The excess of fat is burned by HCG to produce daily energy during pregnancy for the mother and the fetus. It is natural biology. 

There is a lot of science behind it, as Dr. ATW Simeons explains in his literature on HCG.  An Italian team, who took over after Dr. Simeons died, continued with the same success. Now, we do not just have the science, but we also have the method and the results.  For doctors practicing this type of treatment, it is not a money maker since there is no procedure required but it is always a great feeling to make a patient happy. 
I thought of it as a good tool to help my patients before surgery.  So far the only effective treatment available for fat loss was surgery.
The surgery consists of two types:

      1. The removal of fat cells through liposuction. 
                
      2. The emptying of the fat cells with some kind of GI bypass.

I was trained 35 years ago to do a small bowel bypass, which was extremely effective, but too risky.  The gastric bypass came later with recent modifications and improvements.
Last to come is the Lap Band that minimizes further the surgical risk. Nonetheless, it is still surgery. By the way, for obese people considering a lap band or other bypass surgery an HCG course prior to their surgery would make it easier and less risky.

Today, thanks to Dr. Simeon’s, we have an inexpensive way to lose fat without surgery, discomfort, hunger, or risk. But it takes strong motivation and perfect cooperation on the part of the patient, even if the patient does not always fully understand. This requires a solid doctor-patient relationship.
I recommend this to anyone who wants to lose fat; especially to my patients that need or want to lose before surgery. Being overweight increases the surgical risk and compromises the result. HCG is “Thee” solution.

There is a way to lose fat without surgery or risk. The treatment is new in the United States, but has been used in Europe with great success.  It started in the United States a couple of years ago and has been very satisfying to patients. People such as myself, were skeptical, but the results speak for themselves and are based on solid scientific findings. From a practical standpoint, HCG is secreted by the placenta for a good pregnancy and can be used for fat loss.
 
HCG sends a signal to the brain (Hypothalamus) to start burning abnormal fat. Abnormal fat is consumed first (overweight). Fat is called abnormal when it causes overweight and /or changes in body shape. By opposition normal fat is the little reserve of energy we carry. The third type of fat is structural fat, meaning fat in and around our organs.
In other methods, the abnormal fat goes last, after normal and structural fat. This explains the emaciation of the face and other parts of the body, while the patient still has abnormal fat around the abdomen, and extremities.
Women that have morning sickness should normally have signs of malnutrition. It is not the case. HCG uses the fat of the mother to nourish both fetus and mother regardless of the morning sickness.  It is well known that during war time, pregnant women can be starving, and still have a normal baby. HCG is the reason.

So, the placenta is a pregnancy gland, secreting HCG in order to trigger abnormal fat burning through a center located in the brain (hypothalamus).

We knew the placenta was a pregnancy gland secreting HCG. Dr. Simeons discovered how and why along with the fact that HCG can be used for anybody willing to lose fat medically and not surgically.

HCG is extracted from the urine of pregnant women and injected to any fat person, male or female, because it is not a sex hormone as thought before Simeons. That’s why HCG does not masculinize or feminize and anybody can benefit from it.

There is no risk and the results are consistent. Besides, it is also the least expensive weight loss program.  

 
TREATMENT RATIONALE

The placenta is a gland that secretes a hormone called HCG.  This hormone has a direct effect on centers located in the brain, such as the center of fat metabolism.  For a long time that center was placed in the thyroid and/or other glands. It is actually in the brain (hypothalamus). 

Everything works like the placenta forms a pregnancy gland, secreting HCG to ensure the best pregnancy for the fetus and the mother. 

The original paper written by Dr. Simeons is available online. I strongly recommend reading it.
HCG is injected subcutaneously, meaning under the skin as opposed to intramuscularly (in the muscle), which makes it easier and less expensive for the patient. 
During the treatment you live off the burning of your abnormal fat. Your blood is saturated with calories, explaining the lack of discomfort and hunger. 

The treatment lasts up to 40 days, depending upon how much the patient wants to lose.  Prolonging it over 40 days could cause immunity to HCG, which would preclude repeating the treatment. That’s why we don’t prolong the course over 40 days.

After the first course, patients have to wait six weeks before doing another course in order to avoid the risk of immunity.

 The average daily loss is one pound a day.

Six weeks later it can repeated as needed or desired. Each time the treatment will give you the same benefits, provided you adhere to the regimen as prescribed. 
In between courses, as well as during menstruation, patients can eat normally but with no starch or sugar in any form.

