For over 25 years Physicians Weight Clinic has been offering multiple state-of-the-art methods of medical weight loss supervised by a physician and trained medical staff. In addition to our already successful  programs we are excited to now offer hCG! hCG combined with our time tested program will give you optimal, safe, and sustainable weight loss success. Physicians Weight Clinic is devoted to offering the highest quality and foremost methods and products to our patients aiming to improve their overall lifestyle through weight loss. We have designed a method that has provided practical, competent, and effective results to thousands who have met and maintained their weight loss goals.

Human chorionic gonadotropin, more commonly known as hCG, is a naturally occurring hormone produced only during pregnancy.  During pregnancy hCG helps mobilize fat deposits that have formed around the hips, thighs, abdomen, and upper arms making these normally “last resort” fat stores available to be metabolized before normal body fat. When hCG is administered in small does to women or men, it is an effective way to “open” this access to the fat stores on the hip, waist, and other body areas that normally tend to be a problem. People who had previously found it difficult to lose in these areas find success with our program in combination with hCG where other methods have failed.

The hCG works in the body by signaling the brain’s hypothalamus. This center regulates the control of food intake (modifying eating behavior) by receiving, coordinating and responding to signals from the digestive system. Integrating these signals, the hypothalamus   tells   us  when   we  need  to  eat  to  maintain  weight  “set point,” much like a thermostat set on a specific temperature. In a similar way, the activity of the hCG on the hypothalamus helps to regulate food intake and reduce cravings.

One of the main challenges of a low calorie diet is maintaining, building, and keeping healthy lean muscles and tissue. Perhaps you have noticed that people who have lost weight quickly often have excess skin that has commonly been termed “sagging”, or they may appear to be gaunt or even unhealthy looking. When looking for energy, your body will use the easiest energy source first. As a result, lean muscle tissue is often burned by the body before abnormal fat when dieting. Thus, you may notice a loss of shape and contour that occurs with the loss of lean muscle tissue. Clinical studies suggest hCG actually facilitates a “targeted” weight loss while protecting the normal body fat and muscle from being depleted. It is believed hCG biochemically targets these hard to lose areas and decreases appetite resulting in weight loss that cannot be achieved by dieting alone. Even patients that have reported disappointing weight loss results with long term consistent exercise found that hCG seemed to facilitate a safe, rapid weight loss, especially when trying to lose the last 10 to 15 pounds that often proves difficult.

The use of hCG for weight loss was first discovered, administered and documented by Dr. Simeons in his 1954 report entitled, “Pounds & Inches”. In a simplistic, condensed explanation, Dr. Simeon reported on his research with hCG that patients with abnormal hypothalamus gland were observed to have intense physical hunger accompanied by cravings and overeating causing the body to create abnormal fat stores. He then observed that when he administered hCG in small doses (smaller then the amounts produced in the body during pregnancy) it created the opposite effect with decreased hunger and decreased fat stores. Dr. Simeon concluded, the use of hCG, along with a caloric restriction, appeared to produce an immediately noticeable weight loss effect. All of the fat being burned was directly targeted at the common problem areas and appeared to assist in reshaping the body back to its normal healthy shape.

Since this well documented study, hCG has been successfully utilized and safely prescribed by physicians since the mid 1950’s as an adjunct weight loss tool with minimal reports of side effects. In 1970‘s the use of hCG was decreased significantly because of complications related only to the extreme VLCD  (very  low calorie  diet)  used  by Dr. Simeon in his original research from the 1950’s. Today, we have more knowledge, research, and resources available to provide our patients state of the art weight loss methods. Although the definitive and scientific specifics on how hCG targets and mobilizes fat stores is unknown. The number of success stories by patients and physicians alike is overwhelming. On an episode of the Dr. Oz Show regarding hCG in July 2011. Dr. Oz commented,  “When we see real people do things that work, we in the medical profession have to pay attention”……When considering the use of hCG, and any diet or program in conjunction with it, it should always be prescribed and supervised by a physician. Although, hCG is an excellent recourse, it is only one of a number of tools for weight loss we utilize. As always, all weight loss programs and their components are extensively reviewed and protocols designed at the direction of our physician.

At Physicians Weight Clinic it has always been, and will always be, about quality. We’re passionate about seeking out and researching only the best and latest information on diet, nutrition, counseling, education, appetite control, and weight loss tools. Our physicians strive to prescribe the most effective and safest programs available to improve the lives and well-being of our patients. This is the continuing goal of our physicians and medical staff at Physicians Weight Clinic; our work is never done.