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Hoodia Gordonii Plus – Can It Help You Lose Weight

Published October 26th, 2007 in Hoodia Gordonii | No Comments »

Hoodia Gordonii Plus is an appetite suppressant and metabolism booster and may help you lose weight. It does not contain any known harmful ingredients, as far as scientific research is aware of to date.

The “plus” in the name means it is 100% pure South African Hoodia from the Kalahari Desert and certified as such. It is licensed by the Western Cape Conservation Authority of South Africa and is certified to be authentic. There are two certified documents required are the C.I.T.E.S Certificate and the Analytical Report. If the seller cannot produce these documents, best not to buy the product from them.

To give you some background on what hoodia is, on November 21, 2004, television’s CBS – 60 Minutes aired a program about this diet pill and for the first time many people were introduced to this traditional botanical.

Drug companies tried to turn it into a drug, but were unsuccessful. The Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa (WIMSA) contested and recently won their case against multinational pharmaceutical companies seeking to develop a drug from South African Hoodia. So, the drug companies are out of this market and the product is being sold by a few big independent distributors instead. I guess that’s a good thing depending on how you look at it.

This unusual plant grows in clumps of green upright stems and is actually a succulent, not a cactus. It is from the Kalahari desert, home of the San People. These Bushmen, who live off the land, would cut off part of the stem and eat it to ward off hunger and thirst during nomadic hunting trips.

How does it work ? Basically, what happens is that the brain is tricked into thinking there is enough energy (blood sugar) and doesn’t need to eat, so it shuts down the hunger mechanism. Normally, it can take up 2 weeks to really kick in, however, many people notice the appetite suppressing effects within one day. Be sure to drink enough< water, because hoodia will also shut off your thirst mechanism to a certain extent.

This weight loss pill ontains pure hoodia, and a few other ingredients :

- Magnesium – an essential nutrient, found in significant quantities throughout the body and used for muscle relaxation, blood clotting, and the manufacture of ATP (adenosine triphosphate, the body’s main energy molecule).

- Garcinia Cambogia Extract – research suggests that this natural extract seems to inhibit the conversion of excess calories to body fat. Also, appetite is suppressed by promoting synthesis of glycogen. Glycogen is the stored form of glucose, one of the body’s primary sources of energy. Increased glycogen production and storage is the body’s normal way of signaling the brain’s satiety centre that enough food has been eaten. This has made Garcinia a very effective herbal medicine for controlling obesity and cholesterol. So, this helps boost your energy levels.

- Green Tea – contains powerful anti-oxidants like epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), has been shown to be effective in lowering LDL cholesterol levels, and inhibiting the abnormal formation of blood clots.

In summary, please note that hoodia gordonii plus is not a wonder pill. It can assist those that have trouble losing weight, but it is not the whole solution. If you need to lose weight, you still need to exercise and eat food that is good for you. If you have any questions on using this product, you should consult with your doctor.

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Ken Black is owner of Weight Loss Discovery. Visit our website for more information about Hoodia Gordonii Weight Loss Pills.

Written By: Ken Black

Hoodia Diet Supplements – Miracle Pills?

Published August 17th, 2007 in Hoodia Gordonii | No Comments »

In the 21st century, an ever growing number of men and women (and an astonishing number of children) have found themselves confronting weight problems. There are more obese people in many countries around the world at this point in time than at any other point in history. As a result, a significant number of people find themselves on the hunt for a miracle program through which they can lose weight with little effort. In other words, these people are seeking hoodia supplements that perform like miracle pills.

Before a specific discussion is had regarding the prospect of hoodia supplements in the form of miracle weight loss pills, it is important to remember a couple of factors. First, if you are interested in initiating any sort of diet program, you need to consult with your doctor before beginning any weight loss regimen. Your doctor can assist you in determining what sort of diet plan will best serve your needs and will best promote your own good health.

Second, if you are interested in crafting an effective weight loss and dieting program, you need to understand that in order to lose weight in a healthy manner and keep the weight off into the future, you must eat a balanced diet. In addition to a balanced diet, an effective weight loss or dieting regimen requires that a person engage in regular exercise that includes aerobic, stretching and strength building elements.

Hoodia supplements, when incorporated into a balanced diet regimen and a responsible workout program, can be very beneficial. However, when all is said and done, there is no such product as a miracle pill. Indeed, when it comes to seeking and effective and beneficial diet supplement, you must be very circumspect of products that make outlandish claims. Of course, there are some diet supplements that can aid in helping a person lose weight fast. However, fast weight loss is not always the best course. In< fact, more often than not, fast weight loss is detrimental, not only to a person’s health but to his or her overall dieting program.

While a person might be pleased with fast weight loss, studies demonstrate and prove that in most cases when a person undertakes a fast weight loss, the lost weight normally does not stay off for the long term. Rather, people in such circumstances end up putting the weight back on in the not too distant future — and, in many, many cases, these people end up weighing more than when the initially started their dieting regimen.

Several years ago, there was some thought that the closest “thing” to a miracle weight loss pill had been found. Scientists at Pfizer (the world’s leading pharmaceutical company) began work on a diet pill that included hoodia and an hoodia extract known as P57. Hoodia is a plant that is indigenous to the desert region of Southern Africa. For thousands of years, Bushmen in the region chewed hoodia as an appetite suppressant and source of energy when they were on the hunt.

In recent years, researchers have concluded that a person using the hoodia extract P57 could lower their caloric intake by 1,000 calories a day with no adverse effects. Pfizer worked to incorporate the hoodia extract P57 into pill form by attempting to create a synthetic version of P57. The experimentation ended up not being fruitful. Thus, if you want hoodia your going to have to pay a pretty heafty price for it. The only way to get it at the moment is by grinding up the actual cactus and putting into a pill. These supplements are available from several reputable places online, but be ready with your wallet because this method of production isn’t cheap.

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Written By: Joseph Spalding