HCG stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin.  The purpose of this hormone is to stimulate your metabolism to cause your body to burn your stored fat for energy.  We see this most commonly in pregnant women, as their need for energy is greatly increased by the baby growing in their wombs.  Men also produce this hormone in much smaller quantities for energy regulation purposes.

The use of HCG for weight loss was first studied by Dr. A.T.W. Simeons, M.D. back in the 40's.  He developed a 23 day and a 40 day protocol for using HCG in reducing weight.  He found that people lost ½ to 3 pounds of weight per day while on his protocol.  This seems like a lot to any of us intimately familiar with dieting.  The secret is that his protocol is an ultra low calorie (500 calorie) diet.  This is almost a fasting state.  Those of us who have done a lot of fasting know by experience that very quickly our body lowers its metabolic rate to compensate for the low calories.  The concept behind HCG is that it prevents the body from lowering its metabolic rate by overriding the hypothalamic controls.  HCG basically says, "Hey, we have a baby on board so no lowering of metabolism is allowed."  Since metabolism is all about how fast you are burning calories for energy, you lose more weight and have more energy while doing it.  The main thing people report on this protocol is that they don't feel hungry even though they are eating so little.

The downside to the HCG diet in its old format was that you had to get an injection of HCG each day.  HCG is a prescription item so this was only done in medical clinics at the time.  The current new interest in the HCG weight loss protocol is because of the use of Homeopathic HCG that can be sprayed under the tongue at home 3 to 6 times per day.  Most users prefer the spray to the injections and they claim they get even better results.

This new and innovative use of energy medicine has stirred up quite a bit of interest, and dozens of companies have popped up on the internet selling Homeopathic HCG for outrageous amounts of money.  Typically I find the homeopathic HCG selling for $80 to $169 for a 1 ounce bottle.  Anyone who knows about homeopathy, knows that single remedies are relatively inexpensive normally.  The high prices are mostly just marketing hype and price gouging.

Now understand here that the weight loss is actually coming from the very low calorie diet.  The HCG just makes the process more effective.  The original research found that 23 to 40 days was the maximum time period  HCG could be used before the body started ignoring it at the dose level they were using (a tiny fraction of what a pregnant woman produces naturally.) 

Since the body always burns carbohydrates first and fats last, the diet protocol eliminates carbohydrates and gives you just fats, proteins, and fibers.  You spend 3 - 4 days eating lots of fats while you get into the fat burning metabolic mode to start, then you drop down to the 500 calorie eating plan for 23 to 40 days.

My colleague, Dr Fisher, used this protocol last year and lost a tremendous amount of weight in a short amount of time.  It makes a nice way to start the New Year.  This is a short-term fix at best, but a nice start toward a lifestyle of better health choices.  If you go back to eating the same old stuff as before, you will simply put the weight right back on without a doubt.  But a little success is sometimes all we need to get us started on a whole new relationship to life.

Those of you who know me, know that I can never leave well enough alone.  I am always looking for ways to improve things.  I thought of simply making the homeopathic HCG available in the office along with the eating protocols, but then thought why not use the opportunity to help heal a whole lot of other problems homeopathically at the same time?  Using the ASYRA bioenergetic computer we can quickly measure a whole list of related metabolic, hormonal, and other physical imbalances and create a homeopathic remedy custom made for each patient that is added to the HCG.  Wow, now that would be a huge improvement over just a diet aid!

For the month of January, we will have the homeopathic HCG spray and the diet protocols in the office for $30.  But for only $25 more, we will use the ASYRA to scan your body for imbalances and create a homeopathic remedy, which we will add to the HCG spray.  That way you will be treating your whole body to a tune up every time you use the HCG spray for your weight loss program.  The scan only takes a few minutes, but we will need to schedule time to do it so call the office to set this up at 966-4714.

Start the New Year with a short-term success goal.  I would realistically expect that in a month to a month and a half most of you could take off 12 to 20 pounds.  The next goal would then be to stabilize at this lower weight for a couple of months by learning some better eating patterns.

Happy New Year and I look forward to seeing you in 2011.

 

 

david@fairoakshealth.com

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About Dr. DeLapp

Dr. DeLapp has been a philosopher, non-force Chiropractor, medical intuitive, and health innovator for over 30 years.  He began experimenting with  medical intuition in 1972 while studying physics at UC Davis.  In addition to physics he designed and completed an individual major in the philosophy and psychology of education.  Shortly after he choose to pursue a career in the only truly health oriented profession available at that time, Chiropractic.  He graduated with honors in 1981 with his doctorate and opened a private practice. 
Since that time he has continued his research into the effects of consciousness and learning on health. 
He developed the Biomagnetic Retraining system for correcting movement abnormalities. 
Since 1991 he has focused on developing a powerful system for uncovering and assisting the mind-body connection in health and personal growth.  The in-depth coaching, guided by the subconscious direction from the body, is called Heartflow and the simpler mind-body retraining for health and unfoldment he has named Gracework.  Both are available at Fair Oaks Health.

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