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By Sharon C Sullivan, Clinic Director, New Beginnings hCG Clinics SW Florida – Part of Nova Medical SWF, Inc. –
Summertime and the living is easy, at least it would be easy if you just weighed ____ less (you fill in the blank) pounds. Latest information shows that 2/3’s of American adults are overweight or obese. Summer is a good time to focus on yourself and become one of the healthy minority by getting your weight under control and understanding your relationship to food.
New Beginnings hCG Clinics follow the traditional hCG protocol developed over 50 years ago by the endocrinologist, A.T.W. Simeon, M.D. We offer people a chance to radically change their relationship to food by eating a clean and unprocessed diet free of industrial additives and stabilizers. Plain lean protein and large quantities of leafy vegetables and whole fruits are the basis of this diet. Because of the action of the hormone hCG, fat is mobilized while stopping hunger. The weight loss is quite rapid, often as much as a pound a day, and the fat loss is remarkable. Dr. Simeon called his treatise “Pounds and Inches” because of the targeted fat loss. Look at the New Beginnings Website to learn more: www.newbeginningshcgclinic.com.
Jump Start New Healthy Habits
In the past 4 years, the hCG diet has become more and more popular. Last year, with the positive programs about the diet on the Dr. Oz show and others, the diet has become one of the most popular around. The hCG protocol has actually been around for years, even in SW Florida. I still get the occasional woman in my office that was on the program 30 years ago in Fort Myers. Now, with the explosion of obesity and the health concerns it has generated, everyone is looking for the “quick fix.” hCG might not be the proverbial silver bullet, but it does offer a way to jump start new healthy habits.
While it is true that the hCG protocol offers a very rapid fat loss, I do not want anyone to think it is a quick fix. For weight loss to be transformational, there must
