Due to the overwhelming demand for Hoodia, many companies and laboratories came up with pills, capsules, supplements, and other products that contain Hoodia Gordonii.
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Let’s learn more about these products and their benefits.
Hoodia Tea:
Hoodia Tea is taking the world by storm these days as one of the most dependable and favoured Hoodia-based products. It really works fast and no adverse effects of Hoodia have been seen thus far. Hoodia Tea is a shredded and dried form of the Hoodia plant that can be consumed like tea by brewing it in warm water. Most of the Hoodia Teas available in market are seldom pure Hoodia, since they come as blends of Hoodia with Green Tea and other herbs.
Hoodia Supplements:
Hoodia Supplements are the dietary supplements that mainly contain Hoodia, along with other ingredients, and are used for losing weight. Hoodia Supplements, because of their Hoodia content, give the feeling of a full stomach and thus result in a loss of appetite. This in turn results in a lower intake of food, lower energy intake, utilization of the fat stored in the body and the subsequent loss of weight. Unlike many other weight-loss diet supplements, Hoodia is safer (studies are still going on to explore possibilities of threats to the liver) in the sense that it does not contain artificial stimulants.
Hoodia Complex:
First of all, it is nothing like some inferiority/superiority complex growing in you for not using or using Hoodia. Hoodia Complex is a medical preparation or composition that includes Hoodia along with other herbs and is meant to suppress your hunger or appetite while also revitalizing you by contributing some antioxidants to your body. Apart from Hoodia extract, it contains some vitamins, a few minerals, extracts of ingredients like Green Tea, St. John’s Wort, Cocoa seeds, Garcinia Fruit, Gymnema leaf and components like sorbitol and stearic acid. The composition of Hoodia Complex may vary according to the manufacturers and the above ingredients should not be considered as strictly standard, although they more or less remain the same.
Hoodia Pops:
Have you ever thought of licking a lollipop all the time and still losing weight? I assume that many of you haven’t, unless you have heard of Hoodia Pops! Hoodia Pops are lollipops containing Hoodia extract with some other herbal extracts, which are flavored and artificially sweetened. These Hoodia Pops have become very popular with celebrities these days, not merely because they help lose weight, but rather due to the fact that they are handy, state of the art, and new. These pops help you lose weight in two ways. First, they help you lose weight due to the presence of Hoodia in them that kills your appetite and second, they keep your mouth engaged so you aren’t thinking about eating. Having an oral fixation can often lead to overeating.
Hoodia Dex-L10 Gordonii:
Hoodia is in high demand across the world because it is really helping people out with losing weight. Because of this, Delmar Laboratories, Nutralab Inc. came up with a product range named Hoodia Gordonii Dex, more precisely, Hoodia Dex-L10. A whole range of dietary supplements that function as appetite suppressants are sold under this series name. These products include Hoodia Dex-L10 Basic Diet Pills, Hoodia Dex-L10 Complete (a mixture of Hoodia with some herbs) and Hoodia Dex-L10 Gordonii Soft Chews, the latest product released. As the name suggests, the chief ingredient of these products is the extract of the plant Hoodia Gordonii, a succulent plant of the Asclepiad family, which is native to the Kalahari Desert of Africa and is known for its appetite suppressing properties.
Hoodia 57:
Hoodia 57 is yet another Hoodia Gordonii-based appetite suppressant drug. It is one of the latest entries in the world of Hoodia-based drugs and is believed to be the most powerful among them, as well as the safest. Hoodia is otherwise very safe except for dry mouth in some cases where you feel thirsty (you cannot call this adverse, since it is doesn’t harm the body; it actually stimulates you to drink water, which is good). Also, some studies have shown some effects on the liver. Hoodia 57 overcomes even that. No wonder that Hoodia 57 is one of the most popular weight-loss drugs among the celebrities and stars that gives them that dream size – zero.
Side Effects of Hoodia Gordonii
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Almost ninety percent of Hoodia Gordonii users are of the belief that it has no side effects at all on the body, which is true to some extent, but not absolutely. There are two reasons behind this. The first one is that its side effects do not show up or are not detected quickly, unlike Caffeine in Green Tea and other stimulants found in other appetite suppressants. Second, even if some people know about it, they tend to ignore it, and are just overwhelmed by the weight reducing effects of Hoodia and the fact that it is in such high fashion today.
You take Hoodia and you fall in the same line with Britney Spears! But let me tell you, Hoodia does have side effects. The most common is a sticky, dry mouth, followed by some suspected damage to liver in the long run and lastly, the risk of seriously depriving the body of energy. These side effects are due to some of its constituents, which are difficult to remove while processing. Still, since Hoodia products are herbal and most of its preparations do not contain harmful synthetic chemicals or stimulants, they are safer than most of the weight loss drugs available in the market that put stress on the heart and metabolism.
Conclusion: Hoodia Gordonii may be one of the most effective natural products for weight loss, but it is not totally safe. So, indiscriminate and very long-term use should be avoided. Furthermore, one should not depend completely on Hoodia for losing weight; rather, you should use them in accordance with daily exercise and workouts. So, use Hoodia with caution and only when you truly feel that you need it!
