About twenty years ago, I was very skeptical of the HCG Diet program. In fact, I thought it was kind of crazy and did not come across as “safe.” A few years later, I was working with a patient named Lucy helping her to improve her fertility as she had just gotten married at 40... Read More
Chia seeds are really quite small. However, do not let the small size of these common little seeds fool you, as they have quite the nutrient profile. They come from the plant Salvia Hispanica or Chia that is often found growing in the desert. The ancient Aztecs used chia seeds for energy as well as Native... Read More
What is the Hype about Intermittent Fasting ? Intermittent fasting could also be called “time restricted eating.” IF involves abstaining from food or caloric beverages for a set period of time. Most people who will choose a 16-20 hour fasting window with a 4-8 hour eating window. Intermittent fasting was first used in the 1900s... Read More
The HCG Diet is a wonderful cleansing program with the side effect of losing weight. It is amazing what happens when you narrow down your food choices and eat simply for 21 + days. When patients choose to use the HCG Diet as a cleanse, I put them on our body composition analyzer to be... Read More
I am very thankful to the amazing Dr. A. Simeons MD who was a British physician, practicing in Rome. Dr. Simeons specialized in the treatment of young boys with Froelicks syndrome. These boys were not developing their secondary sexual characteristics and had a “female” pattern of weight distribution. He was using HCG (an FDA approved... Read More
“Dr. Madda & Dr. Phillipo are amazing doctors and incredible facilitators of the HCG Diet & weight loss program.” After many years of struggling to lose weight, a friend told me about the HCG Diet that a friend of hers had just completed. The more information I gathered and learned about this HCG Diet and weight loss process the... Read More
The HCG Diet is a bit finicky and truly does need to be followed as outlined to have the magnificent and lasting results had by so many. I have worked hard over the past decade to conduct many clinical trials with my patient population to be able to expand on the Phase 2 food list... Read More
At the Natural Path, in Portland, Oregon we offer a wonderful medically supervised HCG Diet program. The unique HCG diet protocol we have in our office holds a siilar structure as Dr. Simeons original program although over the last decade, Dr. Cara has worked hard with clinical trials to add more food choices and food strategies into... Read More
I have to admit that as a Naturopathic Physician hearing about the HCG Diet for the first time I had a great deal of judgment. Until I got ALL of the information and studied about how this program worked I did not feel it was a very safe plan. After spending years studying the diet and its... Read More
Many of our patients come to us after trying almost every diet ever created! They come with some hope that maybe the HCG Diet will truly help them with their weight loss battle. As they jump into the program and begin seeing results, they are happier than ever! Most of those who have come through the Natural Path... Read More