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anyone know anything about hoodia? i bought 30 pills and now reading on the web i'm not sure i want to try them 
i thought "hey it's in walmart, it can't be that bad can it?"  She couldn't stop crying 'cause she knew he was gone to stay | |
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I know they are stem succulents, described as "cactiform" because of their remarkable similarity to the unrelated cactus family. 
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It's an African root, that was used by the Indigenous people used in South Africa on long hunting trips because it suppressed appetite and helped with energy levels.
I can't remember which NEWs show I saw that did a report on it. They sent an reporter to South Africa to track down the tribes that used it, the companies that use it in their products, etc. etc. The conclusion was that it definitely does what its claimed to do. HOWEVER, there is no guarantee that the products that end up on the shelves of stores here stateside have any real hoodia in it, or for that matter, how much of the original plant material is in the products. | |
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emm said: i bought 30 pills and now reading on the web i'm not sure i want to try them
i thought "hey it's in walmart, it can't be that bad can it?" Walmarts also sell cigarettes. Does that make them harmless?  Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian, any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. | |
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Plant extract used as a appetite suppressant used by Africans to curb hunger by sucking on plant leaves.....the extract expands in your stomach giving you a feeling of being full.
This is why all those little African kids walk around with distended bellies. | |
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Plant extract used as a appetite suppressant used by Africans to curb hunger by sucking on plant leaves.....the extract expands in your stomach giving you a feeling of being full.
This is why all those little African kids walk around with distended bellies. | |
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lol i think if you read it supposedly works on the hypothalmus
and not expanding in your tummy  but thanks.
yeah obviously with something unregulated you have no idea what you are ingesting 
and the other thing is that it masks your body's natural glucose regulation and you would have no way of realizing if your sugars dropped dangerously low. why did i do this?
i never buy stuff like this  She couldn't stop crying 'cause she knew he was gone to stay | |
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Imago said: It's an African root, that was used by the Indigenous people used in South Africa on long hunting trips because it suppressed appetite and helped with energy levels.
I can't remember which NEWs show I saw that did a report on it. They sent an reporter to South Africa to track down the tribes that used it, the companies that use it in their products, etc. etc. The conclusion was that it definitely does what its claimed to do. HOWEVER, there is no guarantee that the products that end up on the shelves of stores here stateside have any real hoodia in it, or for that matter, how much of the original plant material is in the products. Dan, stfu. | |
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paintedlady said: Plant extract used as a appetite suppressant used by Africans to curb hunger by sucking on plant leaves.....the extract expands in your stomach giving you a feeling of being full.
This is why all those little African kids walk around with distended bellies.
I think this is a joke
But in case it's not or in case anyone believes this, I believe this the pictures you see of African children with swollen bellies in media is the result of a vitamin deficiency that happens when during starvation and malnutrition. Hoodia does't do that. It does trick the body into thinking that it is full though. But I think it was a chemical process of some kind--I can't remember exactly. | |
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2the9s said: Imago said: It's an African root, that was used by the Indigenous people used in South Africa on long hunting trips because it suppressed appetite and helped with energy levels.
I can't remember which NEWs show I saw that did a report on it. They sent an reporter to South Africa to track down the tribes that used it, the companies that use it in their products, etc. etc. The conclusion was that it definitely does what its claimed to do. HOWEVER, there is no guarantee that the products that end up on the shelves of stores here stateside have any real hoodia in it, or for that matter, how much of the original plant material is in the products. Dan, stfu.  | |
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paintedlady said: Plant extract used as a appetite suppressant used by Africans to curb hunger by sucking on plant leaves.....the extract expands in your stomach giving you a feeling of being full.
This is why all those little African kids walk around with distended bellies. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian, any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. | |
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emm said: lol i think if you read it supposedly works on the hypothalmus
and not expanding in your tummy but thanks.
yeah obviously with something unregulated you have no idea what you are ingesting
and the other thing is that it masks your body's natural glucose regulation and you would have no way of realizing if your sugars dropped dangerously low. why did i do this?
i never buy stuff like this Just let me play OK
I know it doesn't do that.....Betcha won't lose that vision when you take a pill, and besides hoodia only works when sucked on, hoodia isn't effective in pill form, try the lollypops. | |
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Imago said: It's an African root, that was used by the Indigenous people used in South Africa on long hunting trips because it suppressed appetite and helped with energy levels.
I can't remember which NEWs show I saw that did a report on it. They sent an reporter to South Africa to track down the tribes that used it, the companies that use it in their products, etc. etc. The conclusion was that it definitely does what its claimed to do. HOWEVER, there is no guarantee that the products that end up on the shelves of stores here stateside have any real hoodia in it, or for that matter, how much of the original plant material is in the products. Love the avie ...I have one like that ...off to find it  | |
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Imago said: It's an African root, that was used by the Indigenous people used in South Africa on long hunting trips because it suppressed appetite and helped with energy levels.
