Could this be true, pregnant woman urine is used to lose weight?

Question:

An older man and his wife came into the health food store I work in and were telling me about taking pregnant woman urina for weight lose, saying it is big in England. Could this be true, and if so what is the chemical compound?

Answers:
yes it is true. They give you I don't know how many injections of the pregnancy hormone (HCG) and it is supposed to make you lose weight.

"The absolute cure for Weight Loss is here. Dr. A.T.W Simeons discovered the HCG weight loss protocol over fifty years ago. Since then Tens of thousands of people have used it and acheived miraculous and permanent weight loss results. Stubborn fat melted away. "

Sounds like a load of crap to me.

The only thing I can imagine is that once you drink the urine, you won't want to eat anything for awhile :-) It may be an appetite suppressant!

As far as I know, there is no "magic" substance that you can take to lose weight. Just diet and exercise.

Could this be true, pregnant woman urine is used to lose weight?

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