Customer Reviews

Pocket Guide to the HCG Protocol: Quick Reference Guide for the 500 Calorie and Maintenance Phase of the HCG Diet Protocol

5 star:		(31)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I am on my second round of the HCG protocol and was so happy to run across this book. I wish I would have had it the first round. Such a convenience to be able to have with me on the go. The calorie counting charts are so helpful, especially on maintenance, when I am unsure while eating out at new places.

While this is certainly not a complete guide to the diet, it is a great miniature reference book to have with you throughout the day so you don't have to carry around the bigger HCG Weight Loss Cure Guide (of which I also have and use all the time). This book does not tell all about the diet, but has the basic "diet page" out of the Dr.'s manuscript and the nutrition chart out of the HCG Weight Loss Cure Guide with all the foods and drinks telling you whether or not you can have them in the different phases of the diet. This chart is soo helpful, especially on maintenance. I'd definitely recommend this book to those on the protocol as a little carry around reference, especially during maintenance.

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This little book is not a description of the HCG diet at all--it is something to carry with you in your purse or pocket so that when you go to the grocery store you can know what you can and cannot buy. You absolutely need at least one other book describing the diet (I love "HCG Weight Loss Cure Guide" by Linda Prinster) to use as a main book. I think you also need a tracker, like "My HCG Tracker" by Tiffany Prinster. But at any rate, this little pocket guide cannot be used alone because it is a grocery list and a reference to check foods that you might eat when you are out.

Yes, all of this information can be found on the Internet and in HCG forums. But not all in one place. And you can't fit it in your purse when you go to the grocery store. And there are no recipes. Or instructions or explanations. This is a book that helps you to remember what foods you can and cannot buy at different phases of the diet.

I am only in Phase 2 but it has been so helpful and it looks like it will be just as helpful in Phase 3.

Highly recommended.
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This book was not nearly as informative and helpful as the one I bought for phase 2 of the diet. It did not give any recipes or suggested meals. It was just a list of foods with calerie counts. I could have gotten that at any drug store.
I believe it was by the same author and I loved the 1st book. But this one was a complete dissapointment.

I bought this book, the drops, and a recipe book, and this book was a waste of my money. I could find all this stuff on google for free! It basically was a smaller, cheaper, version of some book that was more expensive. For example it would say "and try THIS, located on our website (which cost to join)" or "and in the larger version we explain more" You do NOT NEED THIS BOOK to do your diet!

This book was slightly disappointing because it contained information that I already knew. All the info in the book was information that I had found online. I was looking forward to more in depth information about the diet, and the maintenance phase. It did not give me any info on the maintenance phase and overall very small and disappointing.

I wish I could get a refund. I learned more information on line just in chat rooms. Please dont waste your money. It may be worth about $1.98.

I cant believe anyone would rate this a 5 star.

I thought I was receiving a guide as to how to survive & eat properly on HCG restricted diet. What this book contains is a few (very few) tips on that topic but instead is a referance lined item guide to calories, carbs, etc. I sent it back as quickly as it was delivered.

Over priced and a waste of money. I have the author's orignal book and thought this might be a good addition to info on HCG. Unfortunately, all this is is a food listing and in what phase the item can be eaten. It's basically you're standard calorie counter with an HCG slant.

This Pocket Guide to the HCg Protocol is excellent! The book outlines in simple fashion the basic requirements of a weight loss protocol that is highly effective, has no side effects or symptoms, and is relatively inexpensive. If the FDA tries to take HCg off the shelves, that act would constitute an assault on the freedoms of Americans and would be another stark indicator that the FDA is bought and paid for by the pharmaceutical industry.