The HCG Diet always gets a bad wrap for having an “odd” or “limited” food list and I agree. I think the food list for the HCG drops it is way too small and without our HCG Recipe eBook, I don’t know what I would be telling my clients to do.
When I first got into this industry and started researching and testing the use of HCG Diet Drops for weight loss, I asked questions about the food list over and over to every single company, manufacturer, lab and doctor that I could find. The main thing I wanted to know was, “why are these particular foods on the list?” I’m sure if you spend five minutes online looking through all of the information about the diet drops you will know the answer they gave me. “Because it is in the original HCG Protocol that Dr. Simeons created in 1954.” My response to that is, “WTF? Are you joking?” That never seems to go over well, so I decided to develop a team of researchers and get the real answers that no one else could provide.
I strongly believe that if I was going to offer a product to clients and customers, I better know everything there is to know about it, no exceptions. I had to become the HCG Guru and be able to really help people on a more direct scale than just selling stuff online and even worse, telling them to read the Dr. Simeons manuscript that is out-dated and not even designed for HCG Drops, but for the injections. I made a commitment to impact the obesity epidemic and this was going to be a huge part of it, so I needed to be the best. Nearly 3 years later, I and my company Vibrant Life HCG offer the most profound and exact information, we have more exact statistics than any company or physician in the industry. My lab is the best homeopathic lab in the United States and along with our online presence, we are in retail stores all over the country.
For my version of the HCG Diet Food List, I increased the vegetables allowed after testing many clients to ensure that the results remained as unbelievable as they had been prior. I found that you could really eat as much vegetables as you want without any change in your results. This was big because now if someone ever feels hungry, “eat more veggies” and you will be good. For the protein in the diet, I found that it was okay to weigh the meat (or eye-ball the size as I prefer to do) after it was cooked, rather than before and the results with HCG Drop users did not change. Lastly, the addition of Free Foods such as Miracle Noodles has been the most profound and game-changing thing I have done to the list. The Miracle Noodles are flat out amazing and they offer the most mental value to the diet. We all like to see a larger amount of food and even eating them makes you feel full, yet there are zero calories, zero sugar, etc. It is pure fiber which is great for the HCG Diet program.
The one thing I am still working on currently is testing different fruits to add to the HCG Diet Food List. I am hoping that by the middle of June to first part of July, right in the middle of summer, I will have tested enough people and developed the new fruit list for the Vibrant Life HCG Diet. Stay tuned for that.
Here is the HCG Diet Food List as I offer it for my HCG Drops:
Drinks
Drink a minimum of 2-3 liters of water per day. Use lemon in your water to create a more alkaline inducing drink – great for weight loss!
Tea, coffee, plain water, mineral water and the Stevia created drinks (see the Recipe eBook) are allowed in any quantity.
*Do your best to drink as much plain water as possible.
Fruits
Apple (small) = 55 calories
Apple (medium) = 72 calories
Apple (large) = 110 calories
Navel Orange = 69 calories
Strawberries 12 (large) = 72 calories
Strawberries 20 (medium) = 80 calories
Pink California Grapefruit = 92 calories
Pink Florida Grapefruit = 74 calories
Vegetables
A serving size of vegetables is 1.5 – 2 cups (though you can actually eat as much as you need to feel satisfied)
Calories per 1 cup – Raw
Asparagus = 27 calories
Broccoli = 31 calories
Cabbage = 24 calories
Cauliflower = 25 calories
Celery = 18 calories
Cucumber (with the peel) = 8 calories
Lettuce = 1 calorie
Red Radishes = 19 calories
Spinach raw = 7 calories
Tomato = 27 calories
Alfalfa sprouts= 8 calories
Soybean sprouts = 31 calories
Bell Peppers= 25 calories
Mushrooms= 15 calories
Zucchini = 18 calories
Onions = 64 calories
Garlic= 13 calories (3 cloves)
Protein:
All portions are 100 grams or 3.5 ounces
*Important note: All visible fat and skin must be carefully removed before cooking, and the newest addition is meat can now be weighed cooked, though it must be boiled or grilled without additional fat.
Beef
Extra Lean Ground Beef 97/3 = 150 calories
Minute Steak = 160 calories
Sirloin Tip Steak = 130 calories
Top Round Steak = 166 calories
Bison Steak = 143 calories
Veal = 110 calories
Veal Chop = 117 calories
Chicken Breast = 87 calories
Turkey Breast = 104 calories
Seafood
Cod = 83 calories
Crab Meat = 100 calories
Flounder = 90 calories
Haddock = 88 calories
Halibut = 110 calories
Tuna (canned in water) = 116 calories
Lobster = 98 calories
Red Snapper = 110 calories
Shrimp = 110 calories
Tilapia = 94 calories
Sole =116 calories
Monk Fish = 96 calories
Whiting = 87 calories
Bread:
1 piece = 1 serving
1 Melba Toast = 12 calories
1 Grissini Bread stick = 12 calories
Free Foods:
Miracle Noodles – No calories, no fat, no sugar, no gluten, no soy – only vegetable fiber
Organic Low Sodium Chicken, Vegetable and Beef Broth (make sure no sugars)
Sugar Free Jello – no calories, no sugar, no fat
Flavor Enhancers – Braggs Liquid Aminos and Stevia (multi-flavor – packs available)
The juice of one lemon is allowed per day (we have seen many use lemon all day in any quantity without hindering weight loss, but that is your own discretion)
Salt (use Sea Salt), pepper, white vinegar, apple cider vinegar (not balsamic though), mustard powder, garlic, sweet basil, parsley, thyme, marjoram and the list below (under spices) can be used for seasoning.
DO NOT use oil, oil spray, butter, mayonnaise or any other dressings at all.
Daily Allowance:
Breakfast
1 piece of fruit
Coffee, tea, water with lemon in any quantity
Lunch
100g/3.5 oz of protein
1.5-2 cups of vegetables (eat more if necessary)
1 Melba toast
Mid-Afternoon
1 piece of fruit
Dinner
100g/3.5 oz of protein
1.5-2 cups of vegetables (eat more if necessary)
1 Melba toast
