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Weight Loss 101: Deciding if HCG is Right for You

HCG has been receiving a great deal of attention lately as a potential weight loss cure for those battling the bulge. Although there are certainly plenty of businesses out there that are touting HCG as a miracle cure for the obese, there are many things that you need to consider when deciding whether or not HCG is right for you.

Considering Safety

HCG is considered a safe hormone to take. In fact, it is produced naturally in women during pregnancy and the amount of HCG in pregnant women far exceed the amount taken to aid in weight loss. Nonetheless, the FDA still has not approved HCG for use in weight loss. The hormone has been approved by the FDA for other purposes, namely for assisting with hormonal problems and fertility difficulty, but not for the specific purpose of weight loss. Therefore, if you are someone that would rather wait until a treatment program has been thoroughly tested by the FDA, you might want to wait on this treatment program. If you are someone that is willing to try a treatment program that is recognized as safe and that has worked for many other people, on the other hand, you might want to give it a try.

Think About Finances

If you are interested in using an HCG treatment program to help you lose weight, you will need to be prepared to spend some money out of your pocket. Most insurance companies don´t cover the expenses associated with HCG weight loss treatments. Therefore, you will need to cover the expenses on your own.

Know Yourself

Currently, the HCG weight loss treatment plan involves getting injections of the HCG hormone on a regular basis. If you are someone that gets weak in the knees at the thought of a needle coming anywhere near you, you might want to stay away from this diet program.

If you are pregnant or nursing, you also will not be able to participate in the HCG weight loss program. Although there is nothing to indicate that the HCG program will cause problems for women that are pregnant or nursing, there is no specific research demonstrating that it is safe either. Therefore, in order to keep your unborn fetus or your newborn baby safe, you will need to wait until your baby is born and you are no longer nursing.

If you have the money for the HCG weight loss program, you are not pregnant or nursing, and you are not overly squeamish around needles, this might be the right program for you. Whether you are a man or a woman, this weight loss program may finally be the answer you have been looking for to get your body in shape and to live a healthier lifestyle.

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Pregnancy Hormone hCG Protects against Breast Cancer Event In Short Term Treatments.

PHILADELPHIA (April 20, 2009) – One of the most effective ways to prevent breast cancer is through a full-term pregnancy at an early age. Studies out of Fox Chase Cancer Center have linked this protective effect to the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) , a hormone produced by the placenta to maintain the early stages of pregnancy. Their findings in an animal model of breast cancer showed that rats exposed to hCG over a 21 day period (the length of rat pregnancy), are far less likely to develop breast cancer when exposed to a known carcinogen.

Today, at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. Johana Vanegas, M.D., a research associate at Fox Chase, presents findings that suggest that even a much shorter exposure to hCG can prevent breast cancer in rats.

Venegas is a member of the laboratory of Jose Russo, MD, and Irma Russo, MD, who were the first scientists to propose hCG as an anti-cancer agent. Their studies have shown that hCG offers lasting, protective changes within breast tissue. Clinical trials of hCG in women, based on their work, are currently being held at three locations, nationally, including Fox Chase Cancer Center and in one European country. The hCG hormone is an FDA-approved agent frequently used for fertility treatments.

“The ability to replicate the naturally protective effects of pregnancy against breast cancer will hold a significant public health value,” says Vanegas. “In order to translate our finding into humans, a clinical trial with hCG as a preventive agent against breast cancer, is already ongoing in pre-menopausal women with no previous pregnancy.

”Vanegas and her colleagues studied virgin female rats, which had been divided into four groups: a control group, which did not receive hCG, and three groups that received hCG for five, ten or fifteen consecutive days. Following the treatment, each rat received a single dose of a breast cancer-inducing agent.

According to Vanegas, 90.9 percent of the rats in the control group developed breast tumors, compared to 71.4 percent, 57.1 percent, and 15.4 percent in the five, ten and fifteen day-treated animals, respectively. In addition, the average tumor size was also smaller in all the animals that received any of the three hCG treatments.

“The animals that received hCG, but still developed breast cancer did so much later than the control group, which further demonstrates the protective effects of hCG,” Vanegas says. “While we don't foresee side effects among humans in using hCG, it is helpful to know that even smaller doses confer benefits on breast tissue.

”Funding for this research comes from grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute.

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