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	<title>Hoodia Products, Diets and Weight Loss Reviews&#187; 11 ways to test a hoodia supplement</title>
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		<title>Is it a consumer website?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Type ‘Hoodia’ into Google, and you’ll find countless expert websites or consumer advocacy websites recommending ‘DietHoodia’ as the #1 Hoodia supplement available.
They will all claim to have done extensive testing using a team of Hoodia experts, yet they will all also conveniently say that the very same products they are selling are the most effective ones.
Very convenient, and convenient for a reason. Why? Because they are hoodia sellers in disguise.
In essence they are nothing more than sales websites, fronting as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Type ‘Hoodia’ into Google, and you’ll find countless expert websites or consumer advocacy websites recommending ‘DietHoodia’ as the #1 Hoodia supplement available.</p>
<p>They will all claim to have done extensive testing using a team of Hoodia experts, yet they will all also conveniently say that the very same products they are selling are the most effective ones.</p>
<p>Very convenient, and convenient for a reason. Why? Because they are hoodia sellers in disguise.</p>
<p>In essence they are nothing more than sales websites, fronting as the genuine article in order to promote their own product.</p>
<p>This is not to say no promotion is a good thing. The way UniqueHoodia have confronted this problem is to provide their customers with one, all their medical backing and laboratory testing, and two their media coverage.</p>
<p>UniqueHoodia is nationally recognised by the BBC, CNS and Hello Magazine as being a genuine appetite suppressant supplement</p>
<p>Offer any of these questions to any Hoodia Gordonii supplement, and you will find that the majority of them: cannot even answer half.</p>
<p>So if you are searching for unaltered, authentic Hoodia Gordonii we recommend UniqueHoodia.</p>
<p>In one compact package, customers can experience the benefits of:</p>
<ul>
<li>100% pure, unaltered Hoodia</li>
<li> Calorie reductions of 2,000 calories a day</li>
<li> 10,000 times more productive at reducing your appetite than glucose</li>
<li> Increased energy and self esteem</li>
</ul>
<p><a title="Order UniqueHoodia diet pills" href="/goexternal/?link=uniquehoodia">Order your packet of UniqueHoodia today.</a> They may not be the cheapest Hoodia Gordonii supplement on the market, but with their price comes more than guaranteed weight loss, but quality</p>
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		<title>Is the CITES certificate from the US?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confused? We’ll explain.
As of March 2006, the US Department of Wildlife sent all Hoodia Sellers a letter stating that they too must obtain a CITES certificate in order to export their supplement from the US.
Complicated? We think so. Yet it is another clever way for checking to see if your hoodia supplement… is the real deal.
If these companies don’t supply these certificates, they are either violating these regulations or… they are not using authentic Hoodia Gordonii in their supplement.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Confused? We’ll explain.</p>
<p>As of March 2006, the US Department of Wildlife sent all Hoodia Sellers a letter stating that they too must obtain a CITES certificate in order to export their supplement from the US.</p>
<p>Complicated? We think so. Yet it is another clever way for checking to see if your hoodia supplement… is the real deal.</p>
<p>If these companies don’t supply these certificates, they are either violating these regulations or… they are not using authentic Hoodia Gordonii in their supplement.</p>
<p>So check for a US CITES certificate too, and get double the guarantee.</p>
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		<title>Look for a CITES Certificate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Real Hoodia Gordonii can only be exported from South Africa and Namibia if they have a CITES certificate. And once it is exported, it must remain with the supply until it arrives.
Sounds simple so far? CITES certificates are not as straight forward as they sound.
One of the many confusions consumers make, is believing that the CITES certificate will tell them if their supplement is genuine Hoodia Gordonii or not. In basic terms… it does. 
