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December 29th, 2007 — Hoodia
Hoodia gordonii is one of 13 species of plants which is a part of the plant family Apocynaceae. This plant is very spiny, which makes it similar to the cactus, and it is leafless. The flower is known for its strong odor, and it can only be found naturally in the southern part of Africa.
In the late 1970s, the CSIR, or South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, successfully isolated an ingredient within Hoodia gordonii which they believe is responsible for suppressing the appetite. Phytopharm gave a license to the CSIR, and since that time, scientists have continued isolating various ingredients from the plant which could potentially be used for various medical purposes.
In 2002, Pfizer, a pharmaceutical company, relinquished the rights which they had over P57, the central ingredient. The company made the statement that they stopped development of P57 due to the challenges involved with synthesizing it.
In 2002, it should also be noted that the CSIR gave the San tribal people of Africa control rights over Hoodia gordonii, and this means the people there earn a profit from any money which is generated from the plant. The plant is subject to strict regulations, and it can only be grown by people or companies who have been given a license.
One thing that is certain about Hoodia gordonii is that the plant has enormous medical potential. The plant has been used by the native tribes of Africa for thousands of years, and many researchers fimly believe that if they can isolate certain ingredients and synthesize them, they can be mass produced and sold for an enormous profit.
In addition to this, people who suffer from some health problems could use Hoodia gordonii as a natural alternative rather than the synthetic products which are currently available on the market today.
It is known that Hoodia gordonii is useful in dealing with various digestive issues and other illnesses, and this is why weight loss researches have focused on it as being an alternative to standard weight loss pills.
However, Hoodia gordonii is not without its problems. One of the reasons why Pfizer relinquished their rights to the plant is because they had enormous challenges in properly synthesizing the ingredient P57. They also found that their were other ingredients attached to this one which could potentially cause liver issues.
The difficulty in removing these ingredients from P57 caused many researchers to believe that if would be difficult for the supplements to be accepted by the FDA. However, research has been done since 2002 to bypass these problems and isolate P57 from the harmful ingredients.
December 29th, 2007 — Hoodia
It is pretty obvious to those who have been watching the weight loss industry for the last few years that Hoodia is one of the hottest products on the market today. But this explosion in popularity has not come without its controversy. While Hoodia is endorsed by both celebrities and many reputable sources, there are some, both in and out of the medical establishment, who believe Hoodia is more hype than substance.
But could there be ulterior motives for these views? It isn’t a real secret that the mainstream medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies have historically been against natural herbs and supplements.
In the past, the medical establishment either ignored them, or attacked them out right. While there are indeed herbs and supplements out there which are indeed harmful, proponents of natural herbs claim that this attack is largely about profits.
If people can find a natural alternative to a synthetic drug, that synthetic drug will become less popular, and the companies who sell it will lose profits. But when you look at the track record of the medical establishment, it comes obvious that their solutions to the weight loss problem have been largely ineffective.
Diet pills, liposuction, and other forms of weight loss management tools are inherently dangerous, expensive, and unnatural.
Any natural product like Hoodia would immediately be a threat to diet pills, weight loss surgery, and all the other inefficient weight loss methods which are overly expensive. Therefore, it is in the best interest of some elements within the medical establishment to attack Hoodia, not because Hoodia doesn’t work, but because they and the people they represent are threatened by it.
Common sense shows that if a native tribe in Africa has been using Hoodia to suppress their own appetites for thousands of years, why wouldn’t it work when introduced to people living in Europe or the United States?
The reality is that there is a high demand for natural health products, both for weight loss and other conditions, and it is apparent that a battle is brewing between large pharmaceutical companies those who are advocates of natural medicines.
December 29th, 2007 — Hoodia
Hoodia Gordonii Tincture is the liquid form of Hoodia. When many people first hear about it, they want to know how effective it is in comparison to other forms of Hoodia.
One reason why some people have said that the liquid form of Hoodia is superior to the capsule form is because many capsules contain parts of the Hoodia plant which are not necessary, such as the skin or root.
These basically take up space within the capsule, and will ultimately dilute the product. The Hoodia Gordonii Tincture, on the other hand, is created by soaking either the Hoodia powder or the plant itself, within a solution that is comprised of water and alcohol.
The goal of the using the solution is to have it absorb the plant ingredients which are active, and the only thing you should have left are the ingredients that you need. There are also Hoodia Gordonii Tinctures that are not made from alcohol. Instead, they are derived from glycerin and water, but vinegar may sometimes be used as well.
The tinctures are quite popular, because they taste better than their counterparts which are made from alcohol. To find out whether or not the Hoodia Gordonii Tincture contains alcohol, you will simply need to read the back of the label. It should either state that it doesn’t have alcohol, or it should show a list of ingredients which doesn’t include it.
