The hCG diet is not a miraculous protocol that guarantees successful long-term weight management. In fact, it is particularly easy to undermine your weight loss results by making a common mistake after doing this protocol. In fact, this is the worst possible thing you can do.
And the worst mistake is: Consuming Wheat Products
That's right. If you eat wheat or foods containing wheat products, you slam your body with a dietary whammy that you must avoid. It comes from the so-called complex carbs in wheat that dietitians everywhere seem to love. Keep in mind that, in this case, "complex" just means that wheat starch is comprised of lots of glucose molecules linked together in a chain.
Conventional advice for a good diet is, of course, that you should eat complex carbs such as wheat starch every day. This is supposed to be especially important when combined with eating less sugar (sucrose) or other simple carbohydrates. (Note that sucrose is simply a carb that contains is made of two simpler sugars, glucose and fructose.)
The problem with wheat starch derives from how fast it can be digested. The glucose molecules are arranged in a specific type of complex that is referred to as amylopectin A, which is easier to breakdown in your digestive tract than any other type of complex carbohydrate. The net effect is that glucose from amylopectin A spikes in your bloodstream sooner that it does from any other source of starch foods such as potatoes, bananas, or beans.
In fact, whole wheat bread causes a greater spike in blood sugar (glucose) than sucrose itself. Eating a sandwich with two slices of whole wheat bread is no different, and often worse, than drinking a can of sugary soda or eating a sugary candy bar.
Hopefully you are already aware that sugary drinks and foods add lots of extra pounds of fat to your body after finishing the hCG diet. Keep uppermost in your mind that wheat and wheat-based foods will do exactly the same thing. In fact, these are the kinds of foods that probably got you into the unenviable position of needing to do the hCG diet in the first place. So just eliminate or at least drastically reduce your consumption of breads, pastas, breakfast cereals, bagels, pastries, tortillas, crackers, cookies, and all other kinds of wheat-containing foods. And it doesn't matter whether they are refined or whole-grain.
Oh, and here is one more kicker about wheat starch that makes it the worst food you can eat for weight-management: the surge in blood glucose (and insulin) from eating wheat causes a 2-hour roller coaster ride of satiety and hunger that continues throughout the day. Hunger hits a couple of hours after a breakfast of cereal and toast, which drives the consumption of lousy snack foods (more wheat!), which results in more hunger a couple of hours later, followed by more snacking, etc., etc. Bad news all around!
Consuming wheat, in any form, is the main cause of repeated cycles of high blood sugar, which leads to storing more fat. It is, indeed, the worst mistake that most people make once they finish the hCG diet.
And the worst mistake is: Consuming Wheat Products
That's right. If you eat wheat or foods containing wheat products, you slam your body with a dietary whammy that you must avoid. It comes from the so-called complex carbs in wheat that dietitians everywhere seem to love. Keep in mind that, in this case, "complex" just means that wheat starch is comprised of lots of glucose molecules linked together in a chain.
Conventional advice for a good diet is, of course, that you should eat complex carbs such as wheat starch every day. This is supposed to be especially important when combined with eating less sugar (sucrose) or other simple carbohydrates. (Note that sucrose is simply a carb that contains is made of two simpler sugars, glucose and fructose.)
The problem with wheat starch derives from how fast it can be digested. The glucose molecules are arranged in a specific type of complex that is referred to as amylopectin A, which is easier to breakdown in your digestive tract than any other type of complex carbohydrate. The net effect is that glucose from amylopectin A spikes in your bloodstream sooner that it does from any other source of starch foods such as potatoes, bananas, or beans.
In fact, whole wheat bread causes a greater spike in blood sugar (glucose) than sucrose itself. Eating a sandwich with two slices of whole wheat bread is no different, and often worse, than drinking a can of sugary soda or eating a sugary candy bar.
Hopefully you are already aware that sugary drinks and foods add lots of extra pounds of fat to your body after finishing the hCG diet. Keep uppermost in your mind that wheat and wheat-based foods will do exactly the same thing. In fact, these are the kinds of foods that probably got you into the unenviable position of needing to do the hCG diet in the first place. So just eliminate or at least drastically reduce your consumption of breads, pastas, breakfast cereals, bagels, pastries, tortillas, crackers, cookies, and all other kinds of wheat-containing foods. And it doesn't matter whether they are refined or whole-grain.
Oh, and here is one more kicker about wheat starch that makes it the worst food you can eat for weight-management: the surge in blood glucose (and insulin) from eating wheat causes a 2-hour roller coaster ride of satiety and hunger that continues throughout the day. Hunger hits a couple of hours after a breakfast of cereal and toast, which drives the consumption of lousy snack foods (more wheat!), which results in more hunger a couple of hours later, followed by more snacking, etc., etc. Bad news all around!
Consuming wheat, in any form, is the main cause of repeated cycles of high blood sugar, which leads to storing more fat. It is, indeed, the worst mistake that most people make once they finish the hCG diet.
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Visit Dr. Dennis Clark's site at BestHCGWeightLoss.com for a scientist's perspective of issues with the hCG diet. Also see what Dr. Clark recommends for where to order hCG.
