Dr. Simeons and the HCG Diet
The use of HCG in the treatment of obesity was first discovered by the late British Physician, Dr. A. T. W. Simeons.Dr. Simeons, a British Endocrinologist, first published a report on the topic in 1954, while practicing in Rome, Italy. He spent years studying patients suffering from obesity. During this time, Simeons noticed several important factors from including HCG in a diet protocol, including the lack of symptoms one would expect from a patient on a very low calorie diet. For example, his patients had no headaches, hunger pains, weakness, or irritability as long as the low calorie diet was combined with HCG.
Throughout his research, Dr. Simeons noted how patients lost significant amounts of weight while their bodies reshaped naturally- without exercise, and without effort. This led him to discover that patients lost more fat tissue directly from adipose tissue accumulations, causing highly visible contouring of the body.
He reasoned that HCG must be programming the hypothalamus to do this by promoting mobilization and consumption of abnormal, excessive adipose deposits. Simeons, practicing at Salvator Mundi International Hospital in Rome, Italy, recommended low-dose daily HCG injections (125 mg) in combination with a customized ultra-low-calorie (500 cal/day, high-protein, low-carbohydrate/fat) diet. This led to loss of adipose tissue without loss of lean tissue.
This targeted weight reduction led to Dr. Simeons' theory that there are 3 types of body fat: Structural Fat is the necessary fat supporting the kidneys, cushioning the arteries, etc. Normal Fat is what our bodies use for fuel and is localized all over the body. The third type of fat, Abnormal Fat, is surplus fat which accumulates in the typical areas around our waist, hips, thighs and abdomen and causes obesity. Fat deposits of this kind can be "fixed" with the HCG Diet Protocol, and was documented by Dr. Simeon on thousands of patients spanning years of successful treatments in his clinic in Rome.
HCG is NOT a weight loss drug. It is a hormone naturally occurring in very high levels during pregnancy, produced by the placenta. It is believed this hormone enables stores of Abnormal Fat to be metabolized by the body for energy when normally they would be inaccessible and never go away with diet and exercise.
HCG by itself doesn't cause fat loss, but introducing it into a diet program allows the body to “target” and burn fat. Dr. Simeons created a specific protocol incorporating a Very Low Calorie Diet, a rigid selection of allowable food choices, and a precise dosage of the HCG hormone that has been virtually 100% effective at reshaping and sculpting the body and melting away Abnormal Fat.
Simplified, here is what happens: The low calorie diet causes weight loss. But what weight is lost? The HCG controls this aspect—causing the body to attack adipose (abnormal fat) tissue, and “melt” it into calories, or fuel or energy for use by the body. These calories, derived from your fat, provide the additional 1,000-2,000 calories needed daily by those on the HCG Diet Protocol.
HCG is ‘muscle preserving.' Therefore, the majority (if not all) of the weight loss is lost body fat!
Hundreds of thousands of people have used this simple and inexpensive medical weight loss protocol to achieve fast and permanent weight loss. Stubborn area fat deposits melt away. Body reshaping of the hips, thighs, buttocks, and waist are so dramatic it appears as if the patient received liposuction. The metabolism of the patient is 'fixed' to a new 'set-point' so dieting is no longer necessary.
The HCG diet works! As with any health program, you should always check with your primary care physician before you start a program.
