I've gone rogue!

I'm on R1P2 of the HCG diet. I've flirted with that forbidden territory known as going off protocol. Many other people who have also gone off protocol, call this Going Rogue. I started out the diet following protocol to a "t", but as with just about any diet, small tweaks are sometimes needed. A lot of things have changed since the 1950's. One specific thing that's changed is chicken. Chickens have been genetically modified since then. Modern commercial chickens (think Foster Farms or Tyson) reach adulthood in half the number of days and have breasts twice as large and fatty as the 1950's. Watch the film Food Inc. It talks more about this. One thing I've done rogue since the beginning of the diet is vitamins and supplements. Our entire food supply and overall diet as a nation has become depleted of vitamins. Even the soil is becoming depleted of nutrients. Dr. Simeons may have been correct for the 1950's in his belief that you could go a whole round of VLCD without becoming deficient in nutrients, but that was based on the nutritional state of the nation at that time. Most fat people today have gotten fat on empty calories...their sodas and chips and chocolates and such. I believe most people (myself included) start this diet already deficient on nutrients. Anyway, all of the above said, I do want to make it clear that the whole point of this blog is to see what works for us individually, and going outside of protocol if neccessary. If you choose to try any of the recipes I share, you are not following Dr. Simeons original protocol, and do so at your own risk. Something that works for one person won't work for all. If you have your own personal recipe to share, please feel free. And if I ever share another person's recipe, I will do my best to credit the creator. Happy Reading!