Most people who have an overweight problem and seriously want to lose over 20 pounds of fat can do the HCG diet. The best candidates are people in relatively good health who are motivated to lose weight. People in poor health should either not do the diet, or be very carefully monitored if they do it. To be successful, one must be willing to be very disciplined regarding eating.
It is sometimes very difficult to change from eating lots of calories a day to eating only 500 calories a day. I recommend that one should do this diet with a buddy to help give each other support. At my office, I even give a discount to those people who do the diet together to encourage this support. Once the first week has passed, eating the 500 calories a day actually gets easier due to the infusion of nutrients from your abnormal fat into your bloodstream.
It is not a diet for people who want to lose just a few pounds because one must have an adequate amount of abnormal fat to metabolize away. These people would do better on a minimal calorie restriction diet and exercise. These may also consider doing liposuction if their deposits are in areas that their diet and exercise simply cannot seem to dissolve.
Can men do this diet?
Absolutely. Men usually get a better result than women and it is equally safe in men as women and usually no significant side effects are seen. It does not give you man-boobs or estrogen effects as it is not a sex hormone like estrogen, progesterone, or testosterone. It is more like the hormones adrenalin or thyroxine.
If HCG works so well for weight loss, why don’t pregnant women lose weight?
HCG works to mobilize abnormal fat for utilization by the body only when there is a decrease in calories and fat. A starvation state must exist for HCG to work. For pregnant women, this helps preserve the fetus so adequate nutrition is continually given to the fetus for its survival. For weight loss, a very low calorie diet triggers the HCG to help rid the body of fat. Pregnant women could lose weight if they did a low calorie diet, but this is not recommended during pregnancy.
Has this method been used before?
Yes. When first reported in the Medical Journal Lancet in November of 1954, it had been used in thousands of cases. Since then, it had been used in many more thousands of people with great success. References are everywhere on the internet for those who are interested.
Can my overweight children use this program?
No. This program is not advisable for persons under the age of puberty. Please visit your pediatrician for other methods available for these cases. The diet should be used in people over age 16.
Do you guarantee that I will lose weight with this method?
As with any weight loss method or other medical treatment, no guarantees can be made. However, most of our patients have lost an appreciable amount of weight with this program. It is the most effective method we have experienced in weight reduction.
Is the HCG Diet approved by the FDA?
The FDA’s role is to set-up tests and recommends safety of drug related products on the market. As an agency they are not in the medical business. As long as a drug is safe to use then it is up to the discretion of the medical doctor to prescribe it for various conditions that they are “trained to understand and know the application for”.
HCG is FDA approved to treat many various health issues and has been in existence to do so for over 45 years by the medical community. It is considered safe and has few side effects. HCG is used to cause ovulation and to treat infertility in women, and to increase sperm count in men. HCG is also used in young boys with long, slender hands, large breasts, wide hips, buttocks and thighs with striation, knock-knees and underdeveloped genitals, often with undescended testicles. This can be caused by a pituitary gland disorder.* It has been used off label in the U.S. for weight loss since the 1970s when it was introduced from Europe. The doses used for weight loss are miniscule compared to doses used for the other conditions.
The following is a list of conditions that HCG has been used for due to these approvals: Cryptorchidism, Hypogonadism, Infertility, Oligospermia, Ovulation induction, Prepubescent Cryptorchidism, Kaposi’s Sarcoma, Froehlich’s syndrome.
Although there are studies to demonstrate significant weight loss and thousands of case reports regarding weight loss, body contouring and HCG, The following is the FDA’s position:
Indications and Usage: HCG has not been demonstrated to be effective adjunctive therapy in the treatment of obesity. There is no substantial evidence that it increases weight loss beyond that resulting from caloric restriction that it causes a more attractive or “normal” distribution of fat, or that it decreases the hunger and discomfort associated with calorie-restricted diets.
Legal Disclaimer: The FDA has not approved HCG for weight loss. Although not approved by the FDA, HCG has been used for weight loss and this use of it is considered an “off label” use of the hormone.
