Question:  My friend just lost 32 lbs of fat on the HCG weightloss diet, what is HCG?  I went to live with my mom for a month and when I got back my friend who had been on the HCG weightloss diet had shrunk.  ~ Glory in Dallas

Answer:  The HCG weightloss diet was created by Dr. Simeons in the late 1950′s/early 1960′s.  His HCG protocol was also discussed in Kevin Trudeau’s controversial book “The Weightloss Cure”. 

HCG is found in every tissue in the human body, and the placenta mass produces HCG during pregnancy.  The amount of HCG used in the HCG weightloss diet is a very small fraction compared to the amount secreted by the placenta. 

Does the HCG weightloss diet work?  This is a controversial topic.  People that have been on the HCG weightloss diet will swear that it works, but critics quote research based on double blind studies.  Here is what I have gathered.  The science behind the HCG weightloss diet makes sense and HCG is not a dangerous substance in the small doses used on the diet.  People have been injecting themselves with HCG safely for over a hundred years for various reasons.  The negative HCG research  makes a compelling argument until you realize they are using “weight” instead of “bodyfat” as a measure of the success of the HCG weightloss diet. 

If two people go on very low calorie diets for a month they will lose the equivalent amount of weight.  Why?  Because the amount of energy expended over a month of an average individual is the same regardless of whether they are taking HCG.  However, if the researchers had compared the amount of bodyfat lost on the HCG diet it may have resulted in a different conclusion. 

The second thing I noticed about the HCG weightloss diet research was that it was performed by a group of bariatric surgeons.  So it makes sense why they would measure weight instead of bodyfat.  Speaking with my friend that works in the bariatric department at the hospital I learned that a local HCG clinic has reduced the amount of people getting bariatric surgery by 90% this year.  The HCG weightloss diet is literally putting the doctor out of business.

If anyone in the Dallas area is looking to begin the HCG weightloss diet they can set an appointment with HCG Diet Dallas (972) 596-6181.  They answered all of my HCG diet questions and assisted me with details concerning the HCG diet protocol.

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DNA Paternity Testing Dallas, TX

Basic Genetics

Few human traits are based on simple inheritance where one version of a gene (dominant allele) masks the expression of the other version of that gene (recessive allele). This article will discuss these traits and understanding their importance in determining paternity.

Homozygous and Heterozygous

A gene with identical alleles for a single trait is said to be homozygous, and having different alleles is said to be heterozygous. For example, the gene for widows peak exists in two forms, one form or allele results in a V-shaped front hairline (W) and the other for straight front hairline(w).

A homozygous individual would contain the following alleles: (WW) or (ww). A heterozygous individual would contain the following alleles: (Ww).

Dominant or Recessive Traits

In cases of simple inheritance, where a characteristic is controlled by one pair of alleles and one allele is dominant over the other, this is called complete dominance. For that characteristic, an organism will have one of two phenotypes.

Using the previous example, an individual with a recessive phenotype (straight hairline) possesses a genotype consisting of two recessive alleles (ww).

An individual with the dominant phenotype (widow’s peak) can be either homozygous(WW) or heterozygous (Ww). It is more difficult to know genotype when dominant allele is involved.

If both parents exhibit the dominant trait, their offspring have a 50-100% chance of inheriting the dominant trait. If only one parent has the dominant trait, there is a 50% chance that their offspring will have the dominant trait. If neither parent exhibits the dominant trait, there is no chance their children will have the dominant trait.

Examples of Simple Inheritance of Traits that Show Complete Dominance

The characteristics listed below are products of simple inheritance. One can either possess the dominant phenotype or the recessive phenotype.

Cleft Chin

A prominent cleft in the chin is due to the bond structure which underlies the Y-shaped fissure of the chin. A cleft chin is the dominant phenotype due to the presence of the cleft gene. Females appear to be less conspicuously affected than males.

EXCEPTION: Scientists now say there are two genes involved in this phenotype. Thereby making it possible for two cleft chin parents to have a child without a cleft chin.

Blue Eye Color

The blue eye color allele is recessive. This means that both genes must have both blue alleles i.e. “blue-blue”, in a person with blue eyes. Parents with non-blue eyes can have offspring with blue eyes. However, two blue eyed parents have only blue eyed children.

EXCEPTION: There are cases of blue eyed parents having brown eyed children. One of the parents may be secretly be carrying a slightly mutated allele for brown eyes. Although the mutated brown eyed allele is silent in the parent, the child inherits the non-mutated version.

Dimples

A dimple is the outcome of a fault in the subcutaneous connective tissue that develops during embryonic development. Since the dimple gene is dominant, a child has dimples if the gene is present in him/her.

EXCEPTION: The dimple gene is dominant; however, it is not always expressed.

Earlobes

The dominant trait is for lobes to hang free, a bit of lobe hanging down prior to the point where the bottom of the ear attaches to the head. With the recessive phenotype, the lobes are attached directly to the head.

EXCEPTION: There are cases of people having one attached earlobe and one free-hanging. These cases show that free-hanging lobes aren’t always expressed and earlobes can not be used to determine paternity.

Using Simple Inheritance to Determine Paternity

Typically, maternity is easy to determine. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to determine paternity. The obvious first method is to compare general physical appearance. Often inconclusive, the next method is to read about Mendelian genetics concerning simple inheritance, such as this article. It is extremely important to note that there are documented exceptions to every trait listed above. For example, it is possible for a particular gene to not be expressed and thereby not exhibit traits associated with it. This is the reason a DNA paternity Test should be the only method to determine paternity when doubt is present.

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