This is Why.

Some vendors will proudly display their lot numbers and results from a very respected lab, but the only way that you can be sure that this is indisputable proof of the product’s potency is if the company permits random and ongoing, verifiable testing of the actual products that are sold to the public. This testing must be completely verifiable, and this should be done WITHOUT the vendor’s exact awareness of whom, where, and when the products to be tested were purchased. The results of each test should be displayed directly on testing laboratories website.

Question #2 Purity? Is there an easy way to check to see if the Hoodia product is made stricly from pure South African Hoodia Gordonii? There should be no additives or fillers.

There is a way that you can determine the purity of the Hoodia. On the label, look under the “Supplement Facts” section of the label. Does it declare explicitly that there are no additives? It does this by placing the word “None” in the “Other Ingredients” block. If there is anything else other than “None” in that space, it’s not 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.

The government allows the diet supplement industry the use of “flow agents” to help simplify the process of manufacturing them.

Using cellulose, silica, magnesium stereate, and other similar ingredients can be avoided easily. However, scammers know that they can simply declare them as “other ingredients”, thereby exploiting the big loophole in the law at the consumer’s expense.

Through the use of the high compression encapsulation techniques on the market these days, it’s not necessary for fillers and additives to be added- yet the “lesser” known companies continue to do this, and still be able to call it “pure”. Do you want “cheap” lesser potency Hoodia, or potent and effective Hoodia that’s “pure”?

Avoid the bait and switch technique where less than reputable companies give the lab a “special” genuine sample, then then sell you- the public, a fake or watered-down product.

Question #3: Is the hoddia that you are wanting to purchase claim to be Hoodia Gordonii of South African origin, or just plain “Hoodia“? There are more than 20 varieties of Hoodia known to man, and the only one that has been proven to reduce calorie intake in humans is the South African Hoodia. If you see “Chinese Hoodia” for example, you should consider it counterfeit.

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.

Never buy Hoodia Gordonii from companies using the “whole plant” or anything other than the peeled stems; such a product would automatically contain at least 50% less of Hoodia Gordonii’s active constituents necessary for effective appetite suppression.

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?

Hoodia milled from immature plants may test “positive” for Hoodia Gordonii but lack sufficient P57 to suppress the appetite. Additionally, Hoodia loses its strength when exposed or dried in open sunlight or in kilns above a certain temperature; or when milled above certain microns.