New Studies Prove Hoodia Gordonii Dangerous

by HoodiaKnow on 12/26/2008

We’ve anxiously awaited the release of a Unilever produced hoodia gordonii product that has been proven safe and effective. Unilever has spent more than $20 Million dollars over the last four years developing hoodia gordonii into a product that they expected to market in foods and beverages. Unilever is well known for their Slim-Fast weight loss product.

Unilever has dropped their hoodia program after their safety and efficiency trials proved disastrous results. The use of hoodia gordonii was shown to have dangerous side effects including increased blood pressure, and had no significant effect on the calorie consumption of the participants.

It’s neither safe nor effective.

Phytopharm has also stated that they have tested many products that claim to contain the active ingredient in hoodia gordonii and found none that could fulfill their claims.

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Hoodia Gordonii Testimonials

by HoodiaKnow on 8/29/2007

If you’ve tried hoodia gordonii for weight loss, we’d like to hear about it. What brand did you try? How long did you use it? Did you notice any changes to your weight? Any side effects or other problems?

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How does Hoodia work?

June 19, 2007

A recent article in the Irish Times sheds light on how hoodia gordonii works to control appetite.

Here is how Phytopharm’s Dr Richard Dixey explained how P-57 actually works:
“There is a part of your brain called the hypothalamus. Within that mid-brain there are nerve cells that sense glucose sugar.
When you eat, blood sugar goes up because [...]

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Possible Delay in Genuine Hoodia Gordonii Products

May 17, 2007

We’ve been waiting patiently for Phytopharm, the only company that can legally market genuine hoodia gordonii, to offer a viable product to the public. As reported earlier, they will do this in a deal with Unilever and the products were expected to be available sometime this year. It appears we won’t see the [...]

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CNN Warns against Hoodia products

February 20, 2007

CNN has published a report of several diet supplements to avoid, and have included hoodia on the list. Why? Because you don’t know what you are getting, and it will likely be YEARS before a genuine and safe hoodia gordonii product is available.
According to CNN:
Hoodia There’s been lots of hype about hoodia gordonni, a cactuslike [...]

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Imported hoodia results in HUGE fines

December 17, 2006

As we’ve reported many times, genuine hoodia gordonii is a protected species and cannot be legally exported at this time.   As a result, New Zealanders are seeing hefty fines by the government for illegally crossing the border with hoodia.   We wish the US government would also take this action, as it would reduce the large [...]

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If it ain’t hoodia…

August 20, 2006

What’s in it?  We’ve recently been told by sources that many so-called “genuine hoodia gordonii” capsules actually contain sawdust, ground leaves, and other debris.   We’ve received several email from readers that have become ill after taking hoodia pills they purchased locally or on the internet.  Complaints included stomach pains, rashes, nervousness, and nausea.  We urge [...]

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Unilever/Phytopharm announce success

April 16, 2006

On April 10, Unilever announced they were successfully able to extract the molecule from hoodia gordonii in an effective form to be used as a weight loss product.  Human trials are underway, and the first stage has completed.  The product is expected to be for sale in 2008.
The yet-to-be-named treatment is expected to be launched [...]

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Consumer Reports Casts Doubts on Hoodia for Weight Loss

April 1, 2006

The February issue of Consumer Reports On Health contains an article on hoodia gordonii, calling it long on the exotic and short on the evidence. While we can’t reprint the full article without permission, we will include a quote that may interest you.
We could find only two studies of hoodia. In one, an unpublished [...]

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PhytoPharm Strikes Deal with Unilever to Market Hoodia Gordonii

January 29, 2005

Phytopharm announced December 15 2004 that it has granted an exclusive global licence to its Hoodia gordonii extract to Unilever plc, the global consumer products company and owner of a number of the world’s leading brands.
As part of the agreement, Unilever will commit to initial payments totalling approximately £6.5 million ($12.5 million) out of a [...]

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CBS 60 Minutes Report on Hoodia

January 1, 2005

60 Minutes recently aired a report on Hoodia. If you browse hoodia sales websites, they are all proudly quoting “As seen on 60 Minutes!” They are hoping you didn’t really SEE the program, but assume their product was recommended. To clear matters, here is the transcript from the program. As you [...]

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The San People and Hoodia Gordonii

December 14, 2004

Over the centuries, the San, who were the original inhabitants of Southern Africa, were pushed off their lands and forced to live as hunter-gatherers in the arid and hostile Kalahari and Namib deserts. They were hunted and killed as vermin by European settlers but the survivors displayed remarkable powers of adaptability to their harsh environment.
Their [...]

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Who are the San people?

December 14, 2004

San
From The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
SAN [San] , people of SW Africa, consisting of several groups and numbering over 85,000 in all. They are generally short in stature; their skin is yellowish brown in color; and they have broad noses, flat ears, bulging foreheads, and prominent cheekbones. The San have been called Bushmen by whites [...]

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Hoodia Gordonii

December 9, 2004

Hoodia Gordonii is a succulent plant that grows in the African Kalahari desert. It thrives in extremely hot weather, and it takes many years to mature. The plants, which are native to a narrow region of southern Africa’s republic of Namibia, on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, are pollinated by flies [...]

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