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study from RTI International and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.'' According to the latest research published in The Medical Journal of Australia, the total direct cost of overweight and obesity in Australia is AS21 billion a year, double the previous estimates." study from RTI International and the Centers for Disease —_ point of action was believed to be in the diencephalon, Control and Prevention.'' According to the latest none of them had the slightest effect on the fat centre. research published in The Medical Journal of Australia, the | There was not even a pointer showing a direction in total direct cost of overweight and obesity in Australiais | which pharmacological research could move to find a AS21 billion a year, double the previous estimates." drug that had such a specific action."” While it was commonly believed that overeating causes What's Really Going On? obesity, Simeons found that overeating is the result of a Obesity is a modern problem: statistics about it did metabolic disorder—not its cause. not even exist 50 years ago. Yet, in just several decades Now that he had discovered the long-sought-after the growing corpulence of millions of people threatens cause, Dr Simeons was in pursuit of a solution. His not only their health but also the health of future “Eureka moment" came when he noticed that very thin generations. Fingers point at the "obesogenic" nature of | pregnant Indian women, although having a low-caloric western diets and lifestyles that promote the increased intake while at the same time doing demanding physical intake of refined, high-carbohydrate, high-sugar-ladened activity, delivered healthy full-weight babies. These and nutrient-depleted foods as well as physical inactivity. pregnant women could easily lose weight by drastically But, something else is amiss. Our bodies, especially reducing their dietary intake but without feeling hungry our metabolism, seem to be going haywire. The paradox or in any way harming the child in the womb. After much of this overweight condition is research, he attributed this hat some people are getting phenomenon to the presence of atter, even though they're eating a substance called human ewer calories and exercising 1 1 chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), r simeons finally more. Healthier dietary and which is made in high amounts ifestyle choices don't seem to concluded that the key in a woman's body during be effective in shedding excess : H pregnancy. ilos. They once were, but no to the obesity problem lies He also reflected on the rare any more. So, what is the within the part of the brain medical condition of young called the diencephalon... obese Indian boys, known as "fat boys", who were cured o their obesity with daily weight loss theories and dietary injections of small amounts o and lifestyle approaches are hcG: they miraculously los alling far short of stemming the tide. Societies are their ravenous appetites and reshaped their bodies to drowning in fat. normal. The brilliant British endocrinologist Dr A. T. W. Simeons Dr Simeons wondered if hCG could assist in opening (d. 1970) committed 30 years of his life to seeking the — the abnormal, secure reserves of fat in non-pregnan answer to the underlying cause of obesity. His research women and possibly even in men. Under norma ed him to investigate the links between endocrinology, conditions, these abnormal fat reserves are almos obesity and psychosomatic disorders. He studied every impossible to access and are only released as the body's potential solution for obesity offered anywhere in the last survival strategy during times of extreme starvation. world. He researched the thyroid, pituitary and adrena However, Dr Simeons found one very interesting glands, the pancreas, the gallbladder and over 100 other —_ exception: hCG signals the body to mobilise these fa physiological functions. reserves. At his hospital, he experimented with this He could find no direct correlation between obesity and approach, using daily hCG injections combined with a ese various glands and organs. Dr Simeons finally very specific 500-calories-per-day diet. After many years o! concluded that the key to the obesity problem lies within — working with thousands of test patients, he perfected his e part of the brain called the diencephalon, a complex _ “weight loss cure protocol". The results were astonishing. of structures that includes the thalamus and Almost 100 per cent of his patients were losing ypothalamus. It is particularly the compromised — approximately one pound (0.5 kilogram) per day while on unction of the hypothalamus, he discovered, that is a the protocol. And they were only losing the most difficult e core of the problem. and resistant form of body fat, i.e., abnormal stored fat. According to Dr Simeons: "If obesity is always due to Was hCG the key that could safely and successfully one very specific diencephalic deficiency, it follows tha reset a dysregulated hypothalamus? e only way to cure it is to correct this deficiency. At irst this seemed an utterly hopeless undertaking. The Importance of the Hypothalamus Gland greatest obstacle was that one could hardly hope to The problem of fat storage, which results in being correct an inherited trait localised deep inside the brain, | overweight and obese, seems to be related to the master and while we did possess a number of drugs whose _ gland, the hypothalamus. problem? If we are truly seeking a solution to obesity, we need to ook elsewhere. Traditiona Dr Simeons finally concluded that the key to the obesity problem lies within the part of the brain called the diencephalon... Dr Simeons wondered if hCG could assist in opening the abnormal, secure reserves of fat in non-pregnan women and possibly even in men. Under norma conditions, these abnormal fat reserves are almos impossible to access and are only released as the body's last survival strategy during times of extreme starvation. However, Dr Simeons found one very interesting exception: hCG signals the body to mobilise these fa reserves. At his hospital, he experimented with this approach, using daily hCG injections combined with a very specific 500-calories-per-day diet. After many years o working with thousands of test patients, he perfected his “weight loss cure protocol". The results were astonishing. Almost 100 per cent of his patients were losing approximately one pound (0.5 kilogram) per day while on the protocol. And they were only losing the most difficult and resistant form of body fat, i.e., abnormal stored fat. Was hCG the key that could safely and successfully reset a dysregulated hypothalamus? Importance of the Hypothalamus Gland The problem of fat storage, which results in being overweight and obese, seems to be related to the master gland, the hypothalamus. 18 * NEXUS JUNE - JULY 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com