So here you are!, you’ve just gone through a few days of binging on terrible “JUNK” foods and drinks and you feel fatter than ever and you’re now looking ahead to the next holidays and New Year!! Yikes, your weight is depressing you and your pants and dresses are starting to feel tight and you found you now have lumps and bumps you never noticed before.
You’ve been reading about it, you’ve seen it in the news, and advertised all over the internet at a huge variation of prices. You've learned there is oral HCG drops and injectible HCG, how do you know what to use, if it’s safe, and, of course, will it work for you and your body and lifestyle???
What is HCG?
Background
hCG stands for human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone produced in large quantity 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 detect in a woman’s urine to determine if she is pregnant.
The late British doctor ATW Simeons, was the first to discover hCG’s relationship to weight loss in the 1950s. In fact, in 1954, Dr. Simeons published his first report (Lancet) on hCG and the management of obesity.
Dr. Simeons found that his patients tolerated a very low calorie diet without headaches, weakness and irritability which is common to other weight loss programs. Perhaps more importantly, people on his protocol were able to maintain their weight loss far better than those on other programs. Further, his patients lost more body fat as opposed to body weight. That is, resistant fat such as in the neck and intra-abdominally was reduced! Therefore, Dr. Simeons hypothesized that hCG also regulated the hypothalamus which is responsible for the excessive abnormal fat accumulation seen in obesity, such as the neck, abdomen, and thighs.
The hCG diet requires that you stay on a 500 CALORIE A DAY INTAKE DURING THE HCG LOW CALORIE PHASE
How the hCG Diet Works
How is hCG used for weight Loss?
Intuitively, we all know that weight loss occurs only when fewer calories than the body uses are consumed. The way hCG makes calorie restriction dieting easier is by allowing one to not get the hard to manage symptoms of traditional diets such as headaches and uncontrollable hunger. More importantly, hCG specifically targets fat from abnormal fat storage areas like the neck, abdomen, thighs, hips and buttocks. With traditional calorie restriction diets, fat is often preferentially lost from more essential fat areas such as breasts, face, and the subcutaneous fat under the skin. The hCG diet results in safer weight loss while providing a sculpting effect. Accordingly, the weight loss is not only noted on the scale, but the visible results in body shape and sizes are much more desirable.
The hCG protocol is very low calorie, will I get hungry?
Because hCG utilizes stored body fat, making it available to the body as an energy source, 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.
Wouldn’t I lose the same amount of weight eating a very low calorie diet without hCG?
While it is true that the amount of weight lost with pure calorie restriction approximates that lost with an hCG diet, the following points make the hCG diet unique and hence successful in comparison:
With hCG there is no hunger or craving 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 a muscle and connective tissue as well as essential fat storage around organs. Essential structural fat under the skin and other areas is spared and only abnormal fat areas are targeted. This feature results in improved body contour with more inches lost in the most commonly desired areas, hips, thighs, neck, buttocks, and abdomen. Weight loss is far more easily maintained after stopping the hCG protocol.
How will I feel while on the hCG diet?
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 as with other low calorie intake diets.
How much weight can I expect to lose?
In one typical 30 day cycle women can lose between 8 and 30 lbs. In a 60 day cycle you can expect a weight loss of 45 pounds or more. Men generally lose weight at a faster rate than women. If you require even greater weight loss, my medical hCG diet can be continued until the goal weight is attained (to be determined with my instruction - medical direction).
The injectible HCG is more effective than the oral HCG in suppressing the hunger and has a shorter lead time before the hunger subsides (typically 2 days versus 4-7 days with the oral). People who want to lose upwards of 40lbs to 50lbs are better served by using the injectible HCG as it is more effective in suppressing the hunger and helping you lose even more weight.
Ask me today if my medically directed HCG diet is right for you!
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