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7 Reasons Why UniqueHoodia is the Best Hoodia

1. UniqueHoodia is contains Hoodia Gordonii.

There are many Hoodia products available in the markets, but not all are Hoodia Gordonii. There are many different varieties of Hoodia, but only Hoodia Gordonii is effective as an appetite suppressant.

2. UniqueHoodia contains 100% Hoodia Gordonii.

There are no fillers, additives or lubricants in UniqueHoodia. Other Hoodia products available include these ingredients. Pure Hoodia extract is costly and so manufactures dilute the proportion of Hoodia in their products to bring down costs.

3. UniqueHoodia contains more Hoodia.

Each capsule of UniqueHoodia contains 460 mg of Hoodia. This is more than most other Hoodia pills available in the market.

4. UniqueHoodia is the freshest Hoodia.

Most companies buy their Hoodia from resellers. As a result, this Hoodia reaches the customer after changing hands several times and remaining in warehouses for months. UniqueHoodia buys its Hoodia directly from South African exporters. The Hoodia that a customer gets in UniqueHoodia is usually just over a month old and thus is of the best quality.

5. UniqueHoodia guarantees 100% Satisfaction.

UniqueHoodia comes with a comprehensive refund policy. If the customer doesn’t experience a weight reduction after using UniqueHoodia, he will be refunded his full purchase price.

6. UniqueHoodia comes with Discreet and Secure Packaging.

Unlike other Hoodia products, UniqueHoodia doesn’t come as loose capsules in bottles. Each capsule of UniqueHoodia is separately packed in a blister pack. This means the Hoodia stays fresh for longer periods and also a small number of Hoodia capsules can be carried around.

7. UniqueHoodia is a certified Hoodia product.

UniqueHoodia has been certified by various independent agencies, as a pure Hoodia product that has been legally procured from farms in South Africa. You can read more about the certifications here.

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The Hope Of Hoodia

The latest USA statistics show that 58 million people are overweight and 40 million people are obese, with 3 million people being morbidly obese. 8 of 10 people over the age of 25 are overweight. In the UK, statistics show that 46% of men and 32% of women are overweight. That shows that obesity and overweight are practically epidemic – and they are diseases, because being overweight leads to diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, osteoarthritis and a host of other related problems, including an early death.

The other problem with being overweight is a social one. Long before “skinny” became fashionable, fat people have been the butt of innumerable jokes.

With “Slim & Fit” being today’s watchwords, making friends, finding partners and even getting ahead in one’s career are all hampered by that excess weight.

But now we have hoodia gordonii. Hoodia gordonii is a succulent plant that grows in the Kalahari Desert of Southern Africa. The San tribes or Bushmen of the Kalahari have eaten it for centuries to suppress feelings of hunger, when their food supplies were low and they needed to go on long hunting expeditions.

The South African government along with a British pharmaceutical company researched hoodia gordonii, and after years of study, they were able to isolate the active ingredient from the inner flesh of the plant, a molecule they named P57.

P57 imitates the action of glucose in the body. It has a direct effect on the hypothalamus, a region in the brain that monitors hunger, thirst and blood sugar. It causes the brain to register the body has eaten, even though no food has been taken. Since P57 is 10,000 times more active than glucose – you can imagine how efficient it is at fooling the brain.

Hoodia gordonii is now available in capsules and tablets. Unlike other diet pills, hoodia gordonii has shown no side effects at all. It is not a stimulant, and neither is it addictive. On the contrary, the patients who have tried pure hoodia gordonii have reported that their levels of energy remained normal and they maintained a general feeling of well-being.

The American Obesity Association, a leading authority on obesity states on their website that medication can be used to treat obesity as a part of the total treatment.

Pure hoodia can be very useful in playing a role here. At the beginning, when you are making your first changes to a low calorie diet, pure hoodia gordonii controls the hunger pangs and makes it much easier to stay with the regime. It controls the old cravings and bad habits that ruined all past endeavors, and once you are well set in your new diet, habits and lifestyle, the hoodia gordonii can be eased off. Of course, should you ever find yourself slipping back into old habits, the hoodia gordonii is right there to help you control yourself.

Unlike other diet pills with their side effects, pure hoodia gordonii is a natural plant and perfectly safe to take. It will not only help you lose weight, but more importantly, hoodia gordonii helps you maintain it – naturally.

