HCG 

HCG stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, a hormone produced in large quantities by the placenta during pregnancy. Researchers discovered HCG in the urine of pregnant women in 1927. Its function is to manage the woman’s metabolic processes.

HCG is what most pregnancy tests test for in a woman’s urine to know if she is pregnant.

HCG has been found in EVERY human tissue, including in males and non-pregnant females. Scientists have even found HCG in lungs, liver, stomach, etc.

The late British Doctor, Dr ATW Simeons, was the first to discover HCG’s relationship to weight loss in the 1950’s.
In fact in 1954 Dr Simeons published his first report (Lancet) on HCG and the management of obesity.

His patients lost more % body fat in comparison to those on other weight loss programmes.

Dr Simeons proved that HCG also regulated the hypothalamus which is responsible for the excessive abnormal fact accumulation seen in obesity. He noted that the hypothalamus can re-regulate itself during pregnancy, menopause, major illnesses, trauma or stress.

The HCG Protocol is a safe and appropriate approach to obesity. It combines pharmacological intervention, behavior modification and dietetic aspects. When properly managed, it results in a rapid weight loss and excellent body contour.

The HCG Protocol has allowed tens of thousands of people to realize miraculous and permanent weight loss results. Stubborn fat located in the hips, buttocks and thighs specifically, melted away.

How the HCG diet works …

Intuitively, we all know that weight loss generally occurs only when fewer calories are taken than the body uses. The use of HCG makes calorie restriction dieting easier because you do not experience the hard to manage symptoms of traditional diets such as headaches and uncontrollable hunger. More importantly, HCG specifically targets the fat from body fat storage areas like the abdomen, thighs, hips and buttocks. With traditional calorie restriction diets, fat is often preferentially lost from more essential structural fat areas such as joints, foot pads, face, under skin and even around internal organs. The HCG diet results in safer weight loss while providing a sculpting effect. Weight loss is not only noted on the scale, but the visible results are fabulous.

HCG utilises stored body fat, making it available to the body as an energy source, and therefore one’s appetite is naturally reduced. On the HCG protocol, excess stored fat provides approximately 80% of the calories the body uses. Therefore, the body is getting the energy it requires so it does not trigger the brain to signal the need for more food. Even though your calorie intake is reduced, your body can access the energy stored in fat cells. However, while very unusual, hunger is a remote possibility during the first week of the protocol.

While it is true that the amount of weight lost with pure calorie restriction approximates that lost with an HCG diet the following points should be pointed out:
– With HCG there is no hunger or cravings and patients are comfortable. In fact an HCG diet frequently elevates mood and increases energy.
– Traditional very low calorie diets also rob calories from other soft tissues, such as muscle and connective tissue as well as essential fat storage around organs. This does not happen on the HCG diet.
– Because essential structural fat under the skin and in joints is spared and abnormal fat areas only are targeted, the effect results in improved body contour with more inches lost.
– Fat is lost from the most commonly desired areas (hips, thighs, buttocks, abdomen, etc)
– Weight loss is far more easily maintained.

People are typically very comfortable while on HCG and often experience an increase in energy and positive mood. Symptoms such as headaches, mood swings or feeling lightheaded DO NOT typically occur.

In one typical 4-6 week cycle women can lose between 8 to 12 kg. Males can do slightly better!