Medical Weight Loss

Intermittent fasting (IF) and the ketogenic diet are the gold standard for fat loss and improved health, and this combination is the key to this program. Some of the main benefits include:

• They allow fat loss without the "starvation" feeling and repeated drops in metabolism that lead to repeated plateaus and the yo-yo effect. The combination of the two has been proven more effective at fat loss
• than the standard low-fat, calorie-restricted diet with exercise. Unlike glucose (the body's preferred fuel), ketones are clean-burning and don't result in the creation of reactive oxygen species (ROSS) that lead to oxidative stress and damage to DNA, proteins, and more.
• The body gets true nutrition through real food sources.
• They have been proven safe for everyone; multiple studies have shown keto and IF to be safe for many different populations, including children, the elderly, and diabetics, and even those with heart disease, who are usually counseled to avoid fat consumption.

There are additional benefits for those with metabolic syndrome, a group of symptoms that increases your risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), heart disease, and stroke. Keto and IF can:

• Reverse insulin resistance and T2D
• Improve important markers of heart health, such as blood pressure, triglyceride level, and the LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio, and
• Reduce insulin dependence for type 1 diabetics, improving their health and reducing their costs.

NOTE: Medical supervision is recommended for any weight loss program, especially if you are currently taking any medications. As your weight decreases and your medical conditions improve, medications will probably have to be adjusted. Diabetics will need to monitor their blood sugar levels 4 times a day. Blood work should be checked periodically to make sure that your values are within the normal range.

 Many people think using hCG for weight loss is some new "fad." In fact it has been used since 1954 for this very purpose. Dr. Simeons discovered that a natural hormone found in the body called human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) could accelerate fat mobilization from certain areas of the body, if combined with a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD). hCG has the effect of "unlocking" the body's far stores so that the metabolism can burn these energy reserves to power daily bodily functions. This in turn prevents drastic muscle loss during weight loss as is seen with so many other programs.

The Clean Start hCG Weight Loss program is designed to help reshape the body's fat deposits, particularly targeting the abdomen, buttocks, upper thighs, neck and face. It has also been suggested that hCG plays a role in establishing a new weight "set point" for the body, making one less likely to return to one's previous body weight.

Those who have taken hCG while dieting, report that it is easy to stay on the diet and they seem to lose inches rapidly from the primary fat stores, in particular the belly, buttocks and thighs. There have been no reported adverse side effects to this substance.