Is The HCG Diet Coming To An End? Back in 2008 the HCG Diet experienced a huge spike in popularity, mainly thanks to Kevin Trudeau's book, " The Weight Loss Cure "THEY" Don't Want You To Know About ". And although Kevin's book was responsible for resurrecting the diet, he was not the creator of the original weight loss system. That title actually goes to Dr. ATW Simeons who came up with the idea for the HCG Diet back in the early 1960's. However, back then the idea for using HCG to lose weight, although it was genius, I think that it was simply ahead of its time. But with obesity being at an all time high in the United States and in other places around the world, this is definitely the right time for the diet. Even so, I think that a lot of people who hear about the HCG Diet, even these days, don't understand how the HCG Hormone is responsible for helping people to lose weight. The way it works is The HCG Hormone mobilizes the abnor...