HCG Weight Loss
Maturo Medical specializes in medical weight loss with several different programs, including a safe, updated protocol for HCG weight loss in Phoenix area. Our clinic is small, friendly and personalized. Maturo Medical is known throughout the valley for providing the most affordable HCG weight loss programs, often at a fraction of the cost of other valley clinics.
We use an updated HCG protocol that is much better, safer and much easier than the original 1954 manuscript. Our program integrates the latest scientific knowledge and advancement in nutrition and hormones, which far surpasses the knowledge they had back in 1954 when the original protocol was written. Much of the old protocol is outdated and can be dangerously deficient in essential nutrients!
Call us today to find out more. We are here to help you achieve your weight loss goals!
HCG Phoenix
Our HCG weight loss program is doctor supervised and is very unique compared to other programs because our HCG clinic often includes hormone balancing if necessary, in the areas of women's and men's hormones and thyroid health. Patients enjoy the benefits of Dr. Maturo's personalized approach to addressing the causes of weight gain and her dedication to problem solving and finding a successful approach that is designed for you. There is no extra charge at our office for hormone balancing when you do the HCG program or any other medically supervised weight loss program at our clinic.
The HCG program is either 3 weeks or 6 weeks long and the program cost includes B12 shots and all of your follow-up visits. Our main goal is helping you improve your overall health, eating habits and weight management for the long term. Many of the habits you will develop during the program, on the eating plan, are designed to help you keep the weight off down the road. Dr. Maturo makes it her goal to educate patients on healthy eating habits for long term success, and we receive many compliments in this area from happy clients who feel they learned a lot from the nutrition education. When you combine this with addressing hormonal imbalances, you are getting a very unique and complete program for successful weight. Many other clinics do not offer this kind of support and education.
Background Information on HCG
(human chorionic gonadotropin)
HCG, which stands for human chorionic gonadotropin, is known as “pregnancy hormone” that is produced by the embryo soon after it is conceived. When produced during pregnancy, HCG is meant to help the corpus luteum stay intact. The corpus luteum, which is part of the ovary, is integral in maintaining production of the progesterone that is an important component of human pregnancy. In addition to preventing the disintegration of the corpus luteum, researchers believe that HCG provides pregnant women with extra immunity during pregnancy. Doctors have used HCG for many years in order to help women experiencing hormonal issues or fertility problems.
In the 1950s, in Rome, Italy, Dr. Simeons was looking for a cure for obesity. While in India, he noticed that women who were pregnant during times of hunger, living on a mere 200 calories a day and losing weight throughout their pregnancy, nevertheless had full-term healthy babies. How could this be? It dawned on him that, by some unknown means, a hungry woman's pregnancy mobilized her fat to feed her baby. Dr. Simeons was aware that the hormone HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) increases during pregnancy. Might this be the key?
Over the next 16 years, this German doctor ran a clinic attached to a hospital in Italy, combining injections of HCG with a short-term specific diet that suppresses hunger while the body burns fat on a very specific diet. He successfully treated some 10,000 patients. Royalty and the very wealthy flocked to him-the kind of people who could afford to spend 40 days in his clinic. In due course, other doctors began studying Dr. Simeons' unique protocol and taking it back with them to different parts of Europe.
Although HCG is associated with pregnancy, it can be used by both men and women that are looking to get their weight under control. It is not gender specific in the actions for mobilizing fat stores.
If you would like to learn more, please feel free to contact us at 480-730-2755.
**HCG is not approved by the FDA for the treatment of obesity. Its use in weight loss protocols is an off label prescription use.
Be sure to get the REAL HCG, not “homeopathic” drops!
Our HCG is not homeopathic, it is the real thing, and we offer both injectible and sublingual forms of HCG, obtained from a pharmacy in the U.S. Please be careful about online ordering of HCG. Oftentimes it is not the real hormone or it may be of lesser quality in terms of potency and viability if it comes from overseas where pharmaceutical manufacturing standards are not the same as here in the U.S. If you can buy it online without a prescription, you should be very suspicious! The only true HCG, medical grade, is the kind you obtain by a physician's prescription.
