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Is HCG Diet Increase PSA Level?
My friend has been on the HCG diet and lost 50 lbs. He feels great but he just had a series of blood tests and his PSA was 9. He is 59 and concerned about that high number. He is being tested again in two weeks but I am wondering if there's any connection between the HCG drops and an increase in PSA. Thanks.
Mon, 30 May 2016
HCG or human chorionic gonadotrophin, is a female hormone known to affect other hormones. It is widely known that it may cause an increase in PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen), but not necessarily indicative of cancer. I speak out against this diet constantly, it is effective, but dangerous in many respects. Kathryn Shattler, MS,RDN
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