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Does Oral HCG or Sublingual HCG work? Or is it a Fraud?
January 1, 2009
According to David L Walters, DO, Ph.D., the use of Oral hCG or Sublingual hCG is an ineffective method of delivering hCG to the body for use in the hCG Diet.
From an article published on his website (www.diet-hcg.com/oral-hcg.html), he claims:
The short answer to the above question is YES, oral HCG and sublingual HCG is a complete and utter fraud. HCG is only biologically active when injected into the body via a hypodermic needle. This fact apparently does not stop numerous web sites from offering “oral” or “sublingual” forms of HCG for sale in order to avoid the need for injections.
But since we are only interested in the TRUTH here at HCG Diet Facts, a (very little) bit of investigation uncovers this from HIS OWN ARTICLE:
“On treatment days 0, 15, and 30 we have tested all volunteers, screening for the presence of plasmatic hCG. Concentrations were undetectable in all cases (data not shown).”*
*Utility of an oral presentation of hCG (human Choriogonadotropin) for the management of obesity. A double-blind study. By D. Belluscio, L. Ripamonte and M. Wolansky. Published on D. Belluscio’s website www.hcgobesity.org.
OK, so far so good, EXCEPT if you follow the link to Dr. Belluscio’s website (oralhcg.com), you will find THIS:
The Oral hCG™ Method is a medically designed protocol, based on the Simeon’s weight loss protocol, that has brought excellent results to more than 6,500 patients treated by me and my collaborators over the last 17 years.
In other words, the article by Dr. Walters claiming Oral hCG is a complete fraud cites a double-blind study done by the Daniel Oscar Belluscio, MD., Founder and Director of The Oral hCG Research Center that conclusively proves Oral hCG is EFFECTIVE!
So, does Oral hCG (otherwise known as Sublingual hCG) work?
The doctor who claims it doesn’t is selling the hCG weight loss treatment in injection form, and cites a study by a doctor studying and using an oral hCG formulation to ERRONEOUSLY prove his case!
Who’s the fraud?
Read this article for a comparison between Oral hCG, Transdermal hCG and hCG Injections
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Pingback by Is Oral hCG a Fraud? « Hcg Diet Info — January 1, 2009 @ 7:33 pm
I have read a lot of positive reviews about hcg diet. So i guess I would stick to my belief of its’ effectivity.
Cara
Comment by hcg diet info — June 10, 2009 @ 1:25 am
I did the HCG injections and my sister did the oral at the same time. We had the same results at about 25 lbs lost in the 40 days. My understanding is you need to know who you are buying from to get good results.
Comment by sandy — April 29, 2010 @ 2:47 pm
This is a quote from the study that this site is using to “disprove” the “fraud” that SL HCG doesn’t work:
“Regarding weight loss, similar results (with/without hCG administration) were obtained. Bioelectrical impedance exhibited discrete modifications.”
Oral HCG is not effective for the same reason that oral insulin is not effective: weight. Submucosal membranes can only readily absorb proteins under 300 daltons. HCG is 36,700 daltons. Thats 122 times too large to be absorbed. By the way, insulin is only approx 6000 daltons. Exactly zero is absorbed orally or sublingually.
HCG is also a fragile protein that when mixed must not be shaken. It must also be kept cold or will degrade 100%. If one buys HCG premixed, it has no active ingridient in it.
Dr. Luke.
Comment by Alan Luke — August 27, 2010 @ 3:00 pm
I have just complete month 1 of the HCG Diet and I am here to say that it works incredibly well. In one month I lost not only 22 lbs, but I dropped a size in pants, 2 dress sizes and I am back down to a
size SMALL in my tops. I have done many diets in my lifetime, but the HCG Diet gave me the best, easiest and fastest results of any diet I’ve ever done. If you are one the fence about trying the HCG diet, think of it this way, it is for one month at a time…..and ANYBODY can do a diet for one month! I love it and I am planning on doing the 2nd go of the diet in 6 weeks (as is called for) so that I can loose the last 10 lbs….I wish you all the same success I have experienced!!
Comment by Alina — August 8, 2011 @ 2:59 pm