Hoodia Weight Loss

Is hoodia weight loss a magical diet pill?

Hoodia weight loss grew in popularity in 2003 after heavy press coverage including CBS’s 60 minutes and BBC. Introducing hoodia, Tom Mangold, a correspondent with BBC, asks you to imagine "an organic pill that kills the appetite and attacks obesity. It has no side-effects and contains a molecule that fools your brain into believing you are full." 

Today hoodia weight loss is a highly sort after weight loss supplement. Demand has outstriped supply that most of the Hoodia diet supplements you find are either adulterated or worse they are plain out fake. 

Thankfuly an even more effective alternative called Caralluma is stealing the thunder from Hoodia.

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Hoodia Gordini is a desert plant which has exhibited amazing appetite suppressing properties. 

The plant is also referred to as South Africa Desert Cactus, Hoodia Cactus, Bushman’s Hat and referred to as Xhoba by the San Bushmen the natives of the Kalahari desert where the plant grows. 

Often referred to as a cactus for its striking resemblance to cacti, it is actually a spiny succulent plant of the plant family Apacynaceae, completely different from that of cactus- Cactaceae. 

It can grow to reach up to a meter long and have large flowers and a strong smell.

It thrives in extremely hot temperatures. 

There are 17 types of hoodia species but so far it is Hoodia Gordini that has shown appetite suppressing properties. 

The plant has been used by the San Bushmen for thousands of years to stave of hunger as they go for their long hunting trips. 

The San Bushmen were features in the hilarious movie "The God must be Crazy". 

It took the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), 30 years to isolate the active ingredient in hoodia that resulted to weight loss; a property that was discovered by accident. 

The active ingredient is nicknamed P57. It was patented and licensed. This means any company selling Hoodia based products without paying royalties is infringing on intellectual property rights of the Sans Bushmen which happens to be most hoodia products. 

Hoodia is still not well researched. Evidence of its appetite suppression are based on a small study done on 18 obese men. The study showed it resulted to reduction of up to 1000 calories per day. That would literally translate to 2 pounds of weight loss a week just by taking hoodia. And apart from this small non-representative though promising study, all other reports and evidence on Hoodia weight loss is anecdotal. Infact there are quarters that are skeptical at its near magical effects. 

Obviously like many other weight loss supplements ingredients from Green Tea Weight Loss to chromium much more research is needed more so in the area of interaction with drugs.

The demand is fueled by the inclusion of hoodia in herbal weight loss supplement targeting to counter the epidemic western obesity. But there is one problem, Hoodia Gordini take 5-7 years to mature and be ready for harvesting. Its rampant harvesting has led to the plant being a protected species in Southern Africa countries like Namibia. 

Its scarcity is further fueled by the fact that unlike ephedrine a synthetic derivative of ephedra, P57 is too expensive to synthetically produce in large quantities. As such companies needing to use hoodia as ingredients in their weight loss products need to plant Hoodia and wait to its maturity. 

The  companies, Phytopharm and Unilever have joined hands to grow plantations of the herb in South Africa to manufacture diet shakes and bars using the natural form. 

Meanwhile Hoodia is in great scarcity. An ongoing report on hoodia pills by Alkemist Pharmaceuticals has found at least half of the products advertised as containing hoodia contain none. And though genuine hoodia is still available, Mike Adams of Newstarget.com estimates that 80% of allegedly Hoodia pills are either adulterated or completely fake. 

He further notes that hoodia products from Strictly Health Company (Brand name Desert Burn and Hoadaba) and Millennium Health Company (Brand name Hoodia Hoodia) have consistently been authentic. 

So the remaining question would be, does genuine hoodia work? 

From information gathered from a wide source, yes it does. But it is not exactly, "a magic diet pill" as it is being touted. However it is very effective in managing your hunger which can result to weight loss. It not only switches off hunger, but thirst too. There are reports of death among desert shepherds of that have dropped dead out of dehydration caused by consuming the plant. However this may not be of concern due to lower concentration level. 

Hoodia Gordini as authentic hoodia weight loss products can be a valuable compliment to a good weight loss diet. But as Mike Adams noted, a carb binge that results to an insulin spike and consequent hunger signals to your brains can mitigate the herbs effects. It also doesn’t seem to be strongly effective after an intensive work out. It would best be used between meals when you need to stay away from food. 

So for there is no known side effects, though the jury is still out on this.

Responsible use is necessary as with any weight loss supplement and mega dosing is definitely a no-no. So far the only envisaged damage you could get from hoodia is on your wallet from buying a fake hoodia product containing saw-dust instead. 

Caralluma is proving to be the Hoodia repalcement. It is showing more benefits and greater potency. It could just be the weight loss suupport you needed to finally get the results you want.

But if you are looking to lose alot of body fat fast. If you want to lose belly fat and get a flat stomach or even six pack abs, you will need more than supplements. You will also need to Go Beyond Calories. And to do this you will need two things; just two. These two things are...

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