Only Buying Genuine Hoodia from South Africa Will Be Effective

If you are reading this, you are obviously interested in using Hoodia Gordonii as a weight loss aid and are researching the product. In order for a Hoodia product to suppress appetite, it must be pure Hoodia Gordonii imported from South Africa. By now, you have no doubt read that the majority of products claiming to be Hoodia Gordonii are in fact useless fakes that will do nothing to help you in your weight loss efforts. This is the first in a series of "reminder tips" to help you to sift through the countless fake products that are being sold and find one that will work for you.

Be very leery of any product that claims to be "the one" product used and recommended by Oprah, 60 Minutes, or the Today Show.

It is true that Hoodia Gordonii has been in the news since 2004 and has received a lot of attention from the media and the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Hoodia has been featured on many news shows and talk shows, including Oprah, 60 minutes, and the Today Show. It is important for the consumer to read these reviews and to realize that all of these reports were about the Hoodia plant itself. They were written in a generic fashion to discuss the effects of Hoodia, the potential for its use as a weight loss aid, and the industry of marketing Hoodia. None of these reports mentioned or endorsed any brand of Hoodia in particular, nor were they advertisements for any particular product.

Just about any company that is selling Hoodia will mention the media coverage in their advertisements; both the companies selling genuine Hoodia and the ones marketing discount fake Hoodia will make reference to this coverage as a means of educating the consumer. The difference is that the companies who are selling pure Hoodia will not claim to be the product that was featured, because no such product exists. If you see a company that advertises "the one product recommended by Oprah", you can be sure that they are lying and that they are not selling the pure Hoodia that will work. You will be wasting your money on their product.