I can't remember which NEWs show I saw that did a report on it. They sent an reporter to South Africa to track down the tribes that used it, the companies that use it in their products, etc. etc. The conclusion was that it definitely does what its claimed to do. HOWEVER, there is no guarantee that the products that end up on the shelves of stores here stateside have any real hoodia in it, or for that matter, how much of the original plant material is in the products. my dad (the expert  ) told me that all supplements like this have to be totally synthetic in the states - he told me saw palmetto extract from USA had no saw palmetto in it AT ALL. Is that the case? | |
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ZombieKitten said: Imago said: It's an African root, that was used by the Indigenous people used in South Africa on long hunting trips because it suppressed appetite and helped with energy levels.
I can't remember which NEWs show I saw that did a report on it. They sent an reporter to South Africa to track down the tribes that used it, the companies that use it in their products, etc. etc. The conclusion was that it definitely does what its claimed to do. HOWEVER, there is no guarantee that the products that end up on the shelves of stores here stateside have any real hoodia in it, or for that matter, how much of the original plant material is in the products. my dad (the expert ) told me that all supplements like this have to be totally synthetic in the states - he told me saw palmetto extract from USA had no saw palmetto in it AT ALL. Is that the case?It is the case with some brands yes - It is also not the case in whole food stores or homeopathic pharmacys | |
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I know that I watch a cool documentary about it long before it became popular item.
It was about how the pharmacuetical companies were trying to take the rights of owner ship of the plant from a small tribe in africa where it is grown and has been used for ages.  | |
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Ocean said: Imago said: It's an African root, that was used by the Indigenous people used in South Africa on long hunting trips because it suppressed appetite and helped with energy levels.
I can't remember which NEWs show I saw that did a report on it. They sent an reporter to South Africa to track down the tribes that used it, the companies that use it in their products, etc. etc. The conclusion was that it definitely does what its claimed to do. HOWEVER, there is no guarantee that the products that end up on the shelves of stores here stateside have any real hoodia in it, or for that matter, how much of the original plant material is in the products. Love the avie ...I have one like that ...off to find it  | |
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Imago said: It's an African root, that was used by the Indigenous people used in South Africa on long hunting trips because it suppressed appetite and helped with energy levels.
I can't remember which NEWs show I saw that did a report on it. They sent an reporter to South Africa to track down the tribes that used it, the companies that use it in their products, etc. etc. The conclusion was that it definitely does what its claimed to do. HOWEVER, there is no guarantee that the products that end up on the shelves of stores here stateside have any real hoodia in it, or for that matter, how much of the original plant material is in the products. oh, so your saying after a huge legal battle with pharmaceutical companies over who owns the rights to distribute the plant, the African Tribe won, that now pharmaceutical companies are now saying they have doubts if it actually works. wtf? typical of them. | |
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ZombieKitten said: Imago said: It's an African root, that was used by the Indigenous people used in South Africa on long hunting trips because it suppressed appetite and helped with energy levels.
I can't remember which NEWs show I saw that did a report on it. They sent an reporter to South Africa to track down the tribes that used it, the companies that use it in their products, etc. etc. The conclusion was that it definitely does what its claimed to do. HOWEVER, there is no guarantee that the products that end up on the shelves of stores here stateside have any real hoodia in it, or for that matter, how much of the original plant material is in the products. my dad (the expert ) told me that all supplements like this have to be totally synthetic in the states - he told me saw palmetto extract from USA had no saw palmetto in it AT ALL. Is that the case?No it's not the case. The problem in the US is that companies do not need to put their products through rigorous testing and certification if they products are not deemed "drugs". Thus you may get Palmetto in abundant supply in one bottle, and in another, you may get crap. Normally, companies like EAS and a few others do their own testing, etc. etc. because it allows them to charge more than the others for their supplements by providing some type of assurance, though not overwhelmingly assuring , that they're products actually contain what they claim.
It's all about the brand here. | |
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horatio said: Imago said: It's an African root, that was used by the Indigenous people used in South Africa on long hunting trips because it suppressed appetite and helped with energy levels.
I can't remember which NEWs show I saw that did a report on it. They sent an reporter to South Africa to track down the tribes that used it, the companies that use it in their products, etc. etc. The conclusion was that it definitely does what its claimed to do. HOWEVER, there is no guarantee that the products that end up on the shelves of stores here stateside have any real hoodia in it, or for that matter, how much of the original plant material is in the products. oh, so your saying after a huge legal battle with pharmaceutical companies over who owns the rights to distribute the plant, the African Tribe won, that now pharmaceutical companies are now saying they have doubts if it actually works. wtf? typical of them. I don't know if it was the pharmaceutical companies that said it or if I got it from a website. but I do know that the claim is that not all products on shelves here actually have adequate or quality hoodia in them. or something like that. And yeah--typical. | |
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Imago said: ZombieKitten said: my dad (the expert ) told me that all supplements like this have to be totally synthetic in the states - he told me saw palmetto extract from USA had no saw palmetto in it AT ALL. Is that the case?No it's not the case. The problem in the US is that companies do not need to put their products through rigorous testing and certification if they products are not deemed "drugs". Thus you may get Palmetto in abundant supply in one bottle, and in another, you may get crap. Normally, companies like EAS and a few others do their own testing, etc. etc. because it allows them to charge more than the others for their supplements by providing some type of assurance, though not overwhelmingly assuring , that they're products actually contain what they claim.
It's all about the brand here. what about if they are labeled 'organic'? | |
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