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Home Fitness and Sports Weight Loss 5 Facts- The Hazards of Buying Counterfeit Hoodia Gordonii
5 Facts- The Hazards of Buying Counterfeit Hoodia Gordonii PDF Print E-mail
Written by James Comer   
First, ask yourself- "Does the place I am getting hoodia gordonii from allows ongoing, random, anonymous testing of their hoodia products by an independent lab?" Just as important, are they only getting by with sending in a batch sample with a lot number for testing?
by JamesComer


First, ask yourself- "Does the place I am getting hoodia gordonii from allows ongoing, random, anonymous testing of their hoodia products by an independent lab?" Just as important, are they only getting by with sending in a batch sample with a lot number for testing?

Here is the reason why.

Some unscrupulous vendors will display their lot numbers and results from a lab considered to be very reputable. However, the only way to know that this is undisputable proof of the hoodia product's potency is if the company permits ongoing, random and anonymous testing of the actual product that the consumer buys from them. This testing should be completely verifiable, and the testing should be done without the vendor knowing the exact place that the products were to be tested, , where purchased and when the products were tested. The results of each of these tests should be displayed right on the testing laboratory's website.

Question #2 What about Purity? Does the company provide an easy way to check and verify that the hoodia products that they sell are made stricly from the pure South African Hoodia? The products should have no additives or fillers diluting the potency.

There is a way. To determine purity, look under the Supplement Facts section of the label. Does it explicitly declare the absence of additives by displaying the word "None" in the "Other Ingredients" block? If it says anything other than "None," it isn't pure Hoodia gordonii!

There is a trick known as the "O.I. (Other Ingredients) trick. Unless the manufacturer lists the other ingredients as "None", then it can list other fillers and additives as "Other Ingredients" and they can legally say that the product's full gross weight as being true Hoodia Gordonii.

You see, the government allows the diet supplement industry to use certain "flow agents" to help simplify the manufacturing process.

The use of silica, cellulose, magnesium stereate, etc. can be easily avoided. However, scammers know that simply by declaring them on their labels as "Other Ingredients," they can exploit a gaping loophole in the law at the customer's expense. Therefore, they continue to do so.

With the new high compression encapsulation machines, it's not necessary to load up the capsules with fillers and additives- yet still be able to call it "pure". It might cost more to do so, but it's the right thing to do.

Avoid the common "Bait and Switch" practice in which less than reputable vendors spoon-feed the lab a genuine sample, but then sell the public a counterfeit or watered-down product.

Question # 3: CORRECT SPECIES- Does the product claim to be Hoodia gordonii of South African origin or just Hoodia? Of the more than 20 varieties of Hoodia known, only the gordonii species from South Africa has been proven to reduce caloric intake in humans. So-called "Chinese" Hoodia, for example, is fake.

Question #4: Which part of the hoodia plant is the product made from? It should be made from the biologically active part of the Hoodia gordonii Succulent. You'll also need to know if the vendor uses only the peeled stem of the Hoodia gordonii plant.

You shouldn't buy hoodia gordonii from any company using the "whole plant" or anything that isn't purely the "peeled stems. These products would automatically have atleast 50% less of the hoodia's active ingredients necessary for effective appetite control.

The P57-active part of Hoodia gordonii-the peeled stem, NOT the bark, NOT the flowers, and NOT the root. This (peeled stem) is the part that is effective for appetite suppression.

Question # 5: POTENCY - Am I sure the Hoodia I buy is of the highest potency possible. Does the company or its farmers patiently cultivate the Hoodia succulents for at least 3-1/2 years before harvesting the stems?

When you get hoodia milled from immature plants, it may test "positive" for Hoodia , but will have insufficient P57 to suppress your appetite. Hoodia loses it's strength when exposed to or dried in open sunlight, in kilns above a certain tempeature, or when milled above certain micron levels.

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