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Recently there has been a resurgence of a weight loss protocol called HCG. There have been so many accounts of great weight loss. Lose a Pound a Day! Never feel hungry! Feel Great, Lose Weight! How much of this is really true? How much is really hype? As a doctor working with HCG since 2005, I have heard all these stories and more. In my practice, my first experiences with HCG involved several male patients working to lose weight for body sculpting and didn't want to use steroids. Men and losing weight.....well you know how that goes! So, even though we worked together using HCG and exercise, I wasn't convinced myself that HCG was a valid weight loss program.

The following year, I had a woman with very severe weight and health issued come to my office to get a prescription of HCG. I refused her because I wasn't confident that it would not make her hormone issues worse. She was heartbroken but trusted my judgment and didn't leave my practice to go to the next doctor that would prescribe her the HCG. Instead, what she did was recruit several other women patients to come and prove to me that hormones were not affected in a bad way by using HCG. I had the protocols and their hormone levels and their agreement to run their lab values to compare after using the HCG protocols. That was several years ago. Since then, I have gained a tremendous amount of experience, both personal and working with clients.

NOT ALL HCG PROGRAMS ARE CREATED EQUAL! As with any wonderfully successful program, there are so many others trying to exploit a good thing for profit. HCG is a highly effective program if run correctly. Not all HCG formulations are created equal either. I get at least 4 different "labs" producing HCG that canvass my office every week trying to sell HCG formulations. They all have different benefits they offer. After trying a few different labs several years ago I learned about the real benefits - the real benefit is sticking to what works and you get what you pay for. I only work with 3 different brands of HCG manufacturers that have proven consistently to get great results. Then the stories become true - Lose weight, feel great without hunger! No hype there! My program is a three month program geared to not only use HCG to take the weight off, but adds additional protocols to help you maintain your weight loss and continue in a healthy eating pattern specifically designed for you as an individual. No hype here - only practical usable common sense protocols based in science and supported by hundreds of successful patients!

If you have any questions, please feel free to call me or schedule your consult at the front desk here at Luna Fitness or call my office at 480.899.3355. I can explain what I have been seeing in the field.