Pure Hoodia Gordonii

So here is some knowledge to help you become an informed consumer and increase you chances of buying Genuine Hoodia products, than to stumble upon those cheep imitations.

Before we discuss the factors of product labeling, it’s important we first understand the reason why there are so many imitations out there.

Here are the top reasons why there are imitations of hoodia gordonii products:

1. Pure Hoodia gordonii is a rare plant that grows natively only in Southern Africa. The plant takes several years to reach maturity. This limits the supply.

2. Hoodia is a protected plant and is governed by International law. Hoodia CITES certificate is needed in order to legally export it out of South Africa. This permit limits the supply further for those in the Western world.

3. Media attention and popularity including the BBC, The Today Show, Oprah, and more have covered the appetite suppressing effects of pure hoodia gordonii, which lead to the great demand.

When there’s great demand, there’s limited supply, fraudulent products will inevitably flood the market. This is basically one the reasons why there’s so many frauds out in the market.

4. There are many kinds of hoodia plant, but only the hoodia gordonii species has the weight loss active ingredient.

5. Hoodia is not regulated by the FDA, thus no testing is required for the products to hit the shelves or for it to be sold online.

Remember also not to focus online when searching for Hoodia. In fact, Whole Foods Market, a large high end grocery store chain has pulled some hoodia products off its shelves on concerns about quality. You should be careful of purchasing even in retail outlets such as health food stores, supplement sellers and others.

Another thing is the most deceptive claims made by some hoodia product sellers.

There are many kinds of hoodia plants. Considering that only the hoodia gordonii species has the anti-obesity effects, and is hard to avail, some unscrupulous companies will use any hoodia plant they can get and claim try to claim that it’s pure Hoodia.

Indeed it may contain pure hoodia, but it’s not pure hoodia gordonii and, therefore worthless for weight loss.

Also be aware of those that claim they used the “whole hoodia gordonii plant.”

This is because 40% contains no active ingredient. To reduce the cost of making the product they make their products from the whole plant.

Its may not be considered a scam if they did say it in their advertisement, but it pays just to be aware of such things.

By contrast, some companies will produce hoodia concentrates, which is somewhat better. A concentrate can be produced by taking the hoodia gordonii plant and placing it into an alcohol solution. When the alcohol is removed, it removes a great deal of the fillers with it, thus leaving the active ingredient. The concentrate is then used in the product.

When you see a 10:1 on a hoodia product label, this means 10 grams of the whole hoodia plant was used to make 1 gram of what goes into the product.

Another thing you should be aware of is that some companies advertise products that contain pure Hoodia Gordonii, but it’s otherwise when you check the labels. Once more this isnt a scam since some people prefer to use caffeine in some stimulants.

On the other hand, there are some that prefer pure hoodia gordonii with no stimulants because of some negative results.

Lastly, because a Hoodia CITES certificate is needed for export of the hoodia gordonii plant, you should prefer vendors that display a copy of a Hoodia CITES certificate on their website to increase the chances of you buying good quality hoodia gordonii product. But don’t depend on this since some can produce counterfeit certificates.

Remember these facts well and you’ll increase your chances of buying pure hoodia gordonii products.