TREATMENT

It consists of two parts that can not be separated. The first is HCG and the second the HCG diet.
And extract of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hormone produced by placenta of pregnant women), called HCG, is injected under the skin of the thigh very simply without pain. The injections are done for a period of three consecutive weeks, except during PMS and menstruation. During this time of the cycle, the treatment must be discontinued.  Meanwhile the patient can return to a normal diet with no starch or sugar.
Then the treatment is resumed with a daily injection and a 500 calorie daily diet without fat, sugar, or carbohydrates.  It is essential to adhere to the instructions in order to obtain the desired result.  It takes motivation. The 500 calorie diet a day also lasts 3 weeks. It sounds “terrible” but actually it is very easy because HCG has triggered the fat burning. That fat burning, in turn, provides nutritional needs and suppresses the feeling of hunger. Furthermore, the skin becomes fresh. We don’t see the facial wrinkles seen with other methods of reducing, such as amphetamines or medical diuretics.
Medical diuretics compound the problem by adding dehydration to overweight. Amphetamines work only as long as taken, with immediate regain when stopped, besides the cardiovascular risk.

HCG, as it does happen during pregnancy, triggers the center of the fat metabolism located in the brain (Hypothalamus) in order to utilize the fat as a source of energy. That is Dr. Simeon’s central discovery.
 
It works for all people that have too much fat. Fat excess increases surgical risk and can even preclude the surgery. In cases such as tummy tuck, facelift, or a breast lift, the patients do better without the fat.
When the patients try to lose the fat on there own, 1 of 3 scenarios occur:

  1) It is time consuming to try to lose through diet and exercise taking many       months or longer and delays the surgery that they wanted sooner.

  2) They may not lose the weight and return months later discouraged and wondering what they can do. 

  3) They have a goal in mind, which might be losing 20, 30, or 40 pounds. Some weight is lost, but they are unable to reach their goal. 
Today, thanks to HCG, their goal can be achieved without a long wait or difficulty.

REGIMEN

HCG INJECTIONS: 

  The number of injections and courses will depend upon your goal. Our office will give you syringes and needles all prepared for you to use. Each injection will contain 125 to 250 IU, making that vial good for 40 daily injections.  After 40 injections, usually the patients lose over 30 pounds. 

The injections are very simple and painless. Our office will help and show you how to do it. After a few times you will be able to do it by yourself.

EATING

On the first 3 days of the treatment, you need to eat at full capacity to make your first week of injections easier on you. You load your organism before HCG starts working by the third injection.

During these 3 days you will gain at least a few pounds due to water retention generated by the “gorging” of these first 3 days. Do not panic. It is normal.

On the fourth day you start a 500 calorie diet with just protein from meat, poultry, fish, vegetables and fruits. Caution with fruits; if you eat more than two fruits daily, it would be like some sugar (fructose).  A little alcohol is okay. However, the people on HCG don’t feel the need. 

Anything not on the list that you are given is a “no-no”.  The 100 grams of meat or fish must be weighed.  For fish; eat fish that is not farmed.  Exclude herring, tuna, salmon tuna, eel, and other fish with high fat content, as well as all dried, smoked or pickled fish.
I recommend purchasing online an excellent guide “Phase II of HCG”, published by Christine and Jayme Hunt in 2010. They did the HCG treatment and made a book of 100 recipes to help other HCG patients

 If you take vitamins you may continue to do so.  Injections are discontinued on day 21, but the 500 calorie diet is continued for three more days. HCG keeps working for three days after the last injection. For these three days the blood is still saturated with food from abnormal fat. It explains the need to stay on the 500 calories diet for these 3 days.

You need to drink a good two liters a day of fluids, such as water, mineral water, tea or coffee, to avoid straining the kidneys. No sugar but sweeteners are ok.   

CONCLUSION
 
For surgery patients it can be used pre and post-op without contra-indications. To the contrary, it helps wound healing.

The patient must adhere to the regimen. That is the only condition. The course of the treatment is very detailed. The details are not optional. You must check your weight every morning after bladder emptying and before breakfast. Any minimal weight gain must be corrected immediately.

All these details make the treatment work. Without a strict adherence, it won’t work.
These details are beyond the scope of this pamphlet. They are covered in another pamphlet, for overweight people willing to do that method.

The patient’s participation is not, by any means, passive. Full cooperation is key. Indeed, the treatment is not just injecting HCG.

The main indications are loosing weight without surgery, either because the patient doesn’t want surgery or is a poor surgical risk. It is an excellent way for people that don’t need to lose a lot and want to minimize the financial expense and the difficulty to attain their goal.

Once the weight is lost, it is easy not to regain fat with the usual recommendations such as no sugar and no starch in addition to a “turn off fat switch” that consists of simple inexpensive medications taken by mouth. Our office will help you during that transition.