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Monday, December 7, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
HCG Diet at Beleza Medspa with Dr. Broder
We will be starting a medical weight loss clinic utilizing HCG as a supplement to a very low calorie diet (VLCD). So what does this really mean? Is this just another fad diet? I have waited a long time to add a weight loss program to Beleza. The current diets and medications out there will result in some weight loss while you stick to them. The problem occurs when they come to an end. Almost everybody gains all the weight back. It is obvious that the conditions that led to the initial weight problem are not being dealt with.
Have you been working hard at losing weight but you just can’t seem to do it? Are you stuck in a rut and can’t seem to shed those extra pounds despite dieting and exercising? Is frustration overwhelming you because you reduce the amount of food you eat, you exercise, and try hard to lose weight but you just get exhausted yet those extra pounds seem to just hang on?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may be interested in an amazing weight loss program called the HCG Diet. It is a diet that can help you quickly shed 20 to 30, can keep your energy level up, can reduce your hunger, and can make you feel fine. Plus, it can motivate you and spur you to losing all the weight you want because you will see results without the exhaustion that seems to accompany the alternative diet ideas.
The HCG Diet offers you an opportunity to participate in a unique medical weight loss program if you desire a healthy, effective weight loss management and maintenance program. The program has the advantages of medical assistance and supervision to ensure your safety, while enabling you to lose weight rapidly to help motivate you to achieve your weight loss goals.
This successful weight loss program is based on the amazing power of HCG, a natural hormone found normally in pregnant women that has an innate ability to change your body’s metabolism. HCG (an abbreviation for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin), in a sense, “tricks” your body into thinking that it is “pregnant”. During times of starvation or very low calorie diets, when the body has HCG flowing within it, the body mobilizes the abnormal deposits of fat for nutrition. This is a natural response of the body with HCG for it wants to keep giving nutrients to the fetus it thinks you have. Thus, when these fat stores are being utilized, the weight drops precipitously. It is not uncommon to lose one to two pounds a day on this diet.
Normally, without HCG, if you did a very low calorie diet, such as 500 calories a day, you would be sluggish, fatigued, tired, and hungry. If you add HCG, your metabolism changes and you’re able to lose those extra pounds while maintaining your energy level and decreasing your appetite over time. Moreover, if you eat plenty of protein, you do not lose muscle mass with the weight loss.
Sounds too good to be true?
Believe it! HCG pulls nutrients from the abnormal fat stores thus supplying the needed energy calories to your body so fatigue is usually not a factor. Moreover, because the body sees lots of nutrients in the blood, the appetite center in the brain is not overly stimulated, thus the hunger pains are usually minimal and very tolerable.
The HCG diet was developed by Dr. Simeon in Rome Italy in the mid 1900s. He postulated that we have three types of fat. One is structural fat, such as the fatty cushions in the soles of our feet. One is normal fat that acts as a reserve of energy stores. Finally, one is abnormal fat, such as the large deposits of fat in the pot bellies, the saddlebags, the love handles and the hips. The latter are the large fat reserves that make us look “fat”.
HCG works primarily to mobilize the abnormal fat and to thus shrink the fatty deposits so you lose weight. It does not seem to mobilize normal fat reserves or structural fat very well. Therefore, it is a diet for people who want to lose 15 to 90 pounds or more. It is not a diet for people who need to lose only a few pounds for they have very little abnormal fat. These people may want to consider liposuction for body contouring to achieve their desired result, or just do a mild calorie restriction diet with proper exercise. Moreover, both men and women can do the program (No, men do not grow “man boobs”),
For people who want to lose a lot of weight, this program is ideal. It is easy to do. You don’t have to spend hours of time doing lots of exercise, although maintaining good muscle tone is very important for your health. While doing the diet, you learn about how many calories are in foods and how a food journal works easily. Plus, the fast results are a motivational boost for the successful dieter to continue to lose weight.
The diet program consists of three phases, each guided intensively and monitored by trained medical specialists, such as Dr. Broder. An initial workup includes an exam and blood work. Then you are seen every two weeks and checked for potential side effects of this very low calorie diet. Supplements are prescribed as needed to maintain your health so your body receives the essential nutrients it needs, while it metabolizes the stored fat and you lose the extra weight.
