Trusted sources for buying hoodia
gordonii pills for weight loss : Independent investigation
reveals
December 13, 2004
This is part five of our investigative series on hoodia
gordonii, a natural appetite suppressant for weight
loss. I spent $1,742 and over a hundred hours investigating
the hoodia industry, ordering products, and interviewing
hoodia product providers. What I've found is that many
companies claiming to sell hoodia are actually selling
counterfeit products.
But there are also trusted sources. Based on my investigation,
there are only four sources of hoodia I currently recommend.
HoodiaSource.com is a commercial grower of hoodia plants.
I've interviewed the owner, Steve Wingard, who was quite
well informed about hoodia. I'm happy that he finally
has the "Letter of Botanical Authenticity"
for his product, because his company was lacking that
letter when I first spoke with him several months ago.
Basically, this is bulk hoodia powder. The last price
listed was US$250 / pound. You have to make your own
capsules, or you can blend the powder into drinks or
meal replacement shakes. I've ordered from Hoodia Source
and they delivered as promised.
Jenny Lee Naturals is the only company I know that
sells hoodia tincture, which is a concentrated extract
of hoodia powder purchased from HoodiaSource.com, above.
The tincture sells for $19.95 / bottle, and this is
what I now use because it seems to be much faster acting
than hoodia powder or capsules. It's not cheap, though,
but it does seem to work better. If you're looking for
a less expensive option, go with Pure Hoodia, below.
Pure Hoodia sells 400mg capsules of genuine hoodia
for $39.95. I've interviewed the owner and tried the
product myself. This company is growing quickly and
they even have color labels now! Basically, this is
your no-frills hoodia. No fillers, no gimmicks. Just
hoodia gordonii powder.
Believe it or not, the Trim Spa weight loss supplement
product also contains genuine hoodia, although it's
only 100mg per serving, which isn't enough to create
a strong appetite suppressant effect, in my opinion.
You can buy Trim Spa at Walgreens, Wal-Mart, and lots
of places online. Trim Spa is the product Anna Nicole
used to lose
weight, as you may have guessed from the fact that
her pictures are splashed all over the official website.
How to use hoodia to actually lose weight
So you've bought a supply of hoodia, and now you want
to know how to use it. To cover this, I have to share
my own experience in using hoodia for weight loss. First,
I've found that what works best for me on a weight loss
phase is taking hoodia tincture every morning and afternoon.
Easy enough, right?
Throughout the day, I realize that I have to eat in
order to stay healthy. I exercise and strength train,
too, so I know that if I don't eat at least 2,000 calories
a day, my body will start losing muscle mass (which
I definitely don't want to happen). So I track my calories
to make sure I get at least 2,000 a day. This way, I'm
still gradually losing weight, but I'm not shocking
my body and losing lean muscle mass, which would lower
my resting metabolism and hamper my fat loss efforts.
Personally, I use a Palm handheld computer to track
my daily caloric intake. Each time I eat something,
I key it in. But I'm not a food Nazi about all this,
I don't track every calorie and every minute of the
day. I only eat when I'm hungry or after I've exercised.
For the rest of the day, I just drink water.
I absolutely, positively do not drink soft drinks or
sweetened drinks of any kind. Water is the only drink
I take. I don't eat ice cream, and I don't partake in
cakes, cookies, sweetened cereals or other foods that
are loaded with sugar or fat. This is just common sense,
and taking hoodia doesn't give me a license to eat junk
foods. So I stick with healthy dietary choices while
I'm on hoodia.
Results of using hoodia
You might wonder how well this strategy worked. And
here's my bottom line answer on hoodia: it helps, but
personally, I still felt hungry. I have to be honest
about this. Hoodia did NOT turn off my appetite like
a light switch. It reduced it, yes. It helped me lose
weight when I combined it with discipline and healthy
food choices. But it didn't suppress my appetite like
I had hoped.
In fact, there's only one supplement I've ever found
that truly turned off my appetite and allowed me to
reduce my daily caloric intake without suffering from
it. That supplement will be revealed in an upcoming
book called "The Food Timing Diet" available
at TruthPublishing.com. Sorry, I can't reveal it here
because I'm still working on the book, and it takes
some explaining to cover this supplement. But it's not
a drug, nor an herb. It's something truly revolutionary,
and it works better than hoodia, in my opinion.
Hoodia isn't a bad choice, though. It helps with suppressing
your appetite, especially if you take it in large quantities.
But it wasn't the miracle appetite suppressant I was
hoping to find. It just honestly didn't suppress my
hunger enough for me to call it a miracle-class supplement.
Your results may be different. I have no doubt that
some people are losing weight with the help of hoodia.
But at the same time, I can assure you that nobody is
losing weight with hoodia if they aren't simultaneously
making better food choices and engaging in some form
of physical exercise.
With that in mind, here are my tips for getting the
most out of hoodia gordonii:
The #1 secret to using hoodia
Each time you reach for food, ask yourself, "What
is my level of hunger, if any?"
Use those exact words. "What is my level of hunger,
if any?"
And if the answer to yourself is, "None or not
very much," then just don't eat. You don't feel
hungry, so why bother?
If your answer is, "I feel really hungry"
then by all means eat. Your body needs food, after all.
You can't starve yourself to improved health.
But the point is that you have to check your level
of hunger each time you're about to eat. And never,
never, never eat just because it's breakfast time, or
lunch time, or dinner time. Don't let the clock control
your future, you take charge. Only eat when you're really
hungry.
Lastly, drink a lot of water. I know that some people
think drinking an 8 oz. glass of water is "a lot
of water." Get serious. I think people should drink
an 8 oz. glass before every meal. Drink the entire glass
of water before you touch a bite of food. Even without
hoodia, this is a healthy practice.
Most people simply don't drink enough water to begin
with. They're afraid of feeling bloated or having to
go to the bathroom too often. Let me share this with
you: if you're not going to the bathroom far more frequently
than you think you should be, you're probably not drinking
enough water.
Don't like the taste of water? Filter it. Refrigerate
it. Make it ice water. Add some lemon. Do whatever you
have to do, because nothing is more important to your
health than drinking water. And, importantly, you won't
lose weight if you're dehydrated. So take water with
hoodia, and that will help your weight loss results.
In the next part of this investigative series on hoodia
gordonii, we'll take a closer look at the clinical evidence
supporting hoodia as a natural weight loss supplement.
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