Two years after 60 Minutes Launched the Hoodia Industry - Is Authentic Hoodia Actually Available?
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In Nov 2004 Leslie Stahl of CBS News 60 Minutes went to South Africa, ate some Hoodia and proclaimed "no desire to eat or drink the entire day. I'd have to say it did work"
and unintentionally launched a
red hot Hoodia supplement industry.
In case you have a
terrific spam filter ? here is the 411 on Hoodia.
Hoodia Gordonii is a succulent plant that grows in South Africa.
The SAN Bushmen have chewed on Hoodia for close to 1,000 years to reduce their appetite while on long hunting trips.
Hoodia is now a highly sought after plant for it ability to suppress appetite.
In fact, Hoodia Gordonii is in such high demand it is considered a protected plant and can only be exported with a special permit from the government of South Africa (a CITES permit).
It has now been almost two years since Hoodia as an appetite suppressant burst onto the diet scene so let's recap what has happened in the past 2 years.
*A cure for lonely email boxes ? Hoodia Spam!
A plant from South Africa that could suppress appetite and had the endorsement of Leslie Stahl ? this was just too much for the spammers to resist.
The spammers of the world somehow found time in their busy schedule of spamming about Viagra and casinos to send a few million spams about Hoodia supplements.
If you had been concerned that you just didn't get enough emails ? you can thank the Hoodia spammers for solving your problems.
* Turns out everyone in world really wants to help the SAN Bushmen
The SAN Bushmen discovered Hoodia and are supposed to get a percentage of any legitimate Hoodia sales.
If you believe all the websites ? everyone is a friend of the Bushmen and paying them handsome royalties.
Strange how with all this love and promise of money the SAN Bushmen have seen almost no royalties at all.
* In a breakthrough of science ? more Hoodia has been sold than grown.
Amazingly, more Hoodia has been sold in supplement form than has ever been grown and exported from South Africa.
Every company claims to have authentic pure Hoodia from South Africa, so the only possible answer is a scientific breakthrough that allows you to have more Hoodia than actually exist in the world.
If they just apply this to food, I guess we could end world hunger.
* Hoodia is free* (*as long as you are willing to pay $99 a month for the rest of your life).
New Hoodia sites appear everyday offering a free supply of Hoodia.
Of course "free" is a relative term.
It turns out it is only free for 5 days, then you are billed $99 every month until you cancel.
Don't worry ? canceling is easy ? you just need to call their non-existent phone number and speak to a friendly non-existent customer service rep.
* Over 200 Hoodia Products have been featured on Oprah, 60 Minutes and The Today Show.
If you believe all the Hoodia web sites that say "As Seen on Oprah, 60 Minutes and The Today Show" there would be over 200 Hoodia products featured on those shows.
It must make for a long segment when you need to endorse all of those products. Of course, none of those shows have ever recommended any Hoodia supplement by name, but that is just a minor point.
* Authentic Lab Tested Hoodia is available
Given the terrible state of the Hoodia supplement industry it may be most surprising to learn that authentic lab tested Hoodia Gordonii from South Africa is available and effective.
Companies such as Alkemists Labs have developed independent lab tests that can determine if a Hoodia supplement is authentic or not.
Unfortunately, the majority of companies selling Hoodia do not perform Alkemists lab tests.
So, was Leslie Stahl crazy? Is the whole Hoodia business a scam? No, not at all you just need to do your research to make sure the Hoodia you buy is actually lab tested Hoodia Gordonii from South Africa.
Try searching Google for "Alkemists Hoodia Lab Test"
and you will find the few reputable companies that are selling authentic, lab tested,
Hoodia from South Africa.
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Hoodia Gordonii: The Ultimate Weight Loss Solution?
It seems the whole world is talking and going mad about hoodia gordonii these days. What's all the noise about and what can you honestly expect from that cactus-looking plant? Actually, plenty. Hoodia gordonii is a succulent type of plant that
grows naturally in the Kalahari Desert of Southern Africa. The native people, San Bushmen, have been for a very long time in the practice of using hoodia gordonii to combat both hunger and quenching thirst while on long travels in the desert.
Hoodia is making news waves and causing a stir among countless of otherwise "hopeless" compulsive eaters and the overweight alike.
Why? Hoodia seems to be working. Here is a list of essential facts about hoodia gordonii that you should know if you are serious about a new powerful weight loss weapon:
* Hoodia gordonii is totally natural?not a drug.
* Keep in mind that the gordonii variation of hoodia contains the ability to help you suppress your...