A genuine CITES certificate means it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Real Hoodia Gordonii can only be exported from South Africa and Namibia if they have a CITES certificate. And once it is exported, it must remain with the supply until it arrives.</p>
<p>Sounds simple so far? CITES certificates are not as straight forward as they sound.</p>
<p>One of the many confusions consumers make, is believing that the CITES certificate will tell them if their supplement is genuine Hoodia Gordonii or not. In basic terms… it does. </p>
<p>A genuine CITES certificate means it was legally exported out of South Africa. But the actual quantity of Hoodia used in your supplement? It cannot tell you.</p>
<p>Lastly, is it hard to read? A website may claim they have got genuine Hoodia Gordonii, and they may have even put a CITES certificate on their website, but if the writing is blurred or some areas are blacked out, the certificate is fake.</p>
<p>Take for example the CITES certificate on UniqueHoodia.com. Clear, concise and readily available – consumers are free to view it as many times as they want.</p>
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		<title>Is the deal too good to be true?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through a combination of high demands; a shortage of stocks and protection procedures in place to prevent over-exportation (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) it is easy to see why real Hoodia Gordonii costs between $30-$60 to buy for just one months supply. It is scarce.
Yet, search the internet and you’ll find countless free trials; buy one get one free deals or package offers for just $20 or less. 
They are all fake. 
With [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Through a combination of high demands; a shortage of stocks and protection procedures in place to prevent over-exportation (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) it is easy to see why real Hoodia Gordonii costs between $30-$60 to buy for just one months supply. It is scarce.</p>
<p>Yet, search the internet and you’ll find countless free trials; buy one get one free deals or package offers for just $20 or less. </p>
<p>They are all fake. </p>
<p>With the above mentioned restrictions in place no company would willingly sell their Hoodia Gordonii supplement at a reduced price when they would have had to undergo all these procedures in order to just receive the plant. Hoodia Gordonii is expensive for a reason.</p>
<p>Take UniqueHoodia for example. They have had to recently reduce their package offers to a maximum of 6 months per sale, per person, per day. Why? To enable them to match the demand and ensure all their customers have equal chance of investing in their supplement.</p>
<p>So unless a company is genuinely putting their product on sale for a ‘limited time only’ promotion, you should buy with extreme caution.</p>
<p>If they are cheap, they are cheap for a reason.</p>
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		<title>What is the potency of the supplement?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is where the debate gets interesting. What can determine the potency of the plant?
Simple. The active levels of P57 in your hoodia supplements. But it is not that simple.
They generally range between 0.1%- 0.45%, but as we previously discussed the majority of supplements probably only contain 0.1%. So which one is right?
Both. If you can find a supplement that contains a higher potency of P57 than 0.1% then great, but if it doesn’t… it doesn’t matter. 
Remember, P57 is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is where the debate gets interesting. What can determine the potency of the plant?</p>
<p>Simple. The active levels of P57 in your hoodia supplements. But it is not that simple.</p>
<p>They generally range between 0.1%- 0.45%, but as we previously discussed the majority of supplements probably only contain 0.1%. So which one is right?</p>
<p>Both. If you can find a supplement that contains a higher potency of P57 than 0.1% then great, but if it doesn’t… it doesn’t matter. </p>
<p>Remember, P57 is not the only active ingredient within the core of the Hoodia Gordonii plant. No. There are many more hidden molecules within &#8211; which have nothing to do with appetite suppression &#8211;  and which cannot be isolated.</p>
<p>So you have got to ask yourself this? If the Kalahari Bushmen managed to suppress their appetites simply be eating the core of the plant for hundreds of years.</p>
<p>No added science or capsules, but just the core itself. Then as long as your supplements are only made from the aerial stem of the Hoodia Gordonii plant, then your appetite should be effectively be suppressed too.</p>
<p>Either way, 0.1% or 0.45%, all sites should display results from a test called High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) which is the best way to reveal the true potency of your supplements.</p>
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		<title>How are the supplements processed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In other words – which part of the Hoodia Gordonii plant have they used?