Many of the proponents of the liquid form of Hoodia believe that it is far more potent since it can be placed directly within the bloodstream. They believe that you will be able to feel the effects of Hoodia much faster than with capsules or other forms. This theory is based on the fact that your stomach will not need to digest anything.
The potency of the tincture is largely dependent on the process that was used to create it. Most of the Hoodia tincture products which are available on the market today were created by soaking the Hoodia powder. However, not all the products produced from these powders are equally potent.
You have what is called the core powder, and then there is the plant powder. Of course, the core powder is the powder that contains the ingredient that is primarily responsible for suppressing your appetite, while the other is comprised of the entire plant, and it is not as effective. Hoodia Gordonii Tinctures made of core powder will always be more expensive and efficient.
December 29th, 2007 — Hoodia
Hoodia gordonii Plus is a weight loss product that is based on the Hoodia gordonii, a cactus like plant which grows in the harsh arid conditions of southern Africa.
While the product is new to Americans and Westerners in general, the plant has been consumed by the local Bushmen in its country of origin for thousands of years. The Bushmen will often travel out on very long hunting trips, and food would be scarce.
The Bushmen would consume Hoodia gordonii during these trips so that they could suppress their appetite and concentrate their energy on the hunt. It should be noted that it takes the Hoodia gordonii plant at least four years to become mature enough to be harvested for this purpose.
Researchers have found over the last few decades that products based on the Hoodia gordonii plant could essentially be used to naturally suppress the appetites of those who consumed them. This has led to a huge industry in which Hoodia gordonii Plus could be sold to consumers, essentially creating a billion dollar industry.
The South African Sans Council created an alliance with the CSIR, and it was agreed that the Sans tribe, who control and live in the area in which the Hoodia gordonii plant can be found, would be paid royalties consistently for each product that is sold containing Hoodia gordonii in it.
This has greatly benefited the people who live in the region, while giving people around the globe the ability to get rid of obesity without having to use synthetic products.
Unfortunately, the widespread global popularity has led to the plant becoming endangered, and now tight controls are placed over it. It is protected, and only those who are licensed are allowed to harvest and sell the product. In fact, any product containing Hoodia must be certified so it can be proven that the product is truly organic, and originates from southern Africa.
Genuine Hoodia can only be found in southern Africa, and no other part of the globe. When you purchase Hoodia gordonii Plus, you will be purchasing the real product. However, there is something that you must keep in mind when using Hoodia.
First, the African natives do not take this product frequently. It is primarily taken during hunting trips to control hunger until they successfully find food. Your goal should be to eat right, and only take Hoodia infrequently, so that you do not become overly dependent on it.
December 29th, 2007 — Hoodia
There is a great deal of hype today which surrounds Hoodia. Much of this hype is directly connected to the fact that Hoodia itself is very expensive, and can only be found in one part of the world.
Because there is a lot of information floating around about Hoodia, as a consumer, it is important to separate fact from fiction. Before you purchase Hoodia, or anything else for that matter, you should learn the facts behind it.
In this article, I will go over these facts. First, Hoodia is quite new. It was released worldwide for the first time in 2004, though scientists have been researching it for decades.
While the Hoodia gordonii plant resembles a cactus, it is in fact not a cactus. It is a type of succulent plant that grows exclusively in southern Africa, or more specifically the Kalahari desert. While many people refer to Hoodia as being a drug, this is not correct. Hoodia is a herb, and it is 100% organic. There is nothing synthetic about it.
However, pharmaceutical companies have been working to use P57, the key ingredient of Hoodia, to generate a drug within the next few years. In most of the countries in which Hoodia is sold, it is often referred to as being a type of food rather than a medical product.
It should also be noted that only Hoodia gordonii has appetite suppressing qualities. There are a number of closely related plants which have similar names, but are not Hoodia, and do not have these appetite suppressing characteristics. Always look for the name “Hoodia Gordonii” when you’re shopping for authentic Hoodia.
It should also be noted that Hoodia works by simply altering the perception of your brain.
When you sit down to eat, and you’ve taken Hoodia 30 minutes prior to having your meal, your brain will be tricked into thinking you’ve eaten more food than you’ve actually have, and this means you will eat less.
Over a period of a few weeks, you will gradually lose weight, as your cravings for food are lowered, and you eat less than you normally would. Perhaps one of the best things about Hoodia is that it doesn’t have any side effects.
There is no nausea or any of the side effects which are commonly associated with other weight loss products. It is these features which make Hoodia wildy popular in the weight loss community.