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Hoodia Gordonii – Low Priced and Unreliable

There are thousands of hoodia gordonii supplements available today and the price range is quite astonishing. How can the same substance, hoodia gordonii cost such a lot in some supplements but be so cheap in others? To answer that question, we must first understand hoodia gordonii itself. Hoodia gordonii is a succulent plant that grows wild in the Kalahari Desert of Southern Africa. This is its natural habitat and it has proved very difficult to cultivate. Over-harvesting of the wild hoodia gordonii has led to it becoming an endangered species and it is now protected by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species). Hoodia gordonii was found to contain an active ingredient, a molecule named P57, which has the effect of suppressing appetite.

The P57 is found only in the inner flesh, the core of the hoodia gordonii plant. The rest of the plant; leaves, roots, stems, etc contain no P57 and therefore have no effect on appetite at all. There are various other Hoodia plants growing all over Africa, but they contain no P57. Only hoodia gordonii does and so only hoodia gordonii will suppress appetite.

The prices for various hoodia gordonii products range from £ 6.55 to £ 12.80 to  £ 29.95 to £ 37.37. Quite a variation! Let’s investigate further. Hoodia products are manufactured in a variety of ways:

1. By using the entire hoodia gordonii plant – since this involves using the ineffective parts of the plant as well, the resulting supplement will be only 60% effective.
2. By using one of the other hoodias that grow all over South Africa. This requires no CITES certificate since they are not endangered, but also, they contain no P57 and are therefore totally ineffective as appetite suppressants.
3. By using other herbs or supplements as “fillers”, for e.g. green tea, caffeine etc. This greatly reduces the amount of hoodia gordonii used and therefore also its effectiveness.
4. By using hoodia gordonii cultivated in Texas and China. hoodia gordonii is extremely difficult to cultivate and grows best in its own natural habitat. So these supplements are not as effective as the South African.
5. By using the powdered form of only 100% real hoodia gordonii core from South Africa in a gelatin capsule. This is the best and most effective form of hoodia gordonii.

Hoodia gordonii has to be imported from South Africa and it needs a CITES certificate to leave the country. So option 5 is going to be expensive to procure and then manufacture. Options 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the other hand are very much cheaper on the manufacturer’s budget, as you can see, but they are not fully effective as appetite suppressants, and in fact, the products using ordinary Hoodia are fakes. So it is obvious that the price of hoodia gordonii is indicative of its quality and authenticity.

Let’s look at UniqueHoodia. For £ 37.37, you are buying pure, fresh and safe South African 100% real hoodia gordonii core powder in gelatin capsules. UniqueHoodia is fully certified and tested by two reputed laboratories. Quality comes at a price, but UniqueHoodia is worth every penny of it.

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Hoodia Gordonii: Comparing Prices

There is a lot of disparity in the prices at which hoodia gordonii is selling today.

One hoodia gordonii supplement is selling a month’s supply at £ 6.55 while another is selling at £ 37.37. This difference of over £ 30 for a month’s supply points to the simple conclusion that the £ 6.55 hoodia gordonii supplement is either not genuine or else contains so little hoodia gordonii that it will be practically ineffective. There are many reasons for this. Hoodia gordonii is a rare plant growing wild in the Kalahari Desert of Southern Africa. This is its only natural habitat. Since the time that it was discovered hoodia gordonii contained an active ingredient, a molecule named P57 that could suppress appetite, it has been in great demand worldwide. This led to hoodia gordonii being over-harvested and it is now on the endangered list and can only be exported with a certificate from CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species).

There are other species of Hoodia growing all over Africa, but they contain no P57. Only hoodia gordonii contains P57 and will suppress appetite.

Pure hoodia gordonii is very difficult to cultivate even on its own native soil. It has been taken to Texas and China and is presently being cultivated there as well, but hoodia gordonii has proved to be most effective when grown in its natural environment in Southern Africa. Only the core, the inner flesh of hoodia gordonii contains the appetite-suppressing molecule P57. The rest of the plant; its spiny skin, flowers and roots contain no P57 and hence have no effect on appetite suppression. Now, all these facts about hoodia gordonii show you that to make an effective appetite-suppressing supplement from this plant is going to be expensive.

1. First a certificate from CITES must be obtained and then the hoodia gordonii must be imported from South Africa.
2. Then, only the core of hoodia gordonii containing P57 must be used. The rest of the plant is useless.
3. After that it is necessary to get the product certified and thoroughly tested to prove that it is 100% real  hoodia gordonii.

There are many cheaper ways to manufacture hoodia gordonii supplements.
1. Obtain hoodia gordonii from Texas or China – it will be less effective at suppressing appetite, but it will definitely be cheaper.
2. Use the entire plant – this will make the product only 60% effective, but certainly, it will cost less to manufacture.
Or use just a little hoodia gordonii and fill up the rest of the capsule with green tea, caffeine, etc.
3. Use any of the other Hoodia plants growing all over Africa.
These supplements will not be effective at all, but they will be cheap to manufacture and one can still call them “Hoodia”.
4. Forget the certificates and the tests.

