hCG Diet

The hcG diet or Simeons protocol is a quick weight loss program using the hormone hcG. This protocol was created over 60 years ago. It combines the use of hcG with a very low calorie diet to facilitate loss of fat. It is not unusual for patients to lose 20 pounds to 35 pounds during a six week program. We have seen patients who have had extreme difficulty losing weight with other programs have success with hcG. The diet is very specific regarding food composition and the time that food is ingested. Once off the program, it is very important to limit carbohydrate intake in order to maintain the results. Our patients have told us that with the success they have seen with this diet, they alter their relationship to food and no longer live to eat but eat to live.

The FDA has approved injectable hcG for use in Infertility but has not approved it's use for weight loss.

Botax

The current health reform program has included a 5% tax on cosmetic procedures including Botox and other cosmetic procedures. The funds used would go towards financing the new health care reforms. Unfortunately, the group of people who would be penalized with this program would be middle class women. Physicians would be tax collectors and forced to negotiate the bureaucracy and red tape that often accompanies tax collecting and reporting.

Wall Street Journal Dec 3

"Proponents of the tax in Congress thought they were taking some money out of the pocketbooks of women who shop on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, but it really is going to hurt soccer moms."

You may express your disagreement with the use of the tax at ttp://www.stopcosmetictax.org/.