December 29th, 2007 — Hoodia
Since 2004, a number of ads in magazines, on television, and on the Internet have been featuring Hoodia gordonii extract. Everyone from 60 minutes to Oprah Winfrey have talked about Hoodia extract and its appetite suppresant qualities.
The biggest thing that most people want to know is whether or not Hoodia extract actually works. While some celebrities may endorse the product, the fact of the matter is that many celebrities will endorse almost anything when they’re being paid to endorse it.
So to bypass all the hype and find out for certain whether or not Hoodia extract is the real deal, CBS and other television networks have actually traveled to Africa to test out the product for themselves.
A thoughtful person may be wondering why there is so much hype surrounding Hoodia. Why is it that Hoodia is all the rage? Well, there are two primary reasons. First, Hoodia is a natural weight loss product that actually works, without side effects.
Since it is a natural weight loss product which actually works, this means that Hoodia itself is an extremely lucrative product, and the companies which sell it stand to gain millions. The honest truth is that money plays a key role in why Hoodia is so popular. Americans today are more obese than ever before in our nation’s history.
Many of us eat fast food, processed foods, and to add fuel to the fire, we don’t even get the proper amount of exercise. Traditional diets require lots of time and discipline, and synthetic diet pills can be dangerous. Since many Americans don’t have either the time or discipline to follow traditional diets, and diet pills come with a number of risks an unwanted side effects, this means that there is a huge demand for natural weight loss products that can allow you to lose weight without a great deal of effort.
This high demand is matched by a low supply, because there are not a lot of natural weight loss products out there that allow you to lose weight with ease. The laws of supply and demand show that it was inevitable that Hoodia extract would explode in popularity once the word of it reached the West, and this is precisely what has happened.
Hoodia has truly become a sensation, and unlike so many weight loss products today, its effectiveness is based on scientific findings and historical evidence rather than facts.
December 29th, 2007 — Hoodia
Because of the hype which surrounds Hoodia gordonii, many people tend to exaggerate or stretch the truth when it comes to claims being made about the effectiveness of the product. While Hoodia can indeed be used an appetite suppressant, it is crucially important for consumers to find the facts which are related to the product, and separate these facts from the hype which tends to surround it.
By doing this, consumers will become more educated, and make educated purchasing decisions which will allow them to get the most out of the product. In this article, we will go over the facts which are associated with Hoodia, allowing you to learn more about it, and become more educated as a consumer.
The Hoodia gordonii plant is a succulent type of plant that only occurs naturally in southern Africa. It can only be found naturally in two African countries, and these are Angola and Namibia. The native peoples in these regions have used Hoodia for quite some time, and it has been used to treat small scale infections, as well as digestive problems.
Due to the unfortunate fact that many African nations have been subject to famine and declining food sources over the years, the tribes in Angola and Namibia have often resorted to eating the plant whole, and this was often done because of its ability to suppress the appetite, an important attribute during a famine.
Until the 1970s, the Hoodia gordonii plant wasn’t well known to most researchers living outside of Africa. However, once researchers discovered the plant, they immediately saw its potential for being able to suppress the appetite, and if harnessed properly, it could be the perfect tool in reducing weight.
Scientists begin studying and researching the plant to find out which ingredient gave it the appetite suppressant characteristics. It was finally discovered in the late 1970s that this ingredient was P57. It is a fact that P57 is an appetite suppressant, and can help people curb their appetites.
P57 essentially works by tricking the brain into thinking the person is actually full, though they may have only eaten a relatively small amount of food. This means that the person will not continue eating, and over time, they will lose weight. Hoodia gordonii is prized because it is one of the few plants in the world that can act as a natural appetite suppressant, meaning that those who are able to harness the powers of the plant stand to gain a large profit, and those who use the plant can lose weight naturally within a relatively short period of time.
December 29th, 2007 — Hoodia
Because of the many digestive ailments which can be treated by the Hoodia gordonii plant, many researchers realized early on that ingredients within the plant could successfully be used to treat weight problems, an issue which is closely connected to the digestive system.
The Hoodia diet is based on the fact that many contemporary diet solutions, such as weight loss pills and other synthetic products, are inefficient in treating weight loss. Since obesity is a prominent problem in many parts of the West, most notably the United States and Europe, this means that a natural treatment for weight loss would help millions of people, while becoming a multi-billion dollar industry at the same time.
With the Hoodia diet, products based on the Hoodia gordonni plant will be consumed with the goal of suppressing the appetite. Once the appetite is suppressed, this will allow people to balance their diets, and by balancing their diets, they can lose weight. Many of the diet products available on the market today are ineffective in helping most people lose weight.
