In today’s society the obesity is a growing problem which affect more and more people, day by day especially in USA when more then 65% of the people are obese. You can imagine what a huge market is for losing weight methods. On of the most popular drug on this market Hoodia Gordoni, used even by overweight celebrities like Oprah Winfrey.
Hoodia is a plant from the 13 Apocynaceae family and it look like a cactus, grow 1 m high with large flowers and posed strong smell. This plant is protected by law in the Namib desert and south Angola. Still some species can be grown in our gardens.
Phytopharm’s Hodia Gordoni contain a plant extract which suppresses your appetite and slow the process of transforming calories in body fat. There are many studies regarding to this plant and its effect, but the majority of them aren’t published.Sill its appetite suppression effect can be felt without any certified studies. If that’s true anyone can figure how high is the demand that’s why many drugs which claims to contain Hoodia extract may not contain any Hoodia extract at all. In fact a review by Alkemists Pharmaceuticals discovered that 60% of the Hoodia drugs don’t have any Hoodia.
There isn’t any studies which discovered the side effects of this plant. Still we can say, there are some side effects revealed by users feedback like thirst suppression which it seems minor, but the risk of dehydration is major that why it’s recommended to drink 8 glasses of water every day when anyone is taking Hoodia. Studies made by independents on animals revealed that Hoodia don’t have any toxic effects and actually helped the animals to lose weight. This studies are backed by customers feedback and testimonials which made no reference to any side effects still some unsatisfied costumers declared that Hoodia did nothing for them, good or bad. The rest of the customers seems to be satisfied by the extract and declared that it really helped them to lose weight.