Dr. Simeons’ diet was not a discovery; rather, it was the end result of many years of research and experimentation. In some ways, it is still a work in progress as we continue to refine and perfect the HCG program and build on Dr. Simeons’ protocols.
Dr. Simeons Goes to India
Dr. Albert T.W. Simeons was born in London, England in 1900. There is little available material regarding his early life, but after the First World War, he was able to attend the University of Heidelberg Medical School in Germany, which remains one of Europe’s preeminent medical schools. He graduated summa cum laude and went on to complete residency programs in Switzerland and Austria, ultimately specializing in endocrinology.
Eventually, Dr. Simeons developed an interest in tropical diseases; among medical historians, he is best known for developing a diagnostic procedure for malaria in addition to inventing the first modern early pregnancy test – which is designed to detect HCG. Though it should be noted that presence of HCG in the body will not necessarily result in a positive reading on a pregnancy test. Nor does placing HCG drops directly on a test necessarily result in a positive reading.
It is in his work in the latter area where the real story of the HCG weight loss method begins.
The “Fat Boys”
Dr. Simeons’ interest in tropical diseases eventually led him to India in 1930, at that time part of the British Empire. Taking up a post in Mumbai (Bombay), Dr. Simeons began treating young men who, because of a disorder of the pituitary gland, had experienced delayed puberty – and at the same time had become morbidly obese.
Doctors at that time had just begun using Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (a hormone produced by women during the early weeks of pregnancy) as a treatment for these kinds of pituitary problems. Dr. Simeons was administering this treatment to the patients he identified as “the Fat Boys” and noticed something interesting: as it stimulated the development of secondary sexual characteristics in these patients (lowering of the voice, facial hair, etc.), it also appeared to trigger weight loss.
Dr. Simeons spent most of the next two decades studying this phenomenon. His conclusions on obesity led him to develop what we now know as “Dr. Simeon’s Protocols” – the specific menus of a very low calorie diet combined with small doses of the HCG hormone.
Read More About It
Eventually, Dr. Simeons published his findings in a number of research papers in the 1950s, many of which were published in prestigious medical journals. One of these, entitled Pounds & Inches: A New Approach to Obesity, is freely available here at HCG Diet Direct through a download on our home page. This paper explains Dr. Simeons’ conclusions in greater depth, and is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the true causes of obesity and how the HCG weight loss method addresses these issues and restores physiological balance.
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