Believe it or not, some people either think that HCG shots are a cure for cancer, or that the HCG industry has made this claim. The fact is that neither is true.
This claim has been attributed to some retailers of the HCG weight loss plan by critics and detractors, but no reputable dealer or physician would ever make such a statement. HCG has two primary purposes:
- to treat fertility issues in couples unable to conceive a child
- as a weight loss treatment used in conjunction with a 500-calorie diet
These are the only legitimate uses for this hormone at present. It is true that HCG has not been officially approved for dieting by the FDA, but this is hardly cause for concern. When HCG shots or drops are prescribed or used with Dr. Simeons’ protocol as part of a weight loss program, this is technically “off label” use, which physicians do quite often with many prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
There also is a connection between HCG and cancer diagnosis, which has confused many people. To clear up the confusion, here is some information on “Human Chorionic Gonadotropin” and what it does.
HCG And Its Purpose
When a fetus begins to develop in a woman’s womb, it begins to excrete HCG. This hormone has three primary functions:
- it regulates metabolic processes during pregnancy in both mother and fetus
- it prevents the mother’s system from leeching nutrients from the fetus
- it keeps the mother’s immune system from rejecting the fetus
This third function is key. In this role, HCG acts like a kind of anti-rejection drug, similar to those that must be taken by transplant patients. Otherwise, there is the danger that the mother’s antibodies might mistake the developing fetus as a “foreign” body and attack it as if it were a transplanted organ or a pathogenic substance.
The Irony of Cancer
This irony of biology becomes apparent when you understand what cancer is and why the immune system has no effect on it. While a baby is wondrous and a miracle, it is after all as much part of the father as it is the mother. Technically, the father’s DNA is “foreign” to the mother’s body, which is why a fetus needs protection from its mother’s immune system.
Cancer on the other hand is not a “foreign” pathogen. Tshe DNA is exclusively that of the host. It is nothing more than a collection of the victim’s own, native cells that have gone haywire. Therefore, antibodies do not “see” them as an invading pathogen.
Interestingly, oncology researchers have discovered that like a fetus, a cancer cell also excretes small amounts of HCG, which appears to be part of why antibodies cannot recognize cancer cells as being pathogenic.
Historically, many kinds of cancer have also been difficult to detect until the disease has entered its later stages. The exciting part is that in serving as a tumor marker, HCG may allow pathologists to diagnose cancer at earlier stages when it is most treatable.
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