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Re-introducing Alcohol on the hCG Diet

Re-introducing Alcohol on the hCG Diet

One of the challenges for many on the hCG diet is eliminating alcohol from their diet routine.  All alcohol is to be eliminated during Phase 2 & 3 of the Simeons Protocol.

What happens when you can add back in alcohol?    I would caution you to consider the changes that your body has been through and tread lightly.  If you are stabilized in P3 careful and see how your body reacts.  I will share my story.  I am in P3 and stabilized 100%.  I attended a friends 40th birthday party and decided to have a little wine.   Alcohol was free flowing and I knew this was my first time and wanted to go with what I knew and stayed conservative and safe with my wine of choice.   They were serving in little small glasses and I can remember being fine casually drinking all evening and then woke up the next morning wondering what in the world happened.  It felt like the movie the “Hangover.”  I was fine until I wasn’t.

This would have me issue a caution to all that you need to be careful adding back in alcohol.   During our hCG diet not only has our body and metabolism changed but we have also lost significant pounds and inches that helped absorb the alcohol.

I did a little research and found a few clinical studies of hCG and alcohol, mainly for fertility reasons but the effects of the alcohol on female hormones while on hCG for dieting would be the same.  Ten women were studied during the mid-luteal phase (between days 17 and 23) of their menstrual cycle. Plasma estradiol, progesterone and prolactin were measured before and after simultaneous administration of 5000 I.U. of hCG (Profasi) and alcohol or placebo solution under double-blind conditions. There was a significant increase in plasma estradiol (P less than .001) and prolactin levels (P less than .01) after hCG and alcohol administration but not after hCG and placebo administration. Plasma progesterone increased significantly (P less than .001) above base line after hCG and placebo administration but this was not observed after hCG and alcohol administration. Study

I found it interesting the elevated level of estradiol and prolactin levels mixing hCG and alcohol.  I know a few people have reported having a drink while on protocol and feeling the affects quickly.

Just use caution and realize small glasses can be deceiving…