Hoodia > Hoodia Gordonii: The Ultimate Weight Loss Solution?
Hoodia Buying Information
There are many Hoodia products on the market these days and of course you want the best Hoodia product for you and your diet. Before you buy Hoodia and spend your hard earned dollars you need to know some facts.South African Hoodia Gordonii is where it all started and when the authentic extract comes from. Do not buy anything that is not pure Hoodia Gordonii or you will simply be wasting your money. You may see some Hoodia products that are 20:1 or does not show you the exact contents. These are products to stay away from.
You need to be buying products that display full information and that you know you can track back to it's original producer in South Africa. Many people have bought Hoodia products only to find out that it is mostly rice products. Most Hoodia Gordonii sold on the internet are nothing but products filled with an unidentified product. It could be starch, rice powders and in somecase people have even discovered sawdust. This is just outright fraud.In recent years...
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Pure Hoodia
The South African Research Institute, CSIR, started a study on Hoodia Gordonii, a succulent growing wild in the Kalahari Desert. This plant has a reputation amongst the San tribe as a hunger suppressant. They chew this plant during their long hunting expeditions to prevent hunger. CSIR isolated the active molecule, named it P 57 and patented it in 1997. They sold the rights to a British company, Phytopharm, in 1998 to test and market the product.
In a double blind test, conducted by Phytopharm, 400 mg per day of Hoodia Gordonii powder, for 15 days, reduced the calorie intake by 1,000 compared to the control group.
Capsules, pills, tincture and diet gum all followed. This obviously includes genuine as well fly-by-night operators. The only thing that they could not do is to claim that their product is an aid for weight loss. That would be a patent violation. So they market it as a food supplement.
Phytopharm teamed with Pfizer of USA, a pharmaceutical...
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Nature Grows Hoodia Plant and Hoodia Reduces Weight
Nature, like a true mother, has gifted us many beneficial things. The only obstacle, in the way of taking benefits from nature, is unawareness. The work of identifying vital property of a nature's gift Hoodia is done by the tribes of Kalahari Desert. Tribes, wherever they live, are near to the nature; they know their surroundings very well and have a power of adjustment with environment. Kalahari Desert is one of most unsuitable habitation for human beings but tribes are still successful to maintain their existence there.
Even the scarcity of food didn't make them extinct because they had the help of Hoodia plant.
Hoodia is a succulent plant, which looks like cactus and found in Kalahari Desert. The extract of Hoodia can work as an appetite suppressant. The tribal people used to chew the plant to suppress appetite before going for hunt in the desert. As there was no access to food and water...
Hoodia > Nature Grows Hoodia Plant and Hoodia Reduces Weight
Hoodia gordinii, a Natural hunger-Cut !!!
In any event, it is necessary to eat to live. It is essential to consume fruits, vegetables, cereals, proteins, essential fats ? The hunger-cuts act on the hypotalamus which control hunger. Then if one plays with the hypotalamus, they is dangerous to destabilize it whereas it is necessary to make the opposite to lose. The day you will stop taking hunger-cuts you will not be able to control your desires of nibbling and you will take weight again.
Here is an article on this plant.
Hoodia gordinii is a species of succulent plant belonging to the Hoodia kind of the family of Apocynaceae , originating in the Kalahari desert.
Hoodia gordinii is known to be a cut-hunger naturalness consumed in particular by the Sans of Namibia.
For the moment and without scienticic validation, the consumption of nutrient containing powder of Hoodia to fight against the obesity is discussed.
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Hoodia > Hoodia gordinii, a Natural hunger-Cut !!!
Nature Grows Hoodia Plant and Hoodia Reduces Weight
Nature, like a true mother, has gifted us many beneficial things. The only obstacle, in the way of taking benefits from nature, is unawareness. The work of identifying vital property of a nature's gift Hoodia is done by the tribes of Kalahari Desert. Tribes, wherever they live, are near to the nature; they know their surroundings very well and have a power of adjustment with environment. Kalahari Desert is one of most unsuitable habitation for human beings but tribes are still successful to maintain their existence there.
Even the scarcity of food didn't make them extinct because they had the help of Hoodia plant.
Hoodia is a succulent plant, which looks like cactus and found in Kalahari Desert. The extract of Hoodia can work as an appetite suppressant. The tribal people used to chew the plant to suppress appetite before going for hunt in the desert. As there was no access to food and water...
Hoodia > Nature Grows Hoodia Plant and Hoodia Reduces Weight
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Two years after 60 Minutes Launched the Hoodia Industry - Is Authentic Hoodia Actually Available?