About HCG

HCG, which stands for human chorionic gonadotropin is a pregnancy hormone that is produced by the embryo soon after it is conceived. As the pregnancy progresses, this peptide hormone begins to be produced by a special part of the placenta called the syncytiotrophoblast. As such, testing for levels of HCG in a woman's body is used as a reliable test for pregnancy.

While HCG is most commonly associated with pregnancy, it may also be produced when the body becomes infected with certain types of tumors. Therefore, testing for elevated levels of HCG can also help doctors recognize the existence of tumors in a patient's body.

When produced during pregnancy, HCG is meant to help the corpus luteum intact. The corpus luteum, which is part of the ovary, is integral in maintaining production of the progesterone that is an important component of human pregnancy. In addition to preventing the disintegration of the corpus luteum, researchers believe that HCG provides pregnant women with extra immunity during pregnancy.

The high levels of HCG that are produced during pregnancy have no negative effects on the pregnant woman's body. In fact, doctors have used HCG for many years in order to help women experiencing hormonal issues or fertility problems. More recently, however, researchers have found that HCG can actually help the body burn more fat and can be used to aid in weight loss when combined with a healthy low calorie diet and a moderate exercise routine.

In men, HCG injections are used to stimulate the leydig cells to synthesize testosterone.  HCG mimics LH and helps restore and maintain testosterone production in the testes.  The intratesticular testosterone is necessary for spermatogenesis from the sertoli cells. Typical uses for hCG in men include hypogonadism, fertility treatment, low testosterone and andropause.

Several other positive side effects have also become associated with HCG therapy. These include:

While there are some potential negative side effects to HCG therapy, these are generally mild and are not very troublesome to most people. These include:

 

Why use h.C.G.? .....

More than 50 years ago Dr. A. T. W. Simeons,(Salvador Mundi International Hospital, Rome, Italy)  became interested in how a pregnant women could loose weight during pregnancy and still deliver a healthy baby. While researching this occurance he found that the hormone Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (H.C.G.) to be responsible. This hormone is produced by the body in abundance during pregnancy, causing the mothers adipose fat to liquefy in levels more than sufficient to supply her bloodstream with nutrition around the clock to ensure the proper development of her unborn child.

Taking his research further, Dr Simeons studied the effects of H.C.G on weight loss. During his studies, it was noticed that when small doses of H.C.G. were administered, without a diet and without weight loss, changes in  body measurements occurred,  hips and waist became smaller. At first it was thought that this was due to redistribution of water.Later it was established that it was adipose tissue fat  that was on the move.

One pound of body fat stores upwards of 2000 calories. Once body fat is made fluid, nutrition can be released to the bloodstream, reducing hunger, and waste flushed from the system. Calories provided on an even consistent level improves metabolism. With diet, women were shown to lose weight at a rate of  ½ to ¾ pounds per day and men at a rate of ½ to 1½  pounds per day.

In many thousands of cases. it was found that patients receiving H.C.G. by injection were able to live comfortably on a very low calorie diet without the usual accompaniments of hunger, weakness or irritability.