Pure Hoodia
The South African Research Institute, CSIR, started a study on Hoodia Gordonii, a succulent growing wild in the Kalahari Desert. This plant has a reputation amongst the San tribe as a hunger suppressant. They chew this plant during their long hunting expeditions to prevent hunger. CSIR isolated the active molecule, named it P 57 and patented it in 1997. They sold the rights to a British company, Phytopharm, in 1998 to test and market the product.
In a double blind test, conducted by Phytopharm, 400 mg per day of Hoodia Gordonii powder, for 15 days, reduced the calorie intake by 1,000 compared to the control group.
Capsules, pills, tincture and diet gum all followed. This obviously includes genuine as well fly-by-night operators. The only thing that they could not do is to claim that their product is an aid for weight loss. That would be a patent violation. So they market it as a food supplement.
Phytopharm teamed with Pfizer of USA, a pharmaceutical MNC, to produce P 57 synthetically and market the same. But in 2004 Pfizer withdrew from the agreement, as it was not economically viable.
One of the companies marketing the Hoodia capsule is ?Pure Hoodia', with a registered trademark. They claim that each capsule contains 400 mg of Pure Hoodia Gordonii, imported legally from South Africa, grown in privately owned farms. The recommended dose is 1-2 capsules an hour before each meal.
They make no claim that it is a drug, but say that it is an all-natural dietary supplement.
Truth Publishing, a website for independent consumer guidance, came out with a strong accusation against Pure Hoodia.
They claim that tests done on Pure Hoodia by "Alkanist pharmaceuticals," could not confirm the identity of Hoodia Gordoni. Pure Hoodia capsules do not have 400mg of powder, as claimed by the company, but less. Truth Publishing alleges that the same company also sells products under the brand names ?Hoodini' and ?Slimtron'.
In view of the facts that Pfizer gave up the attempt for synthetic P 57 in 2004, it takes 5-7 years for the plant to mature, there is a limited amount of wild Hoodia in the Kalahari Desert and the trade in Hoodia is restricted by CITES, the guiding factor in Hoodia purchases should be "consumer beware.".
Hoodia Diet Pills - Fact Or Fiction?
Hoodia Diet Pills - Fact Or Fiction?- by A lot has been written about hoodia diet pills lately. Can taking a hoodia based supplement realy help you loose weight? Actually, yes it looks like it can. First some background on the hoodia cactus.Deep inside the African Kalahari desert, grows an ugly cactus called the Hoodia. It thrives in extremely high temperatures, and takes years to mature. The San Bushmen of the Kalahari, one of the world's oldest and most primitive tribes, had been eating the Hoodia for thousands of years, to stave off hunger during long hunting trips.
When South African scientists were routinely testing it, they discovered the plant contained a previously unknown molecule, which has since been christened P 57. P 57 affects a part of your brain, the hypothalamus. Within that mid-brain there are nerve cells that sense glucose sugar. When you eat, blood sugar goes up because of the food, these cells start firing and now you are full. What the Hoodia seems to contain...
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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...
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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....
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Small Diet Pills Kill Huge Obesity
You don't require any diet pills in two conditions, firstly you are not suffering from obesity and secondly despite of being an obese you have a great will power to curb that enormous urge for food. Otherwise diet pills become almost compulsory when you want to get rid of obesity. There are various diet pills; working method of every diet pill is different. Some of them are allopathic drugs like Xenical, Phentermine, Acomplia, Reductil and others are herbal medicines like Hoodia & herbal Phentermine.
Allopathic diet pills give quick and sure results. These diet pills primarily work on nervous system and try to balance the urge for food.
Like, Acomplia is a diet pill which inhibits the working of CB-1 receptors. These CB-1 receptors are the nerve cells which transmit hunger signal to the brain. No hunger signal means no urge for food, even if you have delicious food placed in front of you. The other drug Reductil on the other hand increases the level of serotonin...