Also, there is no such thing as "homeopathic" HCG, this is an advertising ploy. Many inexpensive HCG retail internet scams are out there, (or even at GNC!) but you are not getting the actual hormone. When you read the fine print on the labels, it will likely say, "does not contain the hormone" or has a list of ingredients that are amino acids, or they will call it “homeopathic”. This is NOT HCG! So do your research before buying on the internet, or buying off craigslist, or from retailers like GNC, Walgreen's or other stores purporting to be selling HCG drops. Be sure you are getting the real medical grade HCG, and doing it safely with a doctor's supervision. This can assure you do not risk your health with products that are not real and protocols that are outdated and unsafe.
Our HCG Program
The start of each program consists of a health consultation with the physician, which involves obtaining your medical history, ordering lab work if necessary (at the discretion of your physician, insurance usually covers this) and weighing in on our advanced body composition scale (which measures body fat percent, muscle mass, resting metabolism and more!), a nutritional and lifestyle evaluation, and a discussion of the specific program you are interested in joining. The doctor can help you decide which program fits best for you.
Hormone balancing is addressed if needed, and is a big part of our program if your physician feels there may be a hormonal component to your weight gain or difficulty in losing weight. Every avenue is explored to be sure the cause of your weight gain is thoroughly addressed. Each case is individual.
Oftentimes an undiagnosed thyroid problem may be contributing to weight gain or difficulty in losing weight, or an undertreated thyroid. Many physicians are not well trained to recognize the subtleties of thyroid symptoms and the intricacies of proper treatment, but Dr. Maturo has spent several years training with a board certified Endocrinologist and has treated thousands of thyroid patients over the years. She pays close attention to your symptoms and not just bloodwork.
Hormones have a very powerful influence on your health, well-being, mental state and weight. Dr. Maturo will help you uncover what may be the underlying issue in your weight struggles. If you are interested in doing bio-identical hormone replacement, ask Dr. Maturo to talk to you more about the options for helping menopausal symptoms, PMS or other imbalances.
Dr. Maturo is interested in helping you achieve long term success in an atmosphere of caring and compassion. We are here for you each week to provide the support and structure to your successful program.
There is no extra charge at our office for hormone balancing or thyroid evaluation and treatment when you do the HCG program. Long term follow up care for hormone balancing and thyroid treatment is also very reasonable (low follow up fees) and no charges for phone call questions or discussions to review lab work by phone. Dr. Maturo understands how expensive it can be for long term treatment and tries to make it more affordable for her patients to keep in close contact.
Standard Weight Loss Program
In addition to our HCG medically supervised weight loss programs, we also offer an eight week program that does not utilize HCG, but instead includes B12 shots, appetite suppressant medications or supplements if appropriate, a review of your thyroid and other hormonal health issues with the doctor, and weekly visits to help you stay on track. Slim shots may also be electively included. The program is individualized based on your specific health issues and metabolic needs. It also includes a guidebook on diet. It is not a very low calorie diet like the HCG, but is based more on blood sugar balancing, hormone balancing, appetite suppression and improving overall metabolism. This program is also very successful and quite affordable!!
B-12 Therapy and B-Complex shots for weight loss and energy boosting!!
B-12 and B-Complex injections are a great way to boost energy and immunity. They are recommended weekly or bi-monthly (depending on your individual needs), and after your first new patient visit to get established, you can come in to get shots for just $18 a visit!
For new patients, $60 office call (one time) to obtain your medical history and get established. This fee includes your first injection and then subsequent injections are just $18 per visit.
Slim Shots are also now available!!
Slim shots are now available at our clinic for $18 a shot!! If you would like to come just for the slim shots, a one time office visit to review your medical history and take your vitals is necessary ($60 visit) and then you can come in weekly, bi-weekly or monthly for just $18 per shot to help enhance fat burning on any weight loss program that you may be doing.
Along with the Slim Shots we also now have a combo shot that contains B-Complex (including B-12) along with the fat burner MIC complex (slim shot) for $22. This is called a Combo Shot. This is great way to get an all-in-one shot weekly!
