Five Steps To Making The Perfect Hoodia Supplement
The hoopla over Hoodia has blanketed the printed press, the Internet, and media in the last few years leading to an overflow of “Hoodia” based products. There are many products already claiming to be 100 percent Hoodia, the real Hoodia from the Kalahari Desert, and all natural Hoodia gordonii extract. With so many claims and products on the market, how do we know which product to buy? Who makes the perfect Hoodia supplement? Here are five steps to ensure you are getting the right Hoodia supplement.
Step one: Be sure the supplement you buy is pure and from the Kalahari Desert. This is the only one of many Hoodia supplements that has the molecule with the appetite suppressant. The Phytopharm Company is now cultivating plantations of Hoodia gordonii plant to meet the rising demand for the Hoodia supplement. Phytopharm was the company that isolated the molecule and patented the extraction process. Unilever, a huge pharmaceutical company has enough faith in the Phytopharm Company to invest millions of dollars in to produce diet products. Step one is to remember to buy only Hoodia gordonii pure extract grown in the government run farms in Kalahari Desert.
Step two: The Hoodia gordonii is a protected plant and you need to have a permit to export Hoodia. The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora issues permits to just a few companies to export the Hoodia plant. You can find the companies that are licensed to export the Hoodia on the Internet. The second step is to confirm the company you are buying your Hoodia product has a permit from the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species.
Step three: The Bushmen of South Africa have been using the Hoodia plant for thousands of years to help control their appetite and thirst on long journeys and hunting trips. They broke off the cactus-like plant, stripped off the spines, and peeled the skin. They ate only the heart of the Hoodia gordonii plant. Step three is to make sure you are buying a product that does not contain the spine or skin of the plant. If you are taking a capsule of 400 mg of Hoodia gordonii, be sure you are receiving the full 400 mg and not fillers. It takes a large amount of the plant to produce each gram of Hoodia supplement. It is expensive to extract but the product that is pure is much more effective.
Step four: Verify the quality of the Hoodia product you are buying. The Federal Drug Administration does not require their approval to sell dietary supplements. If you think about this it could be scary. Anyone can make a product, claim it is a diet supplement and market it to the unsuspecting public. Be sure you have verified the company who is selling the Hoodia product. It is a lengthy and costly process to take the Hoodia plant and turn it into a supplement that is safe and has a reasonable shelf life.
Step five: Legitimate companies that are producing Hoodia gordonii supplements should have a lab assay that shows the supplement has been tested and is pure. This last step is important and you can verify it is genuine if the lab assay number of the lot matches the assay number on the bottle of your product.
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