New Diet Helps You 'Forget the Fat'

Swimsuit season is right around the corner and some simply aren't ready for it just yet, but there's a diet that claims it can help you while you eat whatever you want, whenever you want.

Thursday, April 30th 2009, 12:32 am

By: News 9


By Jacqueline Sit, NEWS 9

EDMOND, Oklahoma -- Swimsuit season is right around the corner and some simply aren't ready for it just yet, but there's a diet that claims it can help you while you eat whatever you want, whenever you want.

Virginia Savage likes to snack and dine out, but this season she's on a mission to slim down.

"I'd like to lose 20 to 25 pounds," Savage said. "I'd like for most of it to come from my mid-section here and my back. That's where my weight has settled."

Savage is diving into the HCG diet that claims to target areas by eliminating fat from all the normal problem areas or better known as 'the love handles.'

"HCG is a complex amino acid molecule that's in everybody's bodies...in all organ systems," said HCG diet expert Dr. Stacey Hedlund.

Basically, the 41-day diet allows the body to burn your stored fat.

Before beginning any diet or exercise regimen, it's advised that you visit your doctor first.

"I expect to hear from every dieter, every day," Dr. Hedlund said. "I want to know what you've eaten, how much you've eaten of it, how you feel, what your weight is that morning and if you've exercised."

For six days a week, HCG is injected into your system.

"It's in your body anyway and all we're doing is giving a little extra to trigger your brain stem to keep the metabolism to burn the abnormal fat," Dr. Hedlund said. "It's very safe."

Patients are then put on a clean, low calorie diet.

"You're not being exposed to chemicals, to sugars," Dr. Hedlund said. "It helps flush your body."

The idea is to reset your body's metabolism, and with the strict diet and injections you can lose up to two pounds a day. In the process, you're teaching the body to burn up more calories, allowing you to eat more.

"You're actually going to be burning 2000 to 4000 calories from your fat stores into your bloodstream every day, so you're not living on what you're eating, but the body fat you've stored up," Dr. Hedlund said.

While you burn away the fat you've stored up, you're body is going through detoxification.

"What we see the first week is people can have some headaches and not feel great, but that's partially because they're withdrawing from sugars," Dr. Hedlund said. "Once they go through that, they're great."

Virginia Savage said she's ready for the weight loss challenge and the summer-wear weather. Her ultimate goal is to lose 25 pounds.

NEWS 9 will be checking on Savage's progress in the following months.

For more information on the HCG diet, Dr. Stacey Hedlund can be contacted at:

Epiphanea Center for Aesthetic Medicine
3537 West Memorial Road, Oklahoma City, OK 73134
(405) 607-8181

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