Hoodia Products
When we say Hoodia Products, the implied understanding is of Hoodia Gordonii as an aid in weight-loss programs as an appetite suppressant. But none of the Hoodia Products on the market today can be labeled as an appetite suppressant. If they do so, they will be liable for legal action for patent violation by the only company that can make that claim-Phytopharm. So they just print 100% Hoodia and trust that customers will understand.
CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) of South Africa did a 30-year study of Hoodia, after it found that the San tribe, living on the fringes of Kalahari Desert, used the plant as a hunger suppressant. They isolated the active molecule and named it P 57.
CSIR licensed British company Phytopharm to test, develop and market P 57 as a weight loss aid. Phytopharm failed in its attempt to produce P57 synthetically while working with American MNC Pfizer. Most of the new farms to grow Hoodia are tied up by Phytopharm. Phytopharm also has an agreement with Unilever, a 50-billion-dollar company, to test and market it as a dietary supplement. They expect Hoodia shakes or bars to be put on the supermarket shelf by 2008.
Dieting being a 40-billion-dollar industry, and Hoodia being viewed as a sure thing without any side effects, several companies have got into the act.
Some may be genuine while others may be spurious. It is a difficult call. They all claim that their suppliers of the plant are approved by the South African government.
Pure Hoodia produces 400mg capsules and advises customers to take 1-2 capsules prior to every meal. Hoodoba Company markets Hoodia Gordonii in different sizes. They include Hoododa diet pills, Hoodoba pure, Hoodoba hunger block plus, Super Slim 400 Hoodia burn ?750mg tablet and Hoodoba Tincture.
Another product is Hoodia Trim-Fast, which makes the claim that it is the purest Hoodia Gordonii in the market.
There is the 50 mg ?Hoodia diet gum," which claims to stop the between-meals snacking habit. This is marketed by Pure Herbal, which also sells "Chia Bat Blaster plus" and "Hoodia One Shot." ?Hoodia Products' supplies capsules named Power Slim 500.
But discerning customers may have to wait until 2008..
How Hoodia Works
Copyright 2006 Alvin Toh
Hoodia has been used by the San people of Southern Africa as an appetite suppressant and cure for indigestion for ages. The San have used Hoodia for centuries to combat hunger on long trips in the desert.
Hoodia is a cactus, and the San would cut a piece of the plant and eat it fresh.
Hoodia is native to a narrow region of Namibia, on the edge of the Kalahari Desert.
Hoodia acts as an appetite suppressant. Appetite suppressants are drugs that reduce the desire to eat.
They can be used in the treatment of obesity.
Some appetite suppressants are only available with a prescription, while others are available over the counter.
They contain a variety of active ingredients, and work in different ways. The majority of appetite suppressants are stimulants.
However, unlike other appetite suppressants, Hoodia is not a stimulant. It seems to have no other effect than to suppress appetite...
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(ContentDesk) August 10, 2005 -- In barely over a year, NewsTarget.com has grown from zero readers to over half a million monthly visitors. It has quickly become one of the most popular natural health sites on the web. Its Alexa rating is 11,984, putting it ahead of the sites of Dr. Andrew Weil (DrWeil.com) and Deepak Chopra (www.Chopra.com). What's bringing so many readers to this independent media site?NewsTarget.com offers a mix of content for seekers of answers to health problems.
On the site, readers find an unusual combination of hard-hitting news, off-the-wall commentary, product reviews and outrageous satire generally targeted at the FDA or various drug companies.Among the FDA bashing and accusations that drug company executives are criminals, there's something you won't find on NewsTarget.com: animated banners. In fact, the site bans pop-ups, pop-unders, and animated graphics of any kind. Its index page...
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Hoodia Gordonii ? The Weight Loss Herb
Hoodia Gordonii was introduced to the United States in 2004 as a weight loss herb. It has been around for thousands of years and has been used by the San people in South Africa for its ability to be an appetite suppressant while hunting.
The Hoodia Gordonii plant looks like a cactus but is really a succulent that grows in the high areas of the Kalahari Desert.
It is the weight loss herb for anyone looking to diet without hunger.
Hoodia Gordonii is not a drug, it is an herb.
It is a completely natural and safe herbal diet pill for weight loss that will not cause any stimulation.
There are many pharmaceutical firms that are trying to make a synthesized version of the Hoodia Gordonii plant, in order to patent it. But from all the research that has been done you must consume the plant or powder causal to achieve the weight loss you desire.
Since this weight loss herb has become so lucrative people are digging up anything...
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Confused by the New Food Pyramid Guidelines? Here’s the Skinny on How to Maintain a Healthy Weight
(ContentDesk) November 28, 2005 -- Youve probably heard the statistics. The average American gains one to two pound of fat a year. Obesity rates are soaring. And according to the Centers for Disease Control, adolescents and young adults are the most overweight in our nations history. The Old Food Pyramid fell short when it came to giving us guidance on how to maintain a healthy weight.
