Hoodia

Hoodia and scammers

2006-05-25T06:06:00.000-07:00

Gotten any email spam lately with a 'warning' about buying fake Hoodia products or Hoodia products with a variety of fillers?

Of course, they assure you that THEIR product is 'the original product.' It may be the original product, whatever that might mean, but the chances of it containing Hoodia are pretty close to zero.

Or maybe you're getting the spam about Hoodia 92--, whatever, or one about getting into skinny jeans or having men chase you, or the brickwall last 18 pounds spam with the large "disc0unts". Obviously the spammers see this as a potentially lucrative market. If any of the spam tempts you, you really need to be aware of a few things about Hoodia.

The whole diet area is scam heaven for unscrupulous, dishonest con artists selling products that do nothing and cost a lot. The few legitimate ones can be nearly impossible to identify among the fakes.

Legally, only one company has the license to market Hoodia as a weight loss product. Hoodia gordonii, as a weight loss product, has been patented by CSIR (the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) and patents have been submitted in territories all over the world. Exclusive license for these patents belongs to Phytopharm, a bio-pharmaceutical company.

The main problem is that Hoodia is a slow growing succulent (it looks sort of like a cactus) which grows wild in limited areas in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. While not endangered (yet), it is listed in Appendix II of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). That means there are legal controls on collecting Hoodia and on exporting it.

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Hoodia Gordonii Plus

2006-05-18T06:44:00.000-07:00

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Hoodia Information

2006-05-16T08:06:00.000-07:00

Hoodia is a prickly cactus-like plant called a “succulent.”
It grows about 18 inches tall and features large, creamy
blossoms that are unpleasantly scented. The San tribe,
also known as African bushmen, have used hoodia to
suppress their appetites for centuries.

Hoodia works in a way similar to glucose, except that
it is 100,000 more effective than glucose in suppressing
unhealthy food cravings. Researchers from Rhode Island's
Brown University discovered that hoodia suppresses
appetite by tricking the brain into thinking you're full.

The only place hoodia can legally be exported from is the Western Cape of
South Africa in the Kalahari desert. After 30 years of study, the South
African national lab was able to identify and isolate the component in
hoodia, called P57, that caused the appetite suppression. Once they did,
they got a patent and licensed it to a corporation called Phytopharm for
millions of dollars. Phytopharm is currently working on producing bars and
shakes that are made with pure hoodia. These products are expected to hit
the market by 2008.