hCG - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

Our hCG is Natural

Releana™ is a liquid sublingual form of hCG

The type of hCG used in Releana™ is 100% natural and comes from the placenta of pregnant women. 

What is hCG?

Natural, yet effective, hCG is the acronym for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, a substance produced in huge amounts by the placenta during pregnancy. It was discovered by Ascheim and Zondek in 1927.

It is produced by the Chorium of the placenta.  hCG is one of the few drugs of natural origin that still remain in the current Pharmacopoeia.

This hCG (which is present in their urine) is from the pharmacy and is safe and there is NO risk of communicable diseases.

Use of hCG for treatment of obesity

The first report on the use of hCG for the management of obesity was published in 1954 by Dr. ATW Simeons, a German-born physician. 

Based on his extended investigations with patients showing different degrees of obesity, he concluded that hCG might be useful for the treatment of obesity because:

• Patients tolerated a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) without suffering headaches, irritability and weakness, so common to this approach for weight reduction.

• Maintenance period after treatment was more effective when compared with simple dietetic         procedures.

• Patients lost more body fat (measured in centimeters) from those regions where fat accumulations were more conspicuous.  Note: today this is confirmed with the use of a Body Composition Analyzer.

For many years the hCG program for weight loss has enjoyed worldwide popularity due to the excellent results obtained. Daily administration of 125 IU of hCG plus a Very Low Calorie Diet rapidly decreases body fat without side effects.  Hundreds of thousands of patients benefit from this safe and effective weight reduction program.
 

Why is hCG not approved for Obesity treatment by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)?

After Dr. Simeons first published reports of his protocol for use of hCG in the treatment of obesity, this preliminary communication was followed by a myriad of reports, some of them favoring the use of hCG, and others criticizing the procedure.  Finally, and after a serial of Double-Blind Tests, the FDA concluded the method bears no utility for Obesity therapy.  The FDA forced Pharmaceutical Firms to include in their hCG leaflets a paragraph stating that hCG was of no use in the management of obesity.

FDA parameters for approving drugs for obesity treatment require that more weight should be lost with the use of drug than with a placebo.  And, we agree, the use of hCG as indicated in Dr. Simeon’s protocol does not result in more pounds lost vs. a placebo.  However, with hCG, there is a dramatic difference in where the weight is lost.  The result of treatment with hCG is a dramatic loss of body fat while maintaining muscle mass!  Without hCG, patients on a VLCD will experience a noticeable loss of muscle mass. With hCG hunger is suppressed and the Very Low Calorie Diet is tolerated well for one, two, three plus months.

hCG Shots or hCG Injections

Until recently, people who wanted to pursue a weight loss program with hCG had to receive daily injections of hCG.  A daily hCG shot is just as effective as Releana.  The advantage to Releana is the convenience.  Read more here.

Oral HCG

There is not a successful oral form of hCG.  If there was, it would mean that you could swallow a pill, capsule or liquid containing hCG as a way of receiving a dose of hCG. If hCG goes to the stomach it becomes inactive.  The sublingual form of hCG (Releana) is a liquid that is delivered by a dropper under the tongue and is absorbed by membranes there. 

hCG Diet

If you are receiving hCG injections, we recommend the same very low calorie diet (VLCD)  as people on the Releana protocol.