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Hoodia Gordonii, an immensely popular drug known for its anti- appetite properties, still has no published record of clinical trials till date. The safety concerns & issues on its possible effects are based on the assumption that since San Bushmen had been using it from ancient times & had never experienced any side effects, the drug is safe for us too.

However, some independent studies indicates the following facts-

1. Hoodia in addition to natural suppressant agent P57 contains other components too that may cause unwanted effects on your liver & they can not be filtered easily during manufacturing process too.
2. If it can affects liver, then it can also interfere with other medications taken by the person & therefore may prove vulnerable in the long run.
3. San Bushmen is basically a hunting tribe & their lifestyle & food list is much different from us, therefore San safety reports are not a reliable source.
4. Another possible danger of Hoodia consumption is that it tricks brain into belief that sugar level in the blood is normal which may prove dangerous for people with diabetes as their blood level may drop riskily low.

Children, Pregnant woman, nursing women should avoid using Hoodia as far as possible & normal people are advised too to resort to Hoodia as their last & only option when no other means is available.

Hoodia is a very popular herb which is often found in most of the Herbal Diet pills well-known as weight loss supplements. Now there are numerous companies in the market offering several products almost everyday claimed to have the essence & goodness of Hoodia. It becomes very difficult as such to judge whether they are offering genuine Hoodia based products or not. There are extensive reports & surveys which suggest that most of the Hoodia based products are either fake or have been contaminated with artificial chemicals.

This is based on the following facts-

1. The supply of the plant is scant in reference to heavy demand worldwide which is still growing.
2. It is difficult to grow a Hoodia Plant as it takes approximately four to five years and a very hot environment to reach its maturity.
3. A ban has also been imposed on the trade of Hoodia Plant to preserve the species; by CITES (The Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species).

The only thing that can be relied on to differentiate between; whether products contain pure Hoodia or the alleged active ingredient or if the product is fake; is to check the laboratory testing certificates. But sometimes even their authenticity is in doubt too. So the best way is that go for popular brand names & buy the product from only trusted & reliable sources & outlets.

People often resort to ‘any means & any extent approach’ to lose those extra pounds of weight, in the end at last tired from all advances, makes a transition to diet pills. Herbal Diet Pills are the most trusted name in this series as it is claimed that these do not have any side effects. It is very evident verity that Hoodia Gordonii is gaining immense popularity as the natural appetite suppressant herb; extremely effective in weight loss. However, there are very little or virtually no scientific facts validating this age old finding or theory. Also there were no clinical trials conducted so far to address the concern in reference to safety of Hoodia Pill as a dietary supplement.

Hoodia Pills are used to suppress hunger so that you don’t feel starved & then it’s relatively easy for you to shed those extra pounds. It is also known to increase your metabolism level & thus makes you feel good & positive about your own self. All these claims might be true but they work only when you take the necessary dosage of the pills in an appropriate manner over the required period of time. It can also prove to be harmful for the body if used in dosages exceeding; other than which prescribed by the doctors or by the manufacturer of the pills. Due to its immense popularity there is a great demand of pill in the market & almost every day a product based on Hoodia is launched in the market. As such the quality of these pills can not be trusted as the one with pure Hoodia (Hoodia is rare plant especially after ban imposed by CITES), so it might be possible that you end up buying a fake one.

Mind you all Hoodia Lovers that this isn’t any miraculous weight loss pill or lotion that can help you achieve results over nightly, however its effectiveness to certain extent as an aid to control hunger can not be held in doubt; still.

Hoodia, popularly known as Hoodia Gordonii is in actual a plant with finger like stems devoid of any leaves in addition to being spiny succulent in nature. This plant is known to have strings of thorns along its stem bearing bright colored flowers, but is still highly valued due to its medicinal properties. The natural habitat of the plant consists of rocky areas & plains which can be best found in harsh desert conditions of South Africa & Namibia.

Hoodia Gordonii is known to posses’ characteristic property of suppressing appetite in addition to being equally effective in treating small infections & indigestions. There are numerous species in the Hoodia family but only Hoodia Gordonii is bestowed with the natural appetite suppressant trait. It was therefore very common for ancient tribes in earlier times to use this medicinal property of Hoodia Gordonii plant to suppress their thirst & appetite during long trips of hunting in search for food. Due to the blessings of modern technology, ingredient known as P57 responsible for appetite suppressant effect was isolated from the plant & is used to manufacture weight loss products worldwide.

It is said that Hoodia pills; if taken in the right proportion over a period of time in a proper manner, gives the results with least amount of efforts & thus is the most effective of all diet pills & products. On the other side, supplementary products & weight loss aids requires greater awareness & control on the part of user for e.g.; one has to follow strict calorie charts, diet sheets, scales in order to get some results. Hoodia pills have no side effects & to keep your weight under control, the weight loss is effectuated over a little bit of longer period so that body gets acquainted to new calorie intakes & diet requirements.

Such is the popularity of the pills that a protected status has to be implemented on the Plant Hoodia in several countries so as to save the plant from extinction….

Hoodia Gordonii, a spiny leafless & lush plant from semi-deserts of Africa is at present is in great demand globally. Hoodia based pills or products are well known to inherit plants ability to fend off thirst and hunger which subsequently is of immense aid in reducing weight or kicking off some extra pounds from your body.

According to the scientific studies on the behavior of Hoodia, it was revealed that plant releases some kind of ingredient which tricks the brain with the belief that you are full even if you have practically eaten nothing. The fact was confirmed with the help of studies on rats where injections of P57 were infused into rat’s brain which resulted in distorted levels of ATP. ATP is known as an energy molecule that may affect appetite.

Another popular theory says that Hoodia works by fooling brain that it has sufficient levels of blood sugar & as a consequence, consumption of Hoodia without proper regulation can cause a sharp drop in blood sugar levels. Still, not sufficient information about the working of Hoodia as a natural thirst & hunger suppressant agent is unearthed. Research is still going on & so for the time being mystery remains unanswered.

Hoodia, a plant often known for its succulent nature in botanical world; primarily grows in the harsh environment of semi-deserts of countries like Botswana, Angola, Africa and Namibia. One can trace the plant by its looks which resembles to one with dill pickle with some spines on it. It usually takes a bit of five years or more for the appearance of pale color purplish flowers after which only plant can be harvested. There are almost more than 13 species of Hoodia in existence today.

The story began back in 1930’s when a noted Dutch anthropologist observed that San Bushmen of Kalahari Desert totally rely on Hoodia to ward of their thirst & hunger during their long hunting voyages. Then a British company, Phytopharm with the help of South African scientists was able to successfully isolate the ingredient responsible for appetite suppressant nature of the plant. The ingredient was named P57 which was first patented by Phytopharm and subsequently developed into a Hoodia drug by pharmaceutical major Pfizer. However later, the rights were once again returned to Phytopharm, which is now working with Unilever.

Hoodia came into the sudden limelight after much hyped travel story of 60 Minutes correspondents to deserts of Africa where they were supposed to rely on Hoodia to carry on their expedition without food or water for entire day.
Today popularity of Hoodia drug as an effective weight loss supplement is another marketing story since then.