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Hoodia Gordonii Perfect Dosage
April 6, 2007 on 3:13 pm | In Health | 3 CommentsHoodia Gordonii is an established, natural weight-loss medicine that many people insist for fast and safe weight loss. Gordonii Pills come in many sizes and forms. Many diet pills manufacturers just mix Hoodia to their already junk packed pills. Others offer pure Hoodia in an amount ranging from 400 mg or 750 mg and up.
How Much Should You Take To Get Your Desired Weight Loss Results?
First of all, you have to confirm that the manufacturers you are buying from actually put the stated dosage of Hoodia extracts in their pills. With the ever-increasing demand for this wonder appetite-suppressant, there are numerous dishonest companies that are using fake Hoodia, packing products or not putting the stated amount of Hoodia in their pills. So make sure you by from a trusted company that also displays their C.I.T.E.S. certificate and lab tests.
It is believed that an ideal dosage will be just 500 mg of Hoodia Gordonii a day to see appetite-suppressant results. This much amount of Hoodia promises you a higher possibility of successful results. Depending on your body size, composition, health, weight, etc, you may need a little more or less. A good rule of thumb is to start slow and see how you feel. To start with you may take 400 mg of Hoodia pill before meals thrice a day. If you wont see results you can step up to an amount of 750 mg per day. Remember to give yourself a couple of days to see results.
Why 500 mg?
That seems to be the dosage where most people have the most success results. It’s also the most popular Hoodia Gordonii dosage with buyers. With many people finding they get outstanding appetite-suppressing results by taking minimum 500 milligram of Hoodia, many manufacturers are coming out with a ‘750 Hoodia’ pill but this is not necessary. But the last thing is to make sure to listen to your body, consult your doctor and take Hoodia with a rational diet and exercise program for maximum weight loss results.
Hoodia Gordonii Cactus
April 6, 2007 on 2:58 pm | In Herbal | 3 CommentsDeep inside the African Kalahari desert, grows an ugly cactus called the Hoodia. It thrives in extremely high temperatures, and takes years to mature.
The San Bushmen of the Kalahari, one of the world’s oldest and most primitive tribes, had been eating the Hoodia for thousands of years, to stave off hunger during long hunting trips.
When South African scientists were routinely testing it, they discovered the plant contained a previously unknown molecule, which has since been christened P 57.
According to the British Heart Foundation 17% of men and 21% of women are obese, while 46% of men and 32% of women are overweight.
So the drug’s marketing potential speaks for itself.
Phytopharm’s Dr Richard Dixey explained how P.57 actually works:
There is a part of your brain, the hypothalamus. Within that mid-brain there are nerve cells that sense glucose sugar.
When you eat, blood sugar goes up because of the food, these cells start firing and now you are full.
Hoodia Gordonii Helps You Loss Weight
April 6, 2007 on 2:00 pm | In Diet | 4 CommentsHoodia supplements were just introduced to the U.S. market in early 2004.
Here are some key points about hoodia that you need to know:
- Hoodia gordonii looks like a cactus, but it’s actually a succulent from the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. Bushmen from the area have been using hoodia for centuries to help ward off hunger during long trips in the desert.
- Hoodia gordonii is entirely natural — it is not a drug. Pharmaceutical companies find it so promising, however, that they are trying to isolate the appetite-suppressing molecule, P57, to create a patented diet drug in the future.
- Only the gordonii variation of hoodia has appetite suppressant abilities.
- Hoodia tricks the brain into thinking you’ve eaten, and makes you feel full.
- Hoodia may work right away, or may take several weeks.
- Key results of hoodia reported include a reduced interest in food, delay in the time after eating before hunger sets in again, feeling full more quickly, and a general feeling of well-being.
- Hoodia gordonii is not a stimulant, and has no known side effects.
- Hoodia appears to be safe for most people.
What is Hoodia Gordonii?
April 6, 2007 on 1:52 pm | In Hoodia | 4 CommentsHoodia is a genus of succulent plants in the family Apocynaceae that is widely used traditionally by the San people of southern Africa as an appetite suppressant, thirst quencher and as a cure for severe abdominal cramps, hemorrhoids, tuberculosis, indigestion, hypertension and diabetes. Various uses have been recorded among Anikhwe (Northern Botswana), Haiom (northern Namibia ), Khomani (north western South Africa ), and the !Xun and Khwe (originally from Angola ) communities. Less is known about the use of this group of plants by other indigenous people, but some records show limited use of Hoodia parts as food items, albeit not as preferred food items. Hoodias are known to be used for cultural purposes in some areas (Hargreaves and Turner, 2002). Although relatively difficult to cultivate, Hoodia is an attractive plant and is also used for horticultural purposes.
Hoodia Gordonii CSIR The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa isolated an active compound (P57) for appetite suppression from Hoodia Gordonii. The CSIR licensed the rights for further development of P57 and the setting up of a sustainable production system to Phytopharm in the UK . Phytopharm in turn sub licensed the rights to Pfizer for the development and global commercialization. Pfizer has recently returned the clinical developmental rights.