HCG Important Fact Sheet First 3 days of treatment you must eat to capacity of the most fattening food including sugar until the patient has had the 3rd Oral Treatment. Beginning of the 4th day the 500 calorie diet begins. For Women: During menstruation no oral treatments are taken, but the diet is continued and causes no hardship; yet as soon as the menstruation is over, the patients become extremely hungry unless the oral treatments are resumed at once…(see page 8) Treatment should begin for women the day after there last day of their period. Or at least need to be on the treatment for 10 days before the beginning of their period. If exercising throughout the treatment, you still stick to the 500 calorie diet and DO NOT increase your calories. No…cosmetics including lotion other than lipstick, eyebrow pencil and powder may be used. Mineral Makeup is approved for use. Tea, coffee, plain water, or mineral water are the only drinks allowed, but they may be taken in any quantity and at all times. 2 liters of these fluids should be consumed per day. No Massages of ANY type during treatment (see page 16) After the last oral treatment the patient must continue the 500 calorie diet for a full 3 days without taking any of the drops. It takes about 3 weeks before the weight reached at the end of the treatment becomes stable. During the 3 weeks after treatment the patient must avoid sugars and starches. (see page 18 for full details) Drops may be stored in the refrigerator but not necessary. Average Days of Treatment Needed 15 pounds or Less = 26 Days of Treatment with 23 Days of Drops. 3 other days patient must continue the 500-calorie diet for 3 days after the last drop treatment. This is extremely important. If there is even a trace of HCG in the body and you start eating normally then you will put on an alarmingly amount of weight. More than 15 pounds= The maximum given in a single course is 40 oral treatments, As a rule patients are not to lose more than 34 lbs. (15 Kg.) at a time. The treatment is stopped when either 34 lbs. have been lost or 40 oral treatments have been given. **Treatments should never last less than 26 days, even in patients needing to lose only 5 pounds. It seems that even in the mildest cases of obesity the diencephalon requires about three weeks rest from the maximal exertion to which it has been previously subjected in order to regain fully its normal fat-banking capacity. More than 34 lbs.= must have a second or even more courses. A second course can be started after an interval of not less than six weeks, though the pause can be more than six weeks. (see page 8)