Treating Diabetes type II with the HCG Diet Protocol

The Obesity Epidemic and the HCG Diet

Did you know that in our practice, we have been helping many patients reverse their diagnosis of type 2 diabetes??  Today, you do not need to be a medical professional to notice the obesity epidemic that we are facing … and it’s a problem.  This problem is a complex dance between our genetics, our endocrine system, our hormones and human behaviors.  The problem is not simply a premise built upon calories ingested and calories expended.   

In my clinical experience, I have seen a direct relationship between the HCG Diet and weight loss.​ The strength of this​  relationship  came to me as quite a surprise in my first few months of facilitating the program in my practice. The HCG Diet has been a safe, effective and maintainable form of weight loss for my patients. 

The Research of Dr. Simeons and the HCG Diet Program

The research and groundwork for the HCG Diet began in the 1950’s with a British Physician, Dr  A.T. Simeon.  Dr. Simeon had devoted much of his medical practice to learning about obesity.  At one point, he conducted a research trial on young boys with Froehlich’s Disease. This condition is marked by ravenous hunger, obesity with a fewmale pattern of adipose deposits in the hips, buttocks and thighs. Due to the anterior pituitary nature of this disease, these boys also had gynecomastia and 

underdeveloped testicles. In the research study,  the treatment consisted of biweekly therapeutic injections of HCG. HCG was known to induce precocious puberty in laboratory models. These patient’s despite having no caloric restriction, noted a reduction in appetite, and as an unanticipated finding, the patients lost significant amounts of weight as well as decrease in hip circumference.

These findings, led Dr. Simeons to see a correlation between HCG and weight loss.  In 1954, he conducted his own trials which were published in Lancet, in 1954(1). Several clinical trials have attempted to follow in his footsteps, but only one double blind placebo controlled study has achieved the dramatic results Simeon and his many patients described.  

​In Dr. Simeons study using HCG for weight loss, he randomly​ assigned the group to receive 125 iu of HCG or placebo via subcutaneous injection 6 days/week for 6 weeks. These patients were also placed on a strict diet. An average weight loss of 18 lbs was reported by these patients.  Each day, the research group reported their degree of hunger.  The majority of patients reported “no feelings of hunger”.(1) They were also asked to report on their general state of well-being and again the majority reported feeling “good” to “excellent”.(2)   

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