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Why Wheat Starch Can Destroy Your HCG Diet

By Dr. Dennis Clark


The HCG diet is a very popular method for losing weight quickly. It can work well, but it is a good idea to be very careful of what you eat when you follow this program. One of the most important things to avoid is wheat starch.

The first part of any HCG diet concerns eating a great deal for a few days, then you must stay on a low calorie meal plan for as long as you intend to lose weight. This plan works well because you are eating the right kinds of foods and you are maintaining consistency. Most people do not make mistakes at this point.

The hard part about the HCG diet is the maintenance part. This is where you have to decide whether you want to stick with a certain plan or go back to your old ways. If you avoid refined sugar and wheat starch you will have a much better chance for success. However, this is much easier to say than to do.

Wheat contains a complex carbohydrate starch and this starch has concentrated glucose or sugar. This is perhaps one of the easiest types of carbohydrates for you to digest. This may seem like a good thing, as most people seek to make their digestion process as simple as possible. Yet, bad things can happen when you digest complex carbohydrates too quickly.

If you are trying to lose weight you should avoid sweets for several reasons. Sweets contain a lot of empty calories but they also make your blood glucose spike. However, eating a sandwich can cause blood sugar levels to spike as high as eating a sweet dessert. The higher something goes up the lower it will drop in proportion, and this is what happens with blood sugar levels.

When your blood sugar suddenly falls you become hungry. It makes no difference if it has only been a short time since your last meal. This is why many people eat when they should not. They are taking in foods that actually make them hungry in a short amount of time.

If you would like to maintain weight loss with your HCG diet program you should try not to eat anything that contains wheat starch. Your blood sugar will not be prone to rapid rising and falling, and this will eliminate false hunger urges. You also will eliminate a lot of gluten from your diet, as many people are sensitive to gluten.




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