What is Hoodia?

Hoodia Gordonii is a cactus of the "succulent" cactus family, which has grown for thousands of years in the Kalahari Desert region. Hoodia has been used by the indigenous Bushmen as a natural appetite suppressant and thirst quencher during their long hunting trips for generations.

For many years the diet pill industry has contained all natural and chemical free vitamin supplements. However, as a result of the increasing popularity of the diet pill industry other competitors came on the scene which were not chemical free and had extremely detrimental side effects for people using their products.

Some well-known diet pills have now been banned as a result of their harmful side effects. However, the Hoodia diet pill is not one of these contentious diet pills that have come to the attention of authorities and consumers for the wrong reasons.

Hoodia cactus diet pills came onto the US market in 2004 and has been increasing in popularity ever since. The Hoodia cactus diet pill contains potent, all natural appetite reducing properties that can help many people start to shift their unwanted weight quickly.

Hoodia became even more popular after worldwide coverage on both the ABC News, BBC News and also America's 60 Minutes Program where correspondents trekked to the homeland of the Hoodia cactus diet pill - the South African Kalahari Desert.

The company that actually holds the licence to the Hoodia extraction process, Phytopharm states that people who have taken the Hoodia roots have been able to reduce their calorie intake by as high as 2000 calories daily.

However, it begs the question is Hoodia safe from side effects?

Actually Hoodia products seem to have the endorsement of both BBC and ABC news. Nonetheless, there are fake Hoodia products on the market that actually do not contain ANY Hoodia Gordonii in them and therefore are not really appetite suppressants at all. Some of these fake Hoodia products actually contain harmful chemicals.

It's also interesting to note that any legal Hoodia product will generally only state the name of the product on the package as it is illegal to associate the name of Hoodia with losing weight or appetite suppressant on the package without working in conjunction with Phytopharm who holds the worldwide licence.

If you are looking for genuine Hoodia products then be sure to only purchase real Hoodia supplements from people and organisations that you can trust. If it sounds like a scam it more than likely is.