The reason for the difference in prices should be crystal clear to you now. Pure and genuine hoodia gordonii comes at a price. Let’s examine UniqueHoodia retailing for a price of £ 37.37. UniqueHoodia uses the powdered core of 100% real hoodia gordonii in 460mg gelatin capsules. Their hoodia gordonii supplement carries the CITES certificate, an Organics Annex Certificate and a Certificate of Analysis. It has been tested by two reputable laboratories. Certainly, UniqueHoodia is expensive but rest assured that you are paying for the Real Thing.

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Hoodia Gordonii And What The Medicos Say

“Is the hoodia gordonii that I am planning to buy the Real Thing?” With fake abounding, one has to ask this question. In fact, Alkemist Pharmaceuticals, a highly reputed company tested hundreds of products that were sent to them willingly and discovered that over 80% of them were fraud!

Hoodia gordonii only grows in Southern Africa and has been listed as an endangered species. Anyone wishing to import it has to have a CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) certificate to prove that the hoodia gordonii is genuine and has been imported legally.

Now most hoodia companies rely solely on a CITES certificate and testing by Alkemist Pharmaceuticals to prove that the Hoodia Gordonii that they are selling is authentic.

But the problem here is, that many of these websites proudly displaying these two certificates are doing so under false pretexts. On some websites, the certificates are blurred and barely readable. On others, some of the text appears to have been blacked out possibly because it belongs to some other company or because it is out of date.

So now, what does one do? The answer lies in the fact that there are more ways than just the two mentioned above, of certifying that the hoodia gordonii in the product is genuine.

The Organics Annex Certificate – this proves that the hoodia gordonii in the product has been imported from the farmers in South Africa and sent directly to the USA – so, no agents in the middle and no lying around in storage sheds for who knows how long. Furthermore, it proves that the Hoodia Gordonii was grown organically. A Certificate of Analysis (COA) – this is issued before the Hoodia Gordonii enters the USA. Proving that the hoodia gordonii has been analyzed under HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography), and is not only genuine, but contains no contaminants as well.

Now, let us look at UniqueHoodia. UniqueHoodia has undertaken the responsibility to obtain the Organics Annex Certificate as well as the Certificate of Analysis.

Naturally, they have the CITES certificate and have had their Hoodia Gordonii tested by Alkemist Pharmaceuticals. In addition to all this, UniqueHoodia has had their pure hoodia gordonii tested by CNL (Certified Natural Laboratories) as well, another highly reputed laboratory and their product has passed these tests with flying colors. This goes to show you that they are selling pure, fresh and safe 100% real Hoodia Gordonii in their products.

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Genuine Hoodia vs. Fake Hoodia

If you type the word “hoodia” in your search engine, in less than 0.13 seconds, you will find over 6 million entries! Thousands of these are websites selling hoodia products in some form or another, giving you very impressive information and making it easy to buy hoodia right away.

What you need to know is this. Alkemist Pharmaceuticals tested hundreds of these products (sent to them willingly) and discovered that 80% of them were selling fake Hoodia – and we are only talking about the samples sent to them…what about the hundreds of untested samples?

So how do you discern the fake hoodia from the pure hoodia?

1. There are many varieties of hoodia growing all over Africa, but only pure hoodia gordonii, which grows only in Southern Africa, will suppress your appetite. The inner flesh or core of hoodia gordonii contains an active ingredient (named P57, by the scientists who discovered it) that mimics glucose and fools your brain into thinking you are full, when you have not eaten anything. So any product that says it contains hoodia (without specifying further) is most likely selling one of the other hoodias – and those hoodias have no effect on appetite at all.

2. The active ingredient of hoodia gordonii, P57, is found only in the inner flesh of the plant. Some manufacturers are unfortunately using the entire plant in their product. That is, they are including the outer spiny skin, leaves, stems and roots. These other parts of hoodia gordonii contain no P57, and have no effect on the appetite. The product then may prove to be hoodia gordonii when analyzed, but it will only be 60% effective. When buying hoodia gordonii, make sure the pure hoodia capsule contains only the core of the plant – it should have a high P57 count.

3. Another thing that manufacturers are doing, is adding other ingredients to hoodia gordonii. These other ingredients do nothing to induce appetite suppression and on the contrary, like point 2 above, they lessen the amount of hoodia gordonii in the product, making it less effective. Also, no research has been done on hoodia gordonii being ingested with other substances, so possibly this may not be very safe to do. The only other substance that you should see on the ingredient list of your hoodia gordonii is gelatin – the gelatin that is used to make the capsule.

