You just spent a chunk of money on some Hoodia Gordonii, the latest diet craze and you have this nagging thought that your Hoodia Gordonii may be fake. How is a guy off the streets going to know if it is legimate or not? Not everyone has a chemical lab in their basement.
There are a few ways to tell if the product you just purchased is authenticate or not. First, the bottle needs to say that the Hoodia inside is 100% pure Hoodia Gordonii. The bottle will be accompanied with a CITES certificate that authenticates the country of origin as being South Africa.
So far so good. There will also be a lab report from a third party laboratory that will have examined the product for purity. A Lot number on the report will need to correspond to the one on the bottle.
Therefore, do not accept any bottles that list fillers, additives or bulk materials. This is an indication that you have not gotten what you paid for. Examine the certificates to be sure they are clear and legible. Anything else is a forgery or a fake.
Another thing to check is the company itself. If you can not verify the company as legitimate, why would you expect the product to be anything but fake.
Again, most of the fake or non-performing hoodia is those that are not 100% pure. This is a must. While there may be hoodia in those with fillers, the amount that is present will not be enough to suppress your hunger, and you will end up claiming hoodia does not work, when it was only you being scammed. The correct dosage for hoodia has not been firmly determined, each person will need to experiment a bit to find the dosage that works the best for them. With fillers, one will never know how much to take. Take 800 mg with filler, does not work well, do you go for 1000mg? 1500mg? At this point it is not known. Is there a limit that one should stop at? Avoid those products that use fillers so you get the results you paid for, and for possible safety reasons.
Another dead give away is the hoodia patch, hoodia tea, hoodia gum or hoodia shake. Purity, always look for the 100% pure Hoodia Gordonii. And a thirty day supply for $29.95. Hoodia Gordonii is not cheap, so don't think you are getting the real mccoy if it is being sold cheap. The demand for the herb and the fact it takes five or six years for the plant to mature keeps the price high.
Be aware and happy dieting.
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