The HCG diet or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin diet was discovered by Dr. A.T.W. Simeons over 50 years ago. He accidentally discovered its power while researching a cure for malnutrition in underdeveloped villages.
HCG is a hormone that is produced large volumes in pregnant women. Dr. Simeon found that when you combine HCG with a low calorie diet, a weight loss of 1-2 pounds per day is possible. A dramatic reduction in calories alone is a difficult and potentially harmful way to lose weight, but a reduction of calories in conjunction with HCG works without drastic measures.
The science behind the diet is that the HCG hormone works to trigger the body to burn excess fat. This process works in pregnant women if caloric intake is insufficient to feed the baby, ensuring that the baby doesn’t starve. The HCG hormone sends the same signal to those who are not pregnant as well, by tricking the body into believing that it is pregnant. As the HCG hormone is found in both men and women, both can successfully use the HCG drops.
The HCG claims to be a natural fat burning process as your body literally digests excess fat as food to feed your body, so that it may function and perform to the best of its ability. There are different types of fat found in the body: structural fat which is found between the skin and organs and which is a necessary protective layer, normal reserve fat which is the layer that supplies the body with energy when not enough calories are consumed, and abnormal fat. Abnormal fat is the make-up of the extra fat in our hips, waist, thighs and buttocks, and serves no useful purpose. The abnormal fat is the only fat consumed by HCG.
The reason the HCG is needed over mere calorie restriction is this: when the body is deprived of protein and vitamins, it will draw from any type of fat, including the structural and normal reserve fat, which your body requires. When you stop a low calorie diet, your lean muscle mass has been depleted, and any fat that you now put back comes on as abnormal fat.
Some of the benefits of the HCG diet are: fat burning without muscle loss, a decrease in cravings, no starvation and a proper redistribution of fat. The HCG diet allows you to lose weight without feeling hungry, and lose it fast.
