{"id":2123,"date":"2011-04-02T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/radio-show-today-hcg-is-a-scam.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:10:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:10:56","slug":"radio-show-today-hcg-is-a-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2123","title":{"rendered":"Radio Show Today: HCG is a scam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>On my radio program today (wmny http:\/\/www.wmnyradio.com\/business_of_health.aspx<\/a>, Saturdays at noon), I’m talking with Dr Pieter Cohen about the HCG diet. <\/span>

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It is amazing what people will do to themselves, and what they will believe, to lose weight. <\/span>

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HCG is a pregnancy placenta hormone<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Human chorionic gonadotropin<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>or<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>human chorionic gonadotrophin<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>(hCG) is a pregnancy hormone <\/span><\/span>made by the embryo <\/span><\/span>and later by the placenta. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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If you have it, that may indicate testicular cancer<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
The \u03b2 subunit of HCG is secreted by many cancers. Thus, if you have this in your blood, it means that you may have a cancer growing in your body. In particular, it can be a positive test for testicular cancer.  <\/span><\/div>\n
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HCG can make you ovulate<\/span><\/div>\n
When not being injected into people desperate to lose weight, HCG is extensively used to make women ovulate. <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n

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As a weight loss method, HCG doesn’t actually work<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
The controversy proceeds from warnings by the <\/span>Journal of the American Medical Association<\/a> <\/span>and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition<\/a> <\/span>that hCG is neither safe<\/a>, <\/span>nor effective as a weight-loss aid<\/a>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
A meta analysis found that studies supporting hCG for weight loss <\/a>were of poor methodological quality and concluded that “there is no scientific evidence that HCG is effective in the treatment of obesity; it does not bring about weight-loss or fat-redistribution, nor does it reduce hunger or induce a feeling of well-being”.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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HCG Diet Side Effects<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
Some side effects of the HCG Diet include a loss of your menstrual period, hair loss and mood swings. <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

HCG Diet Causes Cancer<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
Could there be a link between Cancer and the HCG Diet.  She said that if someone has a pre-existing cancer that is hormone reactive.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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