Yes, I read about hoodia in a natural healing newsletter by Dr. Andrew weil. He says hoodia is just another fad, no proven benefits. Worse than that, the plant is now endangered because it's been overharvested for pills. So save your money & buy something that is proven to help weight loss ~ like fresh fruits & vegetables or maybe pure water.

I took them for a month because I needed to lose some weight, they didn't work for me-at all. I went to an online pharmcy and got phentermine, they are great!

I saw news online and they said ingredients in hoodia contain speed and other dangerous substance I dont suggest using it to diet. It is harmful to your body

I've looked into hoodia a lot over the years. It is considered safe (despite what others have said) and effective (despite what weil has said).

You have to know what it does: suppress the appetite. Not make you burn off fat. So you can't sit still and watch the pounds melt away, but you'll be eating less, which will make weight loss easier.

It tricks the brain into thinking you're full.

Go for good brands like source naturals, paradise herbs, and flora. Bija tea has a strong hoodia tea, too. That's the only way to know if it's "clean" and does not contain speed - or sawdust for that matter.

Don't buy it onilne! No wonder they didn't work! Get a trusted brand at a vitamin/health food store.

I don't sell it, just so you know. :)

With all due respect, wizzard, they aren't fakes - they're just competition for the companies who paid the "certifier" to be able to call themselves "the real deal." naturally, they'll claim the ones that carry their are the best, others are the worst. It's simply marketing (and it seems to have worked on a few people here). How do we know that the "test results" they put on their web page are legit for that product? Because they put a picture next to it? C'mon. At the very least, it's basic marketing - at worst, it's slander that could land them a lawsuit.


The first website you offer is a ceritfication service - it costs companies money to get themselves *off* ther "shame" list. "sure, well take you off our list, just pay us $1700 this year and $1400 each year after that! We'll put *new* test results on our web page!" so, um, forgive my lack of creativity when I say, "duh."

i don't know if the companies I mentioned have independent tests of their own, and i'm frankly not going to make the phone calls since i'm not taking hoodia. But I do know that just because one agency claims to be the official certifiers doesn't mean they're the only ones who know how to do independent testing.

Here's another link, since we all like to use them :)
http://altmedicine.About.Com/od/popularhea lthdiets/a/hoodia1.Htm?Terms=hoodia
or
http://tinyurl.Com/b8svb

so, as with anything, caveat emptor, don't believe everything you read, and all that. :)

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I've been taking hoodia gordonii, and let me tell everyone, yes, it does work!!! People just need to quit "bellying-up" to the all-you-can-eat food bars, and take these pills, knowing they will work. There is no miracle pill out there that is going to melt fat off, duh! All hoodia does is suppress your appetite so you feel fuller faster...It works!
I've lost some weight on it!

In my opinion, hoodia is effective for some people.. You just need to make sure you do your research and buy a product with certification and no other nasties in the mix.. Do your homework and you should find something out there.. Its a minefield tho.. Thats for sure..

Ben

...Isn't that like the main ingredient in trimspa?

Yah your right, there's a lot of hoodia product that are contaminated or counterfeit.



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Lhaizza

I don't take Hoodia. It sounds too controversial to be reliable. I take something else that's all natural, doesn't make me feel speedy or jittery, and I've lost a bunch of weight with it. It's been around for a long time, so I know it's not just a fad dieting tool. I've had great results with it.