Ever wonder why it seems we are behind most countries with thought provoking, cutting-edge medical treatments? Maybe because those other countries "venture" outside the box, while we in the U.S.
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
Dr. Albert T. W. Simeons, (1900–1970), English endocrinologist, schooled in Germany. Lived in India for 20 years and in the 1950’s developed the Medical hCG Diet for rapid weight loss which included a 500 calorie a day diet and very small doses of the hCG hormone daily. The Dr. moved to Italy to perfect the hCG Diet. Since being developed, Medical hCG has changed the lives of many obese people struggling to lose weight.
STAYING INSIDE THE BOX
Many U.S. physicians and others in the medical community, and even the FDA have fought against Medical hCG, saying it’s a placebo and the 500 calorie a day diet is a starvation diet, even though it’s helped literally thousands lose weight and get healthy since the 1950’s. Under much scrutiny and heavy pressure, many physicians have had to increase the daily caloric intake for the hCG diet, so it’s not considered by U.S. standards to be “starvation”.
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
November 29, 2011 : SUSAN BIRK had a very interesting article appear on the Family Practice News Digital Network through the American Academy
The article was regarding a four month Diabetes study conducted by Dr. Sebastiaan Hammer of Leiden (the Netherlands) University Medical Center, which included a supervised, yet very restricted low calorie diet of 500 calories a day, resulting NOT in starvation, but rather, lasting impressive cardiac benefit from weight loss for ALL the participants involved.
Please See the VITALS from the Study Below:
Major Finding: Four months of a restricted-calorie diet produced lasting reductions in pericardial fat and improvements in left ventricular diastolic function in a study of obese adults with type 2 diabetes.
At the beginning of the study, all patients had a BMI greater than 30 kg/m2, were being treated with insulin, and had no cardiac complaints.
Disclosures: Dr. Hammer had no financial disclosures related to this study.
The common thread here is 500 calories a day for weight loss, through a cutting-edge program with a trusted physician under supervision. I’m not a physician, just a blogger, who happened to have lost weight on 500 calories a day with medical hCG…and for the record, I DID NOT STARVE! I’m very healthy now after losing all the weight 3 yrs. ago. We did modify the diet at BHC from 500 calories to 750 calories daily.
We should ALL think outside the box!
If you would like to read the complete article on Dr. Hammer's Diabetes Study, copy and paste the following link:
http://www.familypracticenews.com/news/more-top-news/single-view/diabetes-calorie-restriction-yields-lasting-cardiac-benefit/fdc9aa6486.html
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