Sounds fairly straight forward wouldn’t you agree – especially considering that since 2006, the FDA has required that all Hoodia sellers specify on their labels which part of the Hoodia Gordonii plant they have used – but it isn’t.
Many companies still resort to using the whole of the Hoodia Gordonii plant such as its leaves, flowers and roots, as it is cheaper.
This would be great if the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In other words – which part of the Hoodia Gordonii plant have they used?</p>
<p>Sounds fairly straight forward wouldn’t you agree – especially considering that since 2006, the FDA has required that all Hoodia sellers specify on their labels which part of the Hoodia Gordonii plant they have used – but it isn’t.</p>
<p>Many companies still resort to using the whole of the Hoodia Gordonii plant such as its leaves, flowers and roots, as it is cheaper.</p>
<p>This would be great if the whole of the plant contained the active ingredient for suppressing your appetite, but this is simply not the case. Only the aerial stem, the core of the Hoodia Gordonii plant has P57.</p>
<p>So check the label. If there is even a hint of another ingredient, they are either violating the agreement or they don’t use authentic Hoodia Gordonii.<br />
Take UniqueHoodia for example. Their entire ingredients list is openly advertised both on their site and on their packaging. Why? To allow their customers to compare their laboratory testing to their ingredients and recognise that their supplement is real.</p>
<p>Invest in your own packet of <a title="Order UniqueHoodia slimming pills" href="/goexternal/?link=uniquehoodia">Unique Hoodia today or visit their site for more information!</a></p>
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		<title>Know your Hoodia varieties</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoodia Gordonii may look like a cactus but it is actually classified as a succulent. A succulent that has a family of over 13 varieties.
This is where the dupe gets more complicated.
There may be 13 types of Hoodia, but only Hoodia Gordonii contains the P57 molecule that is renowned for suppressing your appetite. No other Hoodia plant contains it, yet the number of supplements that contain the wrong Hoodia plant is incredible.
And their cover-up is pretty simple too. Read the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hoodia Gordonii may look like a cactus but it is actually classified as a succulent. A succulent that has a family of over 13 varieties.</p>
<p>This is where the dupe gets more complicated.</p>
<p>There may be 13 types of Hoodia, but only Hoodia Gordonii contains the P57 molecule that is renowned for suppressing your appetite. No other Hoodia plant contains it, yet the number of supplements that contain the wrong Hoodia plant is incredible.</p>
<p>And their cover-up is pretty simple too. Read the word Hoodia, and most consumers we interviewed automatically thought this was an abbreviation of Hoodia Gordonii.</p>
<p>But read only ‘Hoodia’ on the label, and this vagueness is probably a sign that their supplement is made from either multiple Hoodia plants or a different one altogether.</p>
<p>More astounding was the fact that many companies don’t even realise they are using the wrong Hoodia.</p>
<p>Following a study by Alkemist Pharmaceuticals, they discovered of the 80% they found to be fake; the majority of these companies honestly thought they had real Hoodia Gordonii. They had been duped too.</p>
<p>This might explain why these companies willing submitted their supplements to be tested in the first place.</p>
<p>Because who would willingly let their products be recognised as a fake? No one we know.</p>
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		<title>Is there any other ingredients in UniqueHoodia?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[it sounds a simple enough question, yet it is surprising how many of us actually get duped by it.
And we know. We may have just said extra ingredients equal a fake product, but this is not completely true. There are the capsules themselves to consider.
Gelatin, magnesium stearate and stearic acid… find any of these 3 ingredients on the label, and they are simply what were used to make the capsules. Anything else such as caffeine… is a complete no, no.
Incoming [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it sounds a simple enough question, yet it is surprising how many of us actually get duped by it.</p>
<p>And we know. We may have just said extra ingredients equal a fake product, but this is not completely true. There are the capsules themselves to consider.</p>
<p>Gelatin, magnesium stearate and stearic acid… find any of these 3 ingredients on the label, and they are simply what were used to make the capsules. Anything else such as caffeine… is a complete no, no.</p>
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		<title>How much Hoodia Gordonii does each UniqueHoodia capsule contain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to recent studies, consumers need to take anywhere between 2,250-3,000mg of Hoodia per day to effectively suppress their appetite.
