The homeopathic HCG diet program does nothing to prevent or treat cancer. However, it is true that current research suggests that the HCG hormone could have yet another positive effect. It could reduce the risk of breast cancer. How has this conclusion been reached? Well, let’s start at the beginning.
The Science
HCG is human chorionic gonadotropin, the hormone produced by women during pregnancy. Studies have indicated that women who experience pregnancy, especially full-term, at a young age prior to twenty, are up to 50 percent less likely to develop breast cancer. The question then becomes how to recreate this apparent protection that pregnancy naturally provides.
The HCG Experiment
To verify HCG’s protection and determine whether an HCG supplement would have the same effect as pregnancy (and to what extent), rats in puberty were given known carcinogens to stimulate the development of cancer cells. Once tumors had developed, the rats were given one of two treatments for the duration of two weeks. One group was given HCG supplements, and the other group was given estrogen and progestin hormones. Then both groups were compared to the control rats.
The rats given the HCG hormone experienced fewer dividing cancer cells, fewer cells carrying estrogen receptors (which aid in the growth of breast cancer cells), and the production of more tumor-suppressor genes. Thus, the HCG was effectively acting as an anti-cancer drug. Additionally, there were genetic signature changes in the HCG-treated rats that were very similar to those that pregnancy would cause.
The less fortunate rats treated with estrogen and progestin did not experience any relief from breast cancer symptoms or any genetic signature alterations.
The Results
Dr. Irma H. Russo, Chief of Molecular Endocrinology at Fox Chase Cancer Center and one of the doctors involved in this research, says that the goal is definitely to use HCG as a preventative measure in the battle against breast cancer. HCG would not have, it is believed, the toxic side effects that have been observed in other drugs such as Tamoxifen, which has been associated with blood clots and endometrial cancer. Because HCG is actually produced by the human body, researchers do not believe it will have similar side effects.
So nature might hold the answers both to weight loss and to cancer prevention—who knew?
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I have had a radical hysterectomy after I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. No lymph nodes were affected and no other treatments (chemo or radiation) were needed. I am taking premarin as a hormone replacement and was wondering if it is safe for me to participate in the HCG diet. I too would like to lose 20 lbs.
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I recently had a mastecomy and had DCIS breast cancer, no lymph nodes affected, no chemo or radiation needed however it was ESTROGEN RECEPTIVE. Please let me know what is in the HCG protocal, if it is safe for a cancer survivor to take being estrogen receptive. I wold like to loose 20 lbs.
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