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.


Many people fail with their HCG diet maintenance plan. After all, this is something that you need to live with every day for the rest of your life. It is easy to tell someone never to eat any kind of wheat products. Yet, it is another thing to follow this instruction day in and day out.

When you eat wheat products you receive concentrated carbohydrates loaded with sugar or glucose. Wheat starch is very easy for the body to digest and turn into glucose for food. You may seek to eat foods that will digest quickly to make it easier on the digestive system. However, when you eat the kind of carbs in wheat starch, it can cause problems.

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 blood sugar drops suddenly you become hungry, and the body thinks it is mealtime. In reality, you may have eaten only a short time before. This hunger urge is the reason that many people are eating when they should not be. To avoid these urges, try to keep your blood glucose from spiking.

If you are serious about keeping off the weight with an HCG diet plan, make sure to avoid wheat starch and foods that contain wheat. This will help to keep your blood sugar on an even keel and you will be less prone to hunger urges. Also, many people are sensitive to gluten in wheat, so you may also feel much better if you avoid wheat starch.




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