Why Diets Don't Work ?

DEMING, NM, December 31, 2010 (Press-News.org) Have you ever been one of those people who go on a diet, lose a few pounds, get to a place where you plateau, and then in discouragement give up? You are not alone. That is a common complaint among dieters in the United States. Why is the happening? We are told by the media, medical field, and fitness industry that we just aren't disciplined enough. We need to exercise more and eat less. That will solve our weight loss problems. But is this really the reason?

One doctor named Dr. A. T. W. Simeons studied obesity for years in the 1940s and 1950s. He was one of the greatest researchers of his time. He started a successful weight loss clinic in Italy in the 1950s that remains today and has helped countless thousands of people lose weight successfully and keep the weight off. His research led to the answer to the question of why we Americans are plateauing and why we can't seem to get past the plateau.
In his research he discovered that we actually have three different kinds of fat in our bodies. One is called structural fat, one is called reserve fat, and the other is called abnormal fat. Structural fat and reserve fat are both fats that our body needs and they have nothing to do with obesity. Structural fat is the fat which fells the gaps between various organs, a sort of packing material. Structural fat also perform such important functions as bedding the kidneys and protecting the coronary arteries. It keeps the skin smooth and taut. It provides the springy cushion of hard fat under the bones of the feet, without it we would be unable to walk.

The second type of fat is a normal reserve of fuel that the body can call upon when the nutritional income from the intestinal tract is insufficient to meet the demand. Such normal reserves are localized all over the body. Fat is the substance which packs the highest caloric value into the smallest space so that normal reserves of fuel for muscular activity and the maintenance of body temperature can be economically stored. Even if the body stores these two types of fat to its maximum it can never be called obesity.

The third type of fat is entirely abnormal. It is the accumulation of this kind of fat only from which the obese suffer. Abnormal fat is also a potential reserve of fuel, but is not available to the body in a nutritional emergency. It is locked away in a fixed deposit and cannot be accessed that same way as the normal reserves. It is locked away in the body in several places. One place is in the back of the neck. It is called a "duchess hump." Other places abnormal fat hides is in a fatty bulge under the arm pit. Men store abnormal fat in their breasts and in their stomachs whereas women store it on their hips, thighs, and stomachs.

When we diet most of us only lose the structural fat and the reserve fat. That is why our skin starts the sag but we still do not use up the fat in our stomachs, thighs, and hips. We get to a plateau and just can't go any further. Then we give up and whatever we have lost comes back on plus more.

How do we access the abnormal fat reserves? The only way to access those reserves is by an extreme measure. There are several ways. One is by gastric bypass surgery. The extreme cut in the amount of nutrition your body is getting will cause the body to eventually go into the abnormal fat reserves. This, however, will deplete the structural and reserve fat first before it accesses the abnormal fat. Another way of accessing the abnormal fat is by extreme exercise. One example of this is "The Biggest Loser." This kind of extreme exercise will eventually access the abnormal fat. But, once again, the structural and reserve fat will be depleted first. The only know diet that targets abnormal fat and does not deplete structural or reserve fat is the hCG diet that was invented by Dr. Simeons in the 1950's. HCG targets the hypothalamus which is the gland responsible for fat storage. By making the hypothalamus work at its maximum capacity the hCG diet forces the body to go into the abnormal fat and use it before using the structural fat and reserve fat. HCG is the only diet that will work without plateaus that are impossible to overcome, sagging skin, and it will not put our organs in jeopardy by depleting the fat that keeps them cushioned and safe.

For more information about the hCG diet please go to http://www.obesitydiseasecenter.com to read Dr. Simeons entire book, "Pounds and Inches."

Obesity Disease Center is dedicated to helping those with obesity and overweight issues. For further information please go to http://www.healinghcgdrops.com.