Fraudulent Hoodia And WeightLoss-What You Must Know Before Buying
Question #1- Be Sure to ask yourself if the place that you are getting hoodia from allows ongoing, random, anonymous testing of all of their hoodia products. This should be from an independent lab.
Here is the reason why.
Some unscrupulous vendors will display their lot numbers and results from a lab considered to be very reputable. However, the only way to know that this is undisputable proof of the hoodia product’s potency is if the company permits ongoing, random and anonymous testing of the actual product that the consumer buys from them. This testing should be completely verifiable, and the testing should be done without the vendor knowing the exact place that the products were to be tested, , where purchased and when the products were tested. The results of each of these tests should be displayed right on the testing laboratory’s website.
Question # 2: PURITY- Is there an easy way to see if the product is made ONLY from 100% pure South African Hoodia gordonii-with no fillers or additives?
There is a way that you can determine the purity of the hoodia. On the label, look under the “Supplement Facts” section of the label. Does it declare explicitly that there are no additives? It does this by placing the word “None” in the “Other Ingredients” block. If there is anything else other than “None” in that space, it’s not pure hoodia gordonii.
Sometimes a manufacturer will list the fillers and additives as “Other Ingredients”. This is known as the “O.I.” trick. If the manufacturer lists the other fillers and additives as “other ingredients”- then they can legally say that the product is true gordonii.
You see, the government allows the diet supplement industry to use certain “flow agents” to help simplify the manufacturing process.
Using cellulose, silica, magnesium stereate, and other similar ingredients can be avoided easily. However, scammers know that they can simply declare them as “other ingredients”, thereby exploiting the big loophole in the law at the consumer’s expense.
With the new high compression encapsulation machines, it’s not necessary to load up the capsules with fillers and additives- yet still be able to call it “pure”. It might cost more to do so, but it’s the right thing to do.
Avoid the common “Bait and Switch” practice in which less than reputable vendors spoon-feed the lab a genuine sample, but then sell the public a counterfeit or watered-down product.
Question # 3: CORRECT SPECIES- Does the product claim to be Hoodia gordonii of South African origin or just Hoodia? Of the more than 20 varieties of Hoodia known, only the gordonii species from South Africa has been proven to reduce caloric intake in humans. So-called “Chinese” Hoodia, for example, is fake.
Question #4- What part of the hoodia plant does the product come from? It should be made from the biologically active part of the Hoodia gordonii Succulent. You need to find out if the vender stricly uses the peeled stem from the hoodia gordonii plant.
Never buy Hoodia gordonii from companies using the “whole plant” or anything other than the peeled stems; such a product would automatically contain at least 50% less of Hoodia gordonii’s active constituents necessary for effective appetite suppression.
The P57-active part of Hoodia gordonii-the peeled stem, NOT the bark, NOT the flowers, and NOT the root. This (peeled stem) is the part that is effective for appetite suppression.
Question # 5: POTENCY - Am I sure the Hoodia I buy is of the highest potency possible. Does the company or its farmers patiently cultivate the Hoodia succulents for at least 3-1/2 years before harvesting the stems?
Hoodia milled from immature plants may test “positive” for Hoodia gordonii but lack sufficient P57 to suppress the appetite. Additionally, Hoodia loses its strength when exposed or dried in open sunlight or in kilns above a certain temperature; or when milled above certain microns.
