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.

It is simply not true. While HCG can be used as a fertility treatment (this is its primary use in medicine), it has no effect on malignant tumors whatsoever. However, oncology researchers have found indications that HCG may actually serve as a marker for cancer and thus may help pathologists in making faster and more accurate diagnoses.

What HCG Actually Does

HCG, which is short for “Human Chorionic Gonadotropin,” is produced by women and babies during pregnancy.  Its main purpose is to protect the health and well-being of the developing fetus. This is accomplished in two ways:

• it prevents the mother’s system from robbing nutrients from the fetus should she be undernourished
• it suppresses the action of the mother’s immune system so that the fetus is not mistaken for a “foreign” pathogen

In this second role, HCG may in fact function as a tumor marker.

HCG as a Diagnostic Tool

Known in ancient times as the “crab sickness” (because of a tumor’s resemblance to the sea creature), cancer is ironically, a form of immortality. Cancer does not kill the victim directly. It damages and interferes with the function of internal organs. This is what ultimately kills the patient. Only when the host is dead and the cancer cells no longer receive nourishment that they finally die (this is actually one line of current cancer research, trying to find ways to cut off blood supply).

Another reason that immuno-therapy has not worked well as a cancer treatment is because cancer cells are not actually “foreign” pathogens. They are cells that are native to the victim and that have gone haywire. Herein, lies the key to HCG’s usefulness as a diagnostic tool. However, oncology researchers have discovered that cancer cells secrete small amounts of HCG. As with fetuses, it is possible that HCG plays a role in protecting cancer cells from the immune system – and may point a way toward an eventual cure.

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