HCG Recipes: Glycemic Index

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Sweet Lies How Sweeteners Affect Diabetics and HCG Dieters Alike

There are always lots of questions that diabetics and HCG Dieters have about sweeteners, and it may even seem to you that the information is constantly changing.  That is because it is.  The only sweetener that was originally on the HCG diet was Sweet N Low (pink) and that is because that was the only one available at that time when the diet was written by Dr. A.T. W. Simeons in 1954. 

Makes 16 one ounce Greek meatballs. Serves 4-6 people

I used to get these awesome Greek Meatballs at one of my favorite restaurants. They call them Keftedes. That restaurant was always such a pain though. Many days they were closed due to another fire or they were remodeling again and they pretty much always had the worst service. Sometimes these tiny morsels weren't even available and I would find myself dreaming about them. This tastes very close to their version if not actually even better. These are healthy on any diet and at the same time they don't make you feel like you are on a diet.

Ingredients:

Greek Meatballs:

1 lb. Ground Beef
1 egg
2 thin slices old sourdough bread soaked in 1/4 cup milk put bread in bowl and soak in milk
1 clove minced or pasted garlic
1/4 of medium sized red onion shredded
Juice and Zest of 1/2 lemon
2 tablespoons fresh Mint
1 tablespoon fresh Oregano
Dash of Cinnamon
Dash of Nutmeg

Tzatziki Sauce:

Restaurants will probably pay me to take down this awesome Cilantro Jalapeno Hummus Recipe. My husband and I were getting this regularly at one of our favorite restaurants and as usual I felt compelled to duplicate this recipe or make it even better and I have succeeded. This is lucky for you because this is so easy you wont ever desire to have this in a restaurant ever again.

Just because this recipe works for the HCG Diet maintanence plan doesn't mean that its not good for every low carb diet out there. In fact this is great if you are doing South Beach, Atkins, Eat Clean Diet, Paleo, etc.

This easy to do HCG Diet P2 & P3 friendly, low carb, eat clean recipe will keep you out of the restaurants and cooking at home where you belong.

After taking the first bite both my husband and I looked at each other and said OMG and then WHO NEEDS A RESTAURANT?! We couldnt stop saying OMG! Just now he said seriously I cant stop thinking about it.

If you are on the HCG Diet, p2, or losing phase you may enjoy this recipe by using the peanut sauce sparingly. When I am on P2 I like to add more lime to the sauce to stretch it.

This was a very simple salsa to make and yes its P2 safe too. The avocado is a low gi food, healthy fat, South Beach, Atkins, and even eat clean approved etc and in moderation can also work when you are in P2.

In a blender combine:

Glycemic Index

I have been reading about this lately and it seems to go hand in hand with a low carb lifestyle. The number assigned to these foods can help us to make better choices when choosing what we should and shouldn't be eating. Check out this site to get a better understanding of how food affects our blood sugar levels ultimately making us fat when choosing the wrong foods. I just found out that popcorn is worse than a snickers bar which makes me want to rethink that popcorn I was thinking about splurging on at the movies.

http://www.glycemicindex.com/

Who I am

I found this diet in 2009 at that time I weighed over 300 pounds and thought this was the most ridiculous diet I had heard of to date however, I was desperate to lose. I had always been a very active person and always battled what I considered to be a weight problem of 10-20 lbs in excess. When I was pregnant with my daughter is when my weight problem shifted from a 10-20 pound problem into a 100+ pound problem. For 20 years I battled the extra 100 pounds and I had tried almost every diet known to mankind at that point and I was ready to try anything.

I gave HCG injections a try even though I never thought it would work and started immediately noticing amazing results but I was completely bored with the foods that were available. As I researched more about the diet I came across communities of other HCG Dieters sharing their stories and the results of the foods they were eating and the effect these foods had on the scale.

Those results drove me to research and start experimenting on myself as well as others. I had 170 pounds to lose and I couldn't imagine doing it with a piece of hamburger and cucumber for every meal.

I started working with doctors and nurses to come up with better meal plans that would keep us satisfied on the diet. I learned to use the South Beach Diet along with the use of HCG injections for the ultimate weight loss experience that I had ever had in my life and I was helping others to achieve the same results even though most were half my size. I lost over 110 pounds this way without having to weigh or measure my foods and soon I was helping thousands of others across all platforms of social media obtain the same amazing results. Imagine, actually being able to eat food and lose weight at the same time.

I love to take unhealthy recipes and turn them into recipes that can be used for the P2 phase (losing phase) of the diet. My team often helps me research and perfect many of these recipes. All the recipes shared here have proven to work on the HCG diet.

HCG Recipes

Sweet Lies How Sweeteners Affect Diabetics and HCG Dieters Alike

Keftedes Greek Meatballs