MIC/LIPO Complex contains crucial lipotropic factors that will metabolize the fat and promote its flow to and from the liver. Additional properties help to nourish the liver, increase energy, cellular health, and boost the metabolism and immune system.
Why can you take vitamins on the HCG Diet provided by Weight Loss Medical Center, but not the ones you have at home, like vitamin E which also helps the body in so many ways?
The use of vitamin E on the HCG Diet is not recommended. Vitamin E is typically in a gel or liquid form and contains ingredients not allowed on the HCG protocol. When you are trying to lose weight, you do not want something that will hinder the desired results. We recommend speaking with a medical advisor about your specific vitamins and options.
Do I Have to Take Vitamins on the HCG Diet?
You do not have to take vitamins while on the HCG Diet, but we do recommend taking our vitamin B12 and MIC/LIPO complex.
Taking vitamin B on the HCG Diet is extremely beneficial. It helps to reduce the risk of headaches in the early stages of the weight loss program that could stem from the lower caloric intake, along with all of the other previously mentioned benefits.
The vitamins needed on the HCG Diet are recommendations only. While some people do opt to take only vitamin B12, you will get the best results and feel the best you can if you take the combined vitamin B12 and MIC/LIPO complex that we provide.
Here at Weight Loss Medical Center, we offer an HCG Diet protocol that works. You will be able to lose up to a pound a day – sometimes more – by following the weight loss program we provide.
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