Diet pills, which have grown in popularity, have a number of negative side effects which are associated with them, and many of the contemporary diets are too strict for people to follow with any degree of efficiency, and this causes many people to give up.
Obesity is a growing problem in the West, and for many people, the problem has become fatal. Recent reports from the United States government have indicated that as many as 300,000 people die each year as a result of obesity, and this doesn’t include the United Kingdon.
When you combine this with the problem of child obesity, which has also begin to make headlines, it becomes clear that a crisis is present, and a solution must be found soon. The Hoodia diet can benefit both society as well as the companies and individuals which promote it.
The Hoodia gordonii plant has a long history in southern Africa, its region of origin. The people here have used the plant for a very long time, and during times of hunger or famine, the plant was consumed.
It is able to assist in both digestive problems and a number of other health problems, and researchers in the West recognized it as a potential solution to weight gain issues, since ingredients within it could act as an appetite suppressant. A number of tests conducted on Hoodia gordonii show that it has shown excellent results in its ability to suppress the appetite.
December 29th, 2007 — Hoodia
Hoodia diet pills are the latest product which is gaining massive popularity in the diet industry. There are a number of things which make Hoodia diet pills distinct from the synthetic diet pills which are widely available on the market today.
To understand the enormous potential of the Hoodia diet pills, it is first important for one to understand the history and limitations of standard diet pills. In general, standard diet pills are designed to modify some of the most important functions of the human body.
Having said that, it is easy to see why standard diet pills can be potentially dangerous when not used properly.
This is also why most diet pills can only be prescribed by a doctor, and in most cases, these pills will only be described in situations where the patient is suffering from what is called morbid obesity. In a situation like this, the patient will generally die unless they take extreme solutions to get rid of their weight gain. However, diet pills come with a consequence, and this is their severe side effects.
Some of these side effects include a fast heart rate, insomnia, and high blood pressure. Many of the side effects associated with standard diet pills are considered to be dangerous. One of the biggest scientific problems associated with diet pills is the fact that most researchers are not certain how the appetite can be modified to allow for weight loss.
This is where Hoodia diet pills become so powerful. Because Hoodia products are based on the Hoodia gordonii plant, a natural plant which grows in both Angola and Namibia, this means that the products which are produced from it are also largely natural. Because they are natural, this greatly reduces the side effects which are most often associated with synthetic diet pills.
Hoodia gordonii functions in the same basic way that these other diet pills function, but it is distinct due to the fact that it is a natural, rather than synthetic product. During the 1970s, a key ingredient of Hoodia gordonii called P57 was isolated by researchers.
By isolating P57, the researchers realized that this ingredient could function as a powerful appetite suppressant. By being introduced to the public in the form of diet pills, it could be a powerful and lucrative alternative to the current diet pills which were sold on the market. This has led to a growing industry in which the Hoodia diet pills have only continued to increase in popularity
December 29th, 2007 — Hoodia
Synthetic diet pills have been around for a long time, and because of their severe side effects, people had to get prescriptions from their doctors in order to acquire them. With the introduction of the Hoodia diet pill, it appears that traditional diet pills may have finally met their match. One of the biggest advantages that Hoodia diet pills have over their synthetic counterparts is that the Hoodia diet pills are all natural.
Because it is 100% organic, there are no side effects which are associated with it, and this is another advantage that it has over synthetic diet pills. Like all authentic Hoodia products, the Hoodia diet pill is based on the Hoodia Gordonii plant of the Kalahari desert, and this plant has been used by the natives there for millenia.
Many companies today are producing Hoodia diet pills, but again, it is important for you to make sure the diet pills you purchase are authentic, because there are many that are not. The fake diet pills will be filled with a lot of filler materials such as cellulose, phosphates, or magnesium, and there is nothing natural about them.
Checking the back of the label before making a purchase is a simple way to ensure that you are getting something that is truly organic, rather than something which isn’t organic at all. Other than this, the Hoodia diet pills basically work like regular diet pills. These pills will act as an aid in helping you lose weight by altering your appetite, suppressing it so you eat less than you normally would.
Overall, the introduction of Hoodia to the United States and Europe was very timely. As time goes on, it has become very clear to many people both in and out of the medical establishment that synthetic treatments are simply not effective.
Despite the fact that both the United States and Europe has some of the most advanced medical technology on the planet, they also have some of the highest rates of chronic health problems, as well as obesity. What this shows is that technology alone cannot solve the problem that we are facing today.
The problem can only be solved by the decisions humans make on an individual level, by choosing to put natural things in their bodies rather than processed things. Synthetic products are unnatural, and they can never give you the things that nature can give to you.