HCG or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin is a glycoprotein hormone produced in pregnancy that is made by the developing embryo after conception and later by the placenta. Its primary utility is to provide nourishment to the fetus by burning the fat content from the mother's body. Research on HCG has suggested that it can have large repercussions on tackling obesity, a glaring problem in the modern day. Taking small daily doses of HCG can result in weight loss of 1 to 2 lbs per day, and often more, when accompanied by a low calorie diet of approximately 500 calories. HCG has thus emerged as a powerful tool within the realms of weight loss and obesity issues, and the best part is that HCG weight loss programs is that they are easy to start, maintain, and leave. So if you really want to shed the excess weight, don't waste any more time.
The discovery of the effects of HCG for weight loss
A.T.W. Simeons, a British endocrinologist, discovered the impact of HCG on obesity in the late 1950s while working in India. He realized that some of the pregnant women in India were themselves quite malnourished, but were still able to have healthy babies. This helped Dr. Simeons understand how HCG (which influences the Hypothalamus within the brain) is released during pregnancy, and how it makes the body use up the fat reserves of the body without having any affect on muscle. Dr. Simeons then used this technique to come up with a HCG protocol or diet plan which involved administration of small quantities of HCG for a specific amount of time along with a low calorie diet. The idea was to basically make the hypothalamus use up the excess stored up body fat when the body is on a low calorie diet, with the help of small doses of HCG. This makes the body burn excess fat for energy and results in weight loss at a fast and steady rate. Dr. Simeons theorized that HCG distributed stored fat and helped the body to metabolize fat. However, although HCG became a rage during the late 1950's and 1960's, HCG for weight loss gradually lost popularity until its uses in weight loss were revived in 2007 by an infomercial and highly acclaimed book by Kevin Trudeau called "The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About". Mr. Trudeau has given in detail the wide scale applicability and impact that HCG can have.
Benefits of HCG
If you have tried the various diets and weight loss programs, and are dissatisfied with the outcomes, then an HCG diet may be the right option for you. The HCG weight loss diet has its advantages in areas where other weight loss diets and programs appear to be seriously lacking. It attacks the causes of obesity such as low metabolism, intense physiological hunger and binge or emotional eating. These abnormalities have usually been linked to a small region in the brain known as the hypothalamus. Other diet programs simply deal with the symptoms of such abnormalities by cutting the intake of food, thus they become far less effective in the long run. The fat that is lost after intense exercise regimes and numerous months of strict dieting returns almost as soon as one goes back to a normal diet. However, HCG diets can help bring these abnormalities, such as low metabolism, which are the fundamental causes of obesity within normal parameters. This is only possible due to the fact that HCG enables a sort of restructuring of the hypothalamus and so addresses the essentials of the weight problem. Thus the real benefits of the HCG protocol lie in modifying the dieter's relationship with food and eating, resulting in easily maintained, long-term weight loss.
When we put on weight, our bodies usually add on the extra pounds in certain "problem" areas. These include the hips, arms and below the chin. The easier it is to put on weight in these areas, the harder it is to lose weight from them. Anyone who has tried dieting and weight loss programs will know how true this is. On the other hand, because HCG diets have a cause based rather than a symptom based approach, they are highly effective in releasing "problem area" fat. Your body structure will appear almost reshaped when you look in the mirror. It is known to decrease waist sizes drastically leading to flat stomachs and a feeling that the old clothes are now highly oversized! Most people who have tried HCG diets say that after a few days they feel as though they have had liposuction done. Another plus point of HCG weight loss diets is the efficacy of these diets within short periods of time. The impact is visible on the first day itself, and the positive effects HCG diets will have on your body, and your life, will be immediate and apparent.
HCG Protocol
Most HCG protocols have a high success rate and help people lose around 1 lb of fat a day. It may seem unbelievable but people can lose from 3 - 5 lbs on the first day itself! A 30 - 45 day HCG protocol is more than sufficient to help you get back to shape and develop a new happy healthy point of view. Getting on the weighing scale in the morning and finding that you have lost weight every single day that you follow the HCG protocol can be a highly motivating and exciting experience.
Well researched and specialized protocols are an essential part of HCG diets. These are planned in such a manner that even if you cut down the daily calorie intake, you would not feel hungry or deprived in any way. Quite unlike the usual diets we know of. This takes place because the HCG instructs the body to utilize fat reserves through the hypothalamus. Hence the body is flooded with 2000 - 3000 calories from these reserves which along with the calorie intake as part of the program is more than sufficient to take care of your daily nourishment. Further, not only is your hunger controlled, but your energy levels stay high. Hence you will not feel lethargic, tired or grumpy during the day.
The simplicity of using HCG for weight loss lies in the ease with which one can lose the amount of weight one wants to and then leave the diet as and when it pleases them. There is a short stabilizing period when you want to get off the protocol, which helps you get back to your normal diet and maintain your new weight. Protocols generally include switching to organic foods and daily HCG under the direction of a health care provider. Other recommended activities include walking an hour a day or more and doing breathing exercises.