It is important to understand that the HCG weight loss cure has several components, of which the HCG hormone is only one. If you order homeopathic HCG drops, start taking them then do nothing else and expect the pounds and inches to magically disappear, you will be disappointed – and will have wasted your money.
Dr. Simeons’ Protocols
Dr. A.T.W. Simeons’ findings were based on several years of scientific observation on the effects of HCG on physiological mechanisms when a subject was placed on a low calorie diet. The fact is that anyone will lose weight on a low calorie diet. The problem is that by itself, such a low calorie diet is likely to result in crankiness, feelings of deprivation, and in some cases can be genuinely harmful to one’s good health (although this can be mitigated somewhat by drinking plenty of water and taking vitamin supplements.)
Aside from that, the fat is likely to come off at a painfully slow rate; under most normal conditions, on such a calorie-reed diet the body is likely to consume muscle tissue and structural fat long before it turns to excess adipose deposits—which is what most people want to rid themselves of! As Dr. Simeons himself pointed out:
When an obese patient tries to reduce by starving himself, he will first
lose his normal fat reserves. When these are exhausted he begins to
burn up structural fat, and only as a last resort will the body yield up its
abnormal reserves, though by that time the patient usually feels so weak
and hungry that the diet is abandoned. It is just for this reason that obese
patients complain that when they diet they lose the wrong fat. They feel
famished and tired and their face becomes drawn and haggard, but their
belly, hips, thighs and upper arms show little improvement. The fat they
have come to detest stays on and the fat they need to cover their bones
gets less and less. Their skin wrinkles and they look old and miserable…
that is one of the most frustrating and depressing experiences a human
being can have. (From Pounds and Inches, 1954)
How HCG Changes The Equation
HCG drops or injections are a tool; they do not actually cause weight loss, but rather enable certain physiological mechanisms in the human body that cause it to feed directly on the fat that people are trying to lose.
Dr. Simeons is not the only one to have proven the effectiveness of HCG when taken in conjunction with a low calorie diet. In 1974, two weight loss specialists, Drs. A.W. Asher and Harold Harper, published the results of a study clearly showing that HCG injections reduced feelings of hunger and deprivation and promoted feelings of well-being and energy while subjects were on the low calorie diet.
Forty years ago, HCG injections were the only alternative; today however, HCG drops are also available, and can be obtained without a prescription.