If you are interested in doing the HCG Diet, call our office today and get started. You will never feel better and will not regret what you can do for your body and your life.
Have you been working hard at losing weight but you just can’t seem to do it? Are you stuck in a rut and can’t seem to shed those extra pounds despite dieting and exercising? Is frustration overwhelming you because you reduce the amount of food you eat, you exercise, and try hard to lose weight but you just get exhausted yet those extra pounds seem to just hang on?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may be interested in an amazing weight loss program called the HCG Diet. It is a diet that can help you quickly shed 20 to 30, can keep your energy level up, can reduce your hunger, and can make you feel fine. Plus, it can motivate you and spur you to losing all the weight you want because you will see results without the exhaustion that seems to accompany the alternative diet ideas.
The HCG Diet offers you an opportunity to participate in a unique medical weight loss program if you desire a healthy, effective weight loss management and maintenance program. The program has the advantages of medical assistance and supervision to ensure your safety, while enabling you to lose weight rapidly to help motivate you to achieve your weight loss goals.
This successful weight loss program is based on the amazing power of HCG, a natural hormone found normally in pregnant women that has an innate ability to change your body’s metabolism. HCG (an abbreviation for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin), in a sense, “tricks” your body into thinking that it is “pregnant”. During times of starvation or very low calorie diets, when the body has HCG flowing within it, the body mobilizes the abnormal deposits of fat for nutrition. This is a natural response of the body with HCG for it wants to keep giving nutrients to the fetus it thinks you have. Thus, when these fat stores are being utilized, the weight drops precipitously. It is not uncommon to lose one to two pounds a day on this diet.
Normally, without HCG, if you did a very low calorie diet, such as 500 calories a day, you would be sluggish, fatigued, tired, and hungry. If you add HCG, your metabolism changes and you’re able to lose those extra pounds while maintaining your energy level and decreasing your appetite over time. Moreover, if you eat plenty of protein, you do not lose muscle mass with the weight loss.
Sounds too good to be true?
Believe it! HCG pulls nutrients from the abnormal fat stores thus supplying the needed energy calories to your body so fatigue is usually not a factor. Moreover, because the body sees lots of nutrients in the blood, the appetite center in the brain is not overly stimulated, thus the hunger pains are usually minimal and very tolerable.
The HCG diet was developed by Dr. Simeon in Rome Italy in the mid 1900s. He postulated that we have three types of fat. One is structural fat, such as the fatty cushions in the soles of our feet. One is normal fat that acts as a reserve of energy stores. Finally, one is abnormal fat, such as the large deposits of fat in the pot bellies, the saddlebags, the love handles and the hips. The latter are the large fat reserves that make us look “fat”.
HCG works primarily to mobilize the abnormal fat and to thus shrink the fatty deposits so you lose weight. It does not seem to mobilize normal fat reserves or structural fat very well. Therefore, it is a diet for people who want to lose 15 to 90 pounds or more. It is not a diet for people who need to lose only a few pounds for they have very little abnormal fat. These people may want to consider liposuction for body contouring to achieve their desired result, or just do a mild calorie restriction diet with proper exercise. Moreover, both men and women can do the program (No, men do not grow “man boobs”),
For people who want to lose a lot of weight, this program is ideal. It is easy to do. You don’t have to spend hours of time doing lots of exercise, although maintaining good muscle tone is very important for your health. While doing the diet, you learn about how many calories are in foods and how a food journal works easily. Plus, the fast results are a motivational boost for the successful dieter to continue to lose weight.
The diet program consists of three phases, each guided intensively and monitored by trained medical specialists, such as Dr. Broder. An initial workup includes an exam and blood work. Then you are seen every two weeks and checked for potential side effects of this very low calorie diet. Supplements are prescribed as needed to maintain your health so your body receives the essential nutrients it needs, while it metabolizes the stored fat and you lose the extra weight.
If you are interested in doing the HCG Diet, call our office today and get started. You will never feel better and will not regret what you can do for your body and your life.
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