fibromyalgia 
JC73
13 y
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This is from a friend of mine.Any ideas?
"My daughter is on the hcg diet under a doctor's care and is on about 700 or 900 calories, I don't remember which. Here is the thing though. She suffers terribly from what has been diagnosed as fibromyalgia. In terrible pain a lot of the time yet still has to go to work every day and care for her family. Fortunately her husband does a lot of the housework. After being on the hcg diet for two weeks she was free from pain and even was moving furniture around to clean (moved the sofa herself--no pain). Evidently you go off the diet after a while and then go back on again. I am not familiar with the schedule. She stopped the hcg and added eggs, oatmeal and beans to her diet. Terrible pain started up again. I think the diet is dangerous and certainly not high enough in calories for a nurse who needs a strong body and a good brain but I can't argue with her because she was so happy to be pain free. She added in eggs everyday but on the diet was eating maybe one or two a week with no ill consequences. She was wondering if the lectin in the beans was causing the fibromyalgia symptoms. If anyone has any ideas about this I would appreciate his opinion."
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- Re: fibromyalgia GrannyCat
13 y
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This is a reply to # 1,765,150Is she on the Rx hcg or the homeopathic version?
I did the homeopathic version last year for about seven months. Each 'round' is 3 weeks minimum. Some go longer. Then you have a 3-week break where you basically do low carb and finally, in 'maintenance' you add back foods slowly. I lost 51 lbs over seven months doing six 'rounds' on my own [no doctors or clinics] but many lose much more and more quickly as well. Everyone is different.
Many doctors and clinics have created their own versions of the original diet, often adding foods not found in the original plan by Dr. Simeons in the 1950s and also adding more calories each day. The original plan calls for 500 calories and is very specific about what food to eat.
The theory is the hcg helps the body burn the fat cells that are not 'normally' burned with 'regular' weight loss or calorie reducing diets and the nutrition within the fat cells is what is feeding the body. They say you are getting 1500-2500 calories a day doing this. It is NOT a starvation diet. It WOULD BE a starvation diet without the hcg. I know James disagrees with this plan and that's fine. We can respectfully disagree. ;)
The basic diet is very healthy even though it is low in calories. It's basically lean meats, fish and some seafood, veggies, fruit and melba toast or breadstick. No fats at all are allowed but I used coconut oil since it is utilized by the body differently than other fats and oils. Perhaps the low carb/low Sugar aspect is what is healing her fibromyalgia symptoms? I know many report increased vitality and energy with hcg.
My only concern with the plan was the calories were too low for me and I did not like omitting fat and oil from my diet, which I believe is vital to good health. But the plan DID work very well for me once I tweaked it for my lifestyle. The homeopathic version now comes in sub-lingual liquid, spray and pellets. What WILL they think of next!?
My 2 cents from my experiences. ;)
Marci
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- Re: fibromyalgia Hveragerthi
13 y
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This is a reply to # 1,765,150
This is from a friend of mine.Any ideas?
"My daughter is on the hcg diet under a doctor's care and is on about 700 or 900 calories, I don't remember which. Here is the thing though. She suffers terribly from what has been diagnosed as fibromyalgia. In terrible pain a lot of the time yet still has to go to work every day and care for her family. Fortunately her husband does a lot of the housework. After being on the hcg diet for two weeks she was free from pain and even was moving furniture around to clean (moved the sofa herself--no pain). Evidently you go off the diet after a while and then go back on again. I am not familiar with the schedule. She stopped the hcg and added eggs, oatmeal and beans to her diet. Terrible pain started up again. I think the diet is dangerous and certainly not high enough in calories for a nurse who needs a strong body and a good brain but I can't argue with her because she was so happy to be pain free. She added in eggs everyday but on the diet was eating maybe one or two a week with no ill consequences. She was wondering if the lectin in the beans was causing the fibromyalgia symptoms. If anyone has any ideas about this I would appreciate his opinion."I have my doubts that it is fibromyalgia. True fibromyalgia should not change whether on the diet or not.
As for the diet, I agree that the severe calorie restriction is not healthy. I really see no difference between this diet and yo-yo starvation diets that in the long run just lead to rebound weight gain.
As for the pain it does sound like it could be a sensitivity to something in her diet. The lectins in the beans or the gluten in the oats are likely culprits. And eggs are common allergens. The best way to find out is to start eliminating things from the diet one by one to find out what she is sensitive to and replacing these foods with more nutritious foods.
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- Re: fibromyalgia GrannyCat
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