Hoodia is probably the most well known diet pill ingredient. For the last few years Hoodia has been heavily marketed and consequently it has become very popular.
Hoodia is a cactus-like plant known as the prickly pear cactus. It grows in semi-deserts and can be found in South Africa, Botswana, Nambia and Angola.
Hoodia contains a chemical called P57 that targets the hypothalamus which is the part of the brain that tells you that you are hungry or full. Some studies have shown that Hoodia is 10,000 times more effective than glucose at telling hypothalamus that you are full. This means that Hoodia can suppress your appetite without you eating that much.
The problem with Hoodia is that there are over 13 types of Hoodia. However the only active ingredient for appetite suppressing found so far is P57 and this can only be found in one type of Hoodia called Hoodia Gordonii. It takes about five years for Hoodia Gordonii to mature so that it can be harvested and the P57 can be abstracted.
Hoodia has been in very high demand yet it is very hard to grow and harvest so there is very low supply. With a high demand and low supply it is very questionable whether all the products claiming to contain Hoodia actually do?
There have been widespread reports of counterfeit Hoodia products. Some of the reports estimate that that almost 80 percent of Hoodia products are contaminated or counterfeit. Therefore many Hoodia consumers will be wasting their hard earned money on counterfeit goods that contain nothing but bulk and filler. It is impossible to know if a Hoodia product contains pure Hoodia, and the active ingredient P57, unless it has been tested by an independent laboratory.
What are your experiences with Hoodia Gordonii Diet Pills?
It is only natural that there are fake Hoodia pills as the product is actually patented. There is some recent news that during 2007 Unilever/Phytopharm will come with a product. Looks promising.
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