And lately theres been so much conflicting information that we dont know which advice to follow. The New Food Pyramid Emphasizes Making Gradual ChangesThe good news is after 13 years, the Food Pyramid is finally getting a makeover. The new guidelines emphasize the importance of controlling weight, which includes the importance of physical activity. One of the big changes is the recommendation to be physically active for at least 30 minutes most days of the week. Instead of emphasizing "complex carbohydrates," the new guidelines urge Americans to limit sugar intake while stressing the benefits...
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Can Weight Loss be This Simple and Completely Safe? Read About the Hottest New Weight Loss Product in North America
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September 28, 2004 -? UPDATE - Millennium Health Supplements (Canada) Inc., raw material and ingredient supplier for the North American market, thinks Hoodia Gordonii is the most incredible discovery in history. With the introduction of Hoodia Gordonii into the weight loss industry in 2004, Millennium Health has found that this product is exactly what people have been waiting for, for decades.
Hoodia Gordonii is possibly the safest, most effective and powerful appetite suppressant ever discovered and there are no known side effects and no stimulants.
Millennium says that people are tired of using harmful and stimulating products to reduce their weight.
They want something safe and pure and natural and they want something that works.
Who would have thought that a plant existed in South Africa that could do just that.Hoodia works by mimicking the effect glucose has on the nerve cells in the brain fooling the body into believing...
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Why is Hoodia such a sought after weight loss supplement?
Hoodia Gordonii is an unambitious little South African desert cactus type plant that has a big future ahead of it. A gift from the native San people who live in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa, this tiny plant the natives' call "Xhoba" has already began impacting the world of weight loss with its extraordinary hunger stopping traits. What the Aboriginal San Bushmen have known for a long time and the rest of us are merely beginning to realize is that Hoodia has appetite suppressant qualities distinguished by plant scientists and named P57. This P57 active element has been examined, tested and identified to have the power to reduce calorie intake by up to 1,000 calories a day.So will any South African cactus do when it comes to helping you to stay away from snacks? Indeed not, don't go to the local florist and buy yourself a desert cactus to eat. Of the succulent and asclepiad genus there are 2,000 species of ascleoiadaceae, divided into 300 genera, half from the succulent category....
Why is Hoodia such a sought after weight loss supplement?
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Top 10 Ways to Fail Miserably At Losing Weight
Americans are getting fatter.
I hate to be the one to put it so bluntly, but the scales don't lie.
65% of adult Americans are either overweight or obese.
25% of Americans are obese.
Now for the bad news - things are only getting worse.
In 1991, only four states had obesity rates of 15 to 19 percent and none had obesity rates greater than 20 percent.
By the year 2000, all of the 50 states had obesity rates of 15 percent or greater, with 35 of the 50 states having obesity rates as high as 20 percent or greater.
In 2005, obesity rates increased in 49 out of 50 States (congratulations to Oregon for bucking the trend).
The Trust for America's Health is projecting that by 2008 a staggering 73% of US adults could be overweight or obese. The trend is clear - we are all getting fatter by the day.
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Hoodia and Anatrim - Fact or Fiction?
Copyright 2006 Jonni Good
Lately our email boxes have been filled with come-on's for a weight-loss product called Anatrim, which appears to contain (or claims to contain) extracts from the Hoodia gordonii plant, a suculent that grows naturally in South Africa.
The emails claim that Hoodia will help you lose weight without any unwanted side effects. There may be some truth to this claim about Hoodia itself, but the products that claim to contain Hoodia may not do you any good.
If you watched Leslie Stahl eat a bit of hoodia in the Kalihari Desert
on 60 Minutes, you know that this plant
may actually contain a compound that suppresses the appetite. However, the active ingredient in Hoodia gordonii is patented, and it is not legal at this time for any company to sell Hoodia in a weight loss product except for the patent's owner. That company isn't ready
to sell Hoodia for weight loss, and probably will not have a product available...
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Baby Cribs by Pali Are Now Available at Baby Supermall
(ContentDesk) August 22, 2005 -- Baby Supermall (www.babysupermall.com), an internet retailer of baby products, and Pali, a manufacturer of baby cribs and other nursery furniture, have formed a unique alliance to make Pali's line of baby cribs and changing tables available to internet shoppers. Previously sold almost exclusively through selected baby specialty stores, this alliance will give all mothers-to-be easy access to this popular...
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Though it's wonderful to get all those hits to your e-commerce web site, hits don't mean much unless you convert them into sales. This is especially true if you are paying for, and not converting, clicks.If your website is suffering from the "Conversion Rate Blues", consider the following steps for improving sales and ultimately, profits:1. Make sure your website is optimized to attract people with the highest potential to buyWhen I first designed my log furniture website, Log Cabin Rustics,...
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As you are likely aware, Thomas Edison invented the first functioning light bulb back in 1879. A few years later,...
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Leadpile Says Many Luxury Automobile Buyers Will Not Visit Dealerships
Phoenix, AZ (ContentDesk) April 8, 2006 -- Leadpile says many Luxury Automobile shoppers will buy their cars 100% online in the very near future, and may never even step foot in the dealership. The Luxury car market, which represents relatively expensive cars and trucks that place more emphasis on comfort, appearance, amenities, and performance, will go through many changes in the future due to the Internet, according to leadpile.com. Leadpile says the Luxury Automobile buyer will be even more...
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