Effectiveness of Hoodia
Gordonii
If you look around the Internet for info about the effectiveness of hoodia gordonii, you'll see sellers of the product all claiming its the next anti-obesity wonder.
And they may turn out to be right in the end.
But it's important to know that a great deal of what you are reading comes down to premature hype so far.
Stated differently, although there is some promising initial research on the appetite blunting effects of hoodia gordonii, a lot of what's out there is based on anecdotal evidence.
Not that there's anything wrong with anecdotal evidence per se; it's just that it's not considered scientific evidence.
For example, a lot of the current fervor for hoodia gordonii was generated by some big news stories done on this plant.
In one example, a BBC correspondent named Tom Mangold reported that:
"The plant is said to have a feel-good almost aphrodisiac quality, and I have to say, we felt good.
But more significantly, we did not even think about food. Our brains really were telling us we were full. It was a magnificent deception.
Dinner time came and went. We reached our hotel at about midnight and went to bed without food. And the next day, neither of us wanted nor ate breakfast.
I ate lunch but without appetite and very little pleasure. Partial then full appetite returned slowly after 24 hours."
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That's all great, but it's only anecdotal evidence.
Leslie Stahl a reporter from 60 minutes also made some comments after she ate the effective part of hoodia gordonii.
Stahl says she lost her appetite for the day. She also reported no bad side effects. She remarked: "I'd have to say it did work."
Again, anecodotal, but these kinds of comments have caused a huge surge in demand for hoodia gordonii products.
The Effective part of the plant Hoodia Gordonii
The effective part of the plant hoodia gordonii is something called p57. A pharmaceutical company called Phytopharm has the patent rights to p57. P57 the active molecule in the plant that is responsible for its appetite and thirst suppressing effects.
A clinical trial with humans has already been carried out concerning the effectiveness of hoodia gordonii, which proved to be extremely successful in reducing the number of calories the people using it in the study consumed. In this study, the participants using p57 experienced a reduction in appetite by an average of 1,000 calories per day!
However, more studies need to be conducted.
It's important to understand that because the non Phytopharm hoodia gordonii products on the market do not have to undergo this testing to sell their products, they cannot claim their products have anti-obesity effects.
But, presumably, as long as a product contains the effective part of hoodia gordonii -- meaning p57 -- then it theoretically should work.
Stated differently, even though Phytopharm has exclusive rights to isolate and purify p57 and create products from it, it may very well be the case that any supplement selling real hoodia gordonii may also contain p57 in it because the products are supposed to be made from ground up hoodia gordonii.
So, as we see it here at Hoodia Gordonii Central, you can either wait for Phytopharm's version of their products to be released -- or stick to only purchasing a hoodia gordonii supplement that displays certification it was made from authetic South African hoodia gordonii.
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