One company that has not only followed the above rules, but has the certificates to prove it is UniqueHoodia. UniqueHoodia uses pure hoodia gordonii imported from South Africa with a CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) certificate to prove it. UniqueHoodia also has an Organics Annex Certificate, which proves their product is organic and sent to them directly from farmers in South Africa.
Their product has been tested, analyzed and passed by Alkemist Pharmaceuticals, again with certificates to prove it. If you want to try out pure and safe 100% real hoodia gordonii, UniqueHoodia is the product for you.

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Finding Genuine Hoodia Gordonii

Hoodia gordonii is a succulent plant from Southern Africa that has captivated our interest. It is a natural appetite suppressant and so holds the undivided attention of us all – whether we are obese, need to just lose the last few pounds or are anywhere on the scale in between. Unfortunately, a product so much in demand always attracts the attention of quick-buck artists and hoodia gordonii has been no exception. Hundreds of websites have sprung up, all selling “Hoodia” in some form or another and claiming all kinds of facts to prove their product superior to the rest.

However, over 80% of these products have been proved by laboratory analysis to be fraud in various ways. Either the “Hoodia” in the product is the wrong type of Hoodia, or it is not the effective part of the plant or else, it is mixed in with so many other ingredients that the hoodia gordonii in it is miniscule.

So, how is one supposed to tell the difference between the real and the fake hoodia gordonii? After all, when a reputable laboratory like Alkemist Pharmaceuticals was voluntarily given a large number of products to analyze, they declared that only 20% were real hoodia gordonii. There are ways to be certain of what you are buying, and it requires that you must have done the homework on this plant that that you are thinking of trying out. A little information will go a long way to keep your body and your wallet healthy.

This is what you need to know :

1. There are many varieties of Hoodia growing all over Africa, but only hoodia gordonii contains the molecule, P57. P57, the active ingredient that suppresses appetite in found only in hoodia gordonii. The product you buy must clearly state that it is 100% real hoodia gordonii.

2. It is the inner flesh, the heart of the hoodia gordonii plant that contains P57. Some manufacturers use the entire plant: leaves, stems, flowers and roots when preparing their product. Naturally, now when the plant is tested, it will certainly state positively that it is hoodia gordonii – but, how effective will it be ? Over 60% of what you are ingesting is the perfectly useless outer parts of the plant, which makes it very cost effective for the manufacturer, but not a very effective appetite suppressant for you. Check that the hoodia gordonii that you are buying is the core of the plant.

3. There should be no other ingredients. The only other ingredient should be the gelatin of the capsule. Only pure hoodia gordonii is going to suppress your appetite – any other added ingredients are only fillers, allowing the manufacturer to line his pockets by selling you a wee bit of hoodia gordonii, but charging you the full amount.

One company that has cleared all the tests above is UniqueHoodia. UniqueHoodia sell 100% real hoodia gordonii, thoroughly tested by reputable laboratories and they also carry all the correct certificates for import on their labels. Check out their website….it will show you how to recognize the Real Thing.

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Hoodia Vs. The BBC, Their Take On The Miracle Supplement 6 Years On

Obesity has become an epidemic – one could even say pandemic – with statistics from countries all around the globe stating that the greatest health hazard their citizens face is obesity. In 2003, BBC sent its news correspondent Tom Mangold to document information on hoodia gordonii, a succulent plant growing in the Kalahari Desert and reputed to be an appetite suppressant. This BBC report caught the attention of the world and it is still referred to today. It made the world aware of hoodia gordonii and provided information about this rare and unknown plant.

We learnt that hoodia gordonii grows only in Southern Africa. That the local San tribes have used it for centuries to suppress their appetites when food resources were low. That the South African scientists working with British company, Phytopharm studied it and isolated its active ingredient, P57, which causes appetite suppression. That P57 fools the brain into thinking you are full when you haven’t eaten at all. That they had begun clinical trials on pure hoodia gordonii. That hoodia gordonii was able to cut down one’s appetite by around 1,000 calories a day. That it showed no discernible side effects.

Tom Mangold went so far as to try the plant himself and reported that it was almost 24 hours before he really felt like eating again – and no side effects either, just a general feeling of well being, 6 years ago, the clinical trials were still going on, and BBC ended with the warning that Hoodia was already being sold in the US, even though the plant was rare and illegal to export, and testing of a few Hoodia brands had revealed that a number were selling fake Hoodia. There are several species of Hoodia growing all over Africa, but it is only hoodia gordonii growing in Southern Africa that contains the molecule P57 – only hoodia gordonii suppresses appetite.

