Here is the reason why.

There are dishonest vendors who will display the lot numbers tested on their website from a lab considered to be very reputable. But, the only way to know that this constitutes irrefutable proof of their hoodia product's strength is if the company permits ongoing, anonymous, and random testing of the actual product that is sold to the consumer. This should be completely verifiable, and also the testing should be done where the vendor doesn't know the exact testing place, where the products are bought from nor when the product was purchased. The results from such testing should be displayed right on the testing laboratorie's websites.

Question # 2: PURITY- Is there an easy way to see if the product is made ONLY from 100% pure South African Hoodia gordonii-with no fillers or additives?

There is a way to determine the purity of the hoodi gordonii. Looking at the label, check under the "Supplement Facts" section on the label. If it declares specifically that there are no additives, this will be apparent by your seeing the word "None" in the "Other Ingredients" section of the label. If there is anything else listed, then it's not pure hoodia.

There is a trick known as the "O.I. (Other Ingredients) trick. Unless the manufacturer lists the other ingredients as "None", then it can list other fillers and additives as "Other Ingredients" and they can legally say that the product's full gross weight as being true Hoodia Gordonii.

The government allows the diet supplement industry the use of "flow agents" to help simplify the process of manufacturing them.

Through the use of magnesium stereate, cellulose, silica, and other similar ingredients, the manufacturers are able to exploit the loophole in the law regarding "other ingredients"- at YOUR expense.

Through the use of the high compression encapsulation techniques on the market these days, it's not necessary for fillers and additives to be added- yet the "lesser" known companies continue to do this, and still be able to call it "pure". Do you want "cheap" lesser potency hoodia, or potent and effective hoodia that's "pure"?

Now you know how to avoid this common "bait and switch" practice that the less than honorable companies use when they give the lab a "souped up" supposedly authentic sample, yet sell you, the consumer, a watered down product.

Question # 3: CORRECT SPECIES- Does the product claim to be Hoodia gordonii of South African origin or just Hoodia? Of the more than 20 varieties of Hoodia known, only the gordonii species from South Africa has been proven to reduce caloric intake in humans. So-called "Chinese" Hoodia, for example, is fake.

Question # 4 ACTIVE PART- "Is the Hoodia I buy made from the biologically active part of the Hoodia gordonii Succulent. Does the vendor use only the peeled stem of the Hoodia gordonii plant?"

Never buy Hoodia gordonii from companies using the "whole plant" or anything other than the peeled stems; such a product would automatically contain at least 50% less of Hoodia gordonii's active constituents necessary for effective appetite suppression.

The P57-active part of Hoodia gordonii-the peeled stem, NOT the bark, NOT the flowers, and NOT the root. This (peeled stem) is the part that is effective for appetite suppression.

Question # 5: POTENCY - Am I sure the Hoodia I buy is of the highest potency possible. Does the company or its farmers patiently cultivate the Hoodia succulents for at least 3-1/2 years before harvesting the stems?

When you get hoodia milled from immature plants, it may test "positive" for Hoodia , but will have insufficient P57 to suppress your appetite. Hoodia loses it's strength when exposed to or dried in open sunlight, in kilns above a certain tempeature, or when milled above certain micron levels.

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