What is hCG?
Natural, yet effective. hCG stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin. A substance produced in large quantities by the placenta, during pregnacy. It was discovered in 1927 by Ascheim and Zondek in the urine of pregnant women.
The hCG, or Human Chorionic Gonadotropinis a glycoprotein (succession of amino acids joined by a sugar bridge), secreted by the trophoblastic cells of the placenta. This means that it is produced in enormous quantities during pregnancy (up to 1,000,000 Units per day, to ensure the protection and nutrition of the embryo). It was discovered in 1927 by Ascheim and Zondek in the urine of pregnant women and found to help mature the infant sex glands of experimental animals.
Hence its name: Chorionic GonadotropizIn 1954, Dr. ATW Simeons, a German doctor working in India, noticed that the so-called “fat boys” with adiposogenital dystrophy improved the condition of their testicles, which had not yet descended, when treated with hCG.
He also observed that during the course of treatment, the distribution of body fat changed.
Therefore, he hypothesized that if these children were subjected to a very hypocaloric diet, they could reduce their body weight by consuming these adipose deposits that were being mobilized. He later extended his research to patients with varying degrees of obesity, and concluded that hCG could be useful for the treatment of obesity because:

Medical Team

Vision
“To continue the work of the founder of this method by restoring it and giving it the clinical utility that it has always had in the course of these years”.

Mission Statement
“To base from the academic and scientific point of view the practical utility of the hGC Protocol for the treatment of obesity and its comorbidities. To sustain from the clinical studies the state of well-being and the notable improvement with respect to a whole series of clinical complications that besiege obesity”.
Dr. ATW Simeons
Dr. Simeons was born in London and graduated in medicine (summa cum laude) at the University of Heidelberg.
After post-graduate studies in Germany and Switzerland he was appointed to a large surgical hospital near Dresden. Later he became engrossed in the study of tropical diseases, and joined the School of Tropical Medicine in Hamburg.
Then followed two years of work in Africa. In 1931 he went to India, where he found himself so fascinated by the country and its health problems that he stayed for eighteen years.
He discovered the use of injectable atebrin for malaria (.PDF Format. Adobe Acrobat Reader) for which he was awarded a Red Cross Order of Merit, and also a new method of staining malaria parasites now known as “Simeons’ stain.”
During the War he held several important posts under the Government of India and conducted extensive research on bubonic plague and leprosy control, and a model leper colony which he built has now become an all-India center.
It was during these years that his interest in psychosomatic diseases began to grow: After India became independent he set up in private practice in Bombay and was frequently consulted by the Government.
In 1949, with his wife and three sons, he moved to Rome, where he worked on psychosomatic disorders at the Salvator Mundi International Hospital, until his decease in 1970.
Dr. Simeons is the author of several medical books and has contributed to many scientific publications..