Today, the situation is far worse – the clinical trials are nearly over, manufacturers happily quote Phytopharm’s results as if they were their own and Hoodia products have indeed flooded markets everywhere, in every conceivable form – pills, capsules, meals plans, shakes and even sweets and lollipops.

How do you distinguish the real from the counterfeit? Here are a few pointers.
Hoodia gordonii is a rare plant and an endangered species – any manufacturer selling it should have a CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) certificate proving that it has been imported legally from South Africa and is authentic.

The hoodia gordonii in the product should have been tested thoroughly by a reputable laboratory (e.g. Alkemist Pharmaceuticals), using chemical analysis to prove the presence of 100% real hoodia gordonii.

Check the price – having been imported from South Africa and then going through tests for certification is expensive. If the Hoodia product is cheap, there is reason to be suspicious of its authenticity.

The capsules (apart from their gelatin bodies) should contain only hoodia gordonii. Check that no other ingredients have been added. Check out UniqueHoodia – a company that displays all of the above.

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Getting Hoodia Thin

That seems to be the dream of any person who is overweight today. As soon as the properties of hoodia gordonii became public, there’s been so much interest in the product. It’s as though the light of hope has been switched on and the promise of thinness is at hand. In the US where it is a literal war against the obesity of so many, something like this would be a real boon if it worked.

Hoodia gordonii is a cactus like plant – it is actually a succulent. For centuries, certain African bushmen have been using this to suppress their hunger and thirst pangs when they go out into the desert to hunt. So for them it was a necessity – they would otherwise have become ill of hunger and thirst. This way, they forgot about their hunger and could use that time profitably to hunt. The plant could only be eaten after it was mature – which meant when it was around five or six years old and had flowered. The flower smelled really foul so obviously the bushmen ate it only because it was absolutely necessary.

Today however, it has become a luxury and gives one the hope of sitting back and letting something else do the job of getting then. Getting hoodia thin could well become a new generation’s theme song. No more feeling awful about being fat – you can be slim and trim with hoodia. Just pop the recommended dose everyday and you’re on your way to thin man’s land. When this doesn’t happen, people get upset ands frustrated. They want quick results – no slow results for them.

The great thing about pure hoodia gordonii is the fact that it is natural. Though natural does not mean always that it is safe, in this case, the bushmen have been eating it for generations so it can’t be bad. All it does is to tell the brain that you are not hungry – when you don’t feel hunger, you don’t eat so that’s most of the battle won. Eating and bingeing are among the worst problems on the road to obesity so if this is curtailed, there would be a lot of weight that is surely and steadily lost. This is the promise that pure hoodia gives you. When the brain gets tricked into believing it is full, then the stomach does not crave for food and the body adjusts to this lowered consumption. Yes, this is a very vital step in losing weight but it should be accompanied by exercise in order for it to work well.

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Authentic Hoodia

To get authentic hoodia today is quite a problem as the plant comes under the endangered species. With the growing demand for hoodia gordonii thanks in no small measure to the hype that has been created by the media, obviously there are a number of unscrupulous manufacturers who sell fake goodie under the guise of the real thing. The problem is, in the USA it is classified as a natural supplement and so is outside the purview of the FDA. Had it been a prescription drug, there would have been strict measures to ensure that every tablet of hoodia gordonii that was sold was the genuine hoodia and anything that violated this would have come under heavy litigation. Unfortunately, that is not the case with natural supplements.

To get authentic hoodia gordonii, manufacturers have to source it from the African governments where the plant is grown and the product has to have a CITES certification because the plant is an endangered species. Thanks to this, in the US too, the import and export of this product is regulated. However, manufacturers get over this by importing a small quantity, marketing the tablets or capsules as genuine hoodia gordonii and adding a whole lot of other herbs to the product. So the amount of pure hoodia is so miniscule that it might have no effect as a hunger suppressant at all. That means consumers are paying for no real weight loss effect at all.

If you want to buy the real thing, you need to look for certification from CITES as well as find out from other users – people you know or in forums online – whether or not a particular brand works. Only after you gather a bit of advice in this direction should you go out and spend money on hoodia gordonii diet pills. Otherwise you will really be throwing your money to the winds for all the benefit that you will get from these fake pills,

Research on these tablets have shown that at least half of what are available are not authentic hoodia gordonii. So it pays to be a bit astute and shrewd when it comes to buying any hoodia for your use. Do take the trouble to research and find out which brands are better and which brands have a consistent record of working well with people. If you are on a weight loss trip, you need to take the right products to achieve the amount of weight loss you have targeted and taking fake pills and hoping for the best is not the way to go!

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