Now considering that most companies suggest you should take 3-4 of their capsules per day it would make sense that each capsule contains at least 400mg of genuine Hoodia Gordonii. The more Hoodia Gordonii there is per capsule, the more promising the results.
Yet despite these figures, Alkemist Pharmaceuticals discovered that the average Hoodia supplement only contained 25mg. A sixteenth of what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to recent studies, consumers need to take anywhere between 2,250-3,000mg of Hoodia per day to effectively suppress their appetite.</p>
<p>Now considering that most companies suggest you should take 3-4 of their capsules per day it would make sense that each capsule contains at least 400mg of genuine Hoodia Gordonii. The more Hoodia Gordonii there is per capsule, the more promising the results.</p>
<p>Yet despite these figures, Alkemist Pharmaceuticals discovered that the average Hoodia supplement only contained 25mg. A sixteenth of what you really need.</p>
<p><strong>So what do you do?</strong></p>
<p>There has been much controversy surrounding this figure and much confusion with it.</p>
<p>In CBS’s 60 minute report in 2004, they questioned the authenticity of pills that contained only 0.01%-0.1% of the active molecule P57.</p>
<p>In their review they believed it was impossible for pills to have this figure and still be genuine.</p>
<p>They are wrong.</p>
<p>Take a part the entire Hoodia Gordonii plant, and you’ll only find the active ingredient within the core. Not its leaves. Not its stem. But the actual core of the plant.</p>
<p>Yet within the core itself, there are many other active molecules at work that have nothing to do with appetite suppression. Only P57 has this unique quality.</p>
<p>So when you break this information down, it is highly plausible that 0.1% is accurate. All that truly matters is that ‘said’ companies use solely the core of the plant. Nothing else.</p>
<p>This is where many of our test subjects slipped up. Aside from containing ingredients other than the core of the plant, they contained as little as 25mg of Hoodia Gordonii.</p>
<p>Only <a title="Pure UniqueHoodia weight loss pills" href="/goexternal/?link=uniquehoodia">UniqueHoodia</a> met this criterion.</p>
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		<title>UniqueHoodia laboratory testing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A product either contains hoodia gordonii or it doesn’t. Simple.
And a sure fire way to find out is through independent laboratory testing. Not their own specialist team. Not some group of unheard-of  experts. But through a reputable company.
Now one of the best companies available is Alkemist Pharmaceuticals. Why? Because they have got the latest in scientific procedures and have got a strong reputation within the weight loss industry for having the best testing lab.
Their reputation is undisputable and any [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A product either contains hoodia gordonii or it doesn’t. Simple.</p>
<p>And a sure fire way to find out is through independent laboratory testing. Not their own specialist team. Not some group of unheard-of  experts. But through a reputable company.</p>
<p>Now one of the best companies available is Alkemist Pharmaceuticals. Why? Because they have got the latest in scientific procedures and have got a strong reputation within the weight loss industry for having the best testing lab.</p>
<p>Their reputation is undisputable and any hoodia company who has used them, will not hide this fact – that is unless their product failed the test of course!</p>
<p>Saying that, there are other companies whose reputations are just as credible: CNL.</p>
<p>Many companies may opt for just Alkemist Pharmaceuticals, but UniqueHoodia have gone one step further and have got both. Alkemist Pharmaceuticals AND CNL.</p>
<p>Why? To improve the credibility of their product, and to show their customers that their Hoodia supplement has passed more than one, but two tests.</p>
<p><a title="Order UniqueHoodia" href="/goexternal/?link=uniquehoodia">Order UniqueHoodia Right Now!</a></p>
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