The HCG diet was created by Dr. A.T.W Simeons. His diet was based on giving overweight young boys HCG, once on HCG these young men who had abnormal fat deposits in the buttocks and thighs lost the fat in these areas. Dr. Simeons, postulated that Diencephalon area of the brain which regulates metabolic process was functioning improperly to regulate fat accumulation.

Dr. Simeons’ work basically states patients taking HCG will loose abnormal pockets of fat but will spare normal fat while on the HCG Diet. His diet calls for a low fat diet with limited calories (500 calories per day). The basic premise is that if you consume fat while on HCG you will store it, and if you don’t eat fat you will break down fat.

There are hundreds if not thousands of physicians who prescribe HCG routinely for weight loss. Dr. Denise Brunner of Arlington, Virginia the Former President of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians states that, “when it comes to weight loss, HCG has proven to be a miracle for many patients who previously failed multiple programs”. Dr. Bruner goes on to say that “HCG was a hot topic at our last bariatric conference and many of my colleagues are using it in their practice."