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Phytobase Nutritionals Leading the Chocolate Revolution in Satiety Chocolate Products
Orem, Utah (ContentDesk) June 14, 2006 -- With the continued and ubiquitous growth of health-associated obesity problems in the world, more and more companies are aiming their research dollars at satiety and the creation of satiety food products. And while companies including Hershey's, Kraft, and France's Danone are now devoting more research dollars and efforts toward producing satiety-aimed products, Phytobase Nutritionals has been successfully selling several unique first of kind satiety-driven products since 2004.One of the more popular products in its Phytobases outstanding satiety line are the patent pending ChocoLeans which are garnering rave reviews from customers across the U.S.Phytobase Co-founder Sam D. Gur says his company's aim was to create a double win for people wanting to lose weight by helping them control their appetites in the most delicious way possible. "In 2004, we started looking at how we could bring chocolate and Hoodia Gordonii together. We created ChocoLeans...
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Hoodia and Green Tea Extract for Effective Weight Loss
From the farms of South Africa, Hoodia Gordonii is making headlines for it's amazing effects on weight loss. Media outlets from all over the world are reporting that Hoodia has clinically proven benefits on reducing appetite. One company has provided a Hoodia Extract formula that combines the benefits of Hoodia with Green Tea and other amazing co factors that are clinically proven to help with safe all natural weight loss.That company is DynaPure Nutrition (www.dynapurenutrition.com) and the product is WARP 9 Caffeine Free. DynaPure CEO and President Dan Maiullo commented that the product contains a 20:1 Hoodia Gordonii Extract because the company found that other products that just contained Hoodia whole plant were just ineffective. "We found that many products contain whole plant had very little amounts of the effective glycoside found in their products.
In our efforts to provide a better product for the consumer,...
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Internet Fraudsters Are Dragging the Good Name of Hoodia Gordonii Through the Mud--What You Need to Know Before You Buy
Toronto, Canada (ContentDesk) August 11, 2005 -- Millennium Health Supplements (Canada) Inc., a Western Cape licensed importer of South African hoodia gordonii and internet retailer of HoodiaHoodia thinks this all-natural appetite suppressant is the most incredible discovery in the weight loss industry, but beware, hoodia scams are all around.Everyone is jumping on the hoodia gordonii bandwagon and the internet is teeming with new companies producing a wide range of hoodia gordonii products.
While there are some real hoodia products available you will have to do your homework to find them.
Many products being sold as Hoodia Gordonii are filled with "unidentifiable plant material", starch, rice powders, and in some reported cases even filled with sawdust.
Some sites even claim to have a 20:1 extract, which is not possible.
The appetite-suppressing molecule in Hoodia Gordonii cannot be isolated by giant pharmaceutical companies that would like to produce...
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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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Flower Power!
Many fail to realize the power flowers have on our emotional well being. Flowers overwhelm our senses with exotic fragrances and beauty. They play on our need for belonging, attention and attraction and most of all; flowers remind us that we are somehow "special" to someone.
So why do so many people underestimate the simple sentiment of flowers?
Reasons people give for not sending flowers are that they do not know where to start and that not everyone appreciates...
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Lake Tahoe cabin complexes rangein size from small, six-unit, luxury rentals in the woods, to larger cabins with common pools and private beaches. There is something here for everyone.
Some folks come to the lake with half a dozen fishing, drinking and gambling buddies. All they want is a roof over their heads and the basic amenities so they can have fun for a few days. Groups who come together to ski particular mountains will crash on the floor and do it all again the next day....
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Use of GPS Running Watches for health improvement and physical training
By ofhttp://www.everything-gps.comA growing concern among many people in the world is the quality of health and physical training. As it gets easier to eat more and exercise less, it has become vital that individuals have access to a variety of tools to make training as systematic and easy as possible. Due to this, investing in a GPS running watch can make a large difference to runners...
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How to Choose New Wheels for Your SUV
For SUV owners wheels can be one of the most important items on their vehicles. The wheels tell the outside world what you are all about, they can be provocative and flashy or conservative and understated. For a great many SUV owners, for them, wheels go beyond just being an apparatus that holds the tires.
1- Even before you begin to shop for SUV wheels; it is a good idea to set a budget. Its very easy to go over board when buying wheels and spend more that you planned. By setting...
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