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Meghan

Thu, Jul-20-06, 11:37

My SO is trying to find out about hoodia, but all I can find is information from the companies selling it. What does it do/ How does it work? Why should or shouldn't he buy it!?!

I myself have am not sure he should spend money on such products.

SunnyCarol

Thu, Jul-20-06, 12:10

The "real" hoodia appears to work as an appetite suppressant, but the problem is, that what you get from here has very little hoodia in the pills. From one study I saw, the most popular brands only had 1% actual hoodia. The "real" thing is several years from being available. The big drug companies backed off when it appeared that when you processed it into a pill form, it no longer worked. What really works is eating the cacti itself and you can't get it anywhere but in Africa. Tell your SO to save the money and buy some Atkins friendly food. Atkins works!

EMKAY 53

Thu, Jul-20-06, 12:29

I tried it....and I think it made me hungrier :( Save your money...no pill is gonna do it.

Meghan

Thu, Jul-20-06, 12:30

That is what I thought. I hate all these companies that play on peoples emotions.

patigayle

Thu, Jul-20-06, 13:59

It made absolutely NO difference to me....waste of money!

kebaldwin

Sat, Jul-22-06, 10:03

You are correct - there is not much information out there!

http://www.vitacost.com/newsletter/newsletter.cfm?nl=224

http://www.google.com/search?as_sitesearch=qualitycounts.com&q=hoodia