Hoodia Supreme

Hoodia Supreme is one of the brand names out there and one of the companies mass marketing Hoodia, the new dietary supplement sensation sweeping the market like there is no tomorrow. Hoodia is cactus looking like plant that is indigenous to South Africa and proven to reduce the feeling of hunger that is triggered by the brain. This is almost heaven sent for most dieters as when embarking on a dieting plan, the most common complaint is hunger.

Just this alone sabotages most diets and leaves people feeling inadequate and out of control of their lives. Hoodia research is well documented and has even been picked and investigated by giant pharmaceutical companies such as Phytofarm in Great Britain. Pharmaceutical companies world wide continue to research Hoodia in their efforts to try and form a prescription drug that has the same hunger squashing benefits of Hoodia. If the drug giants are after it, then there must be some merit to this madness.

Hoodia gordonii is a rare succulent African plant and quantities being shipping out the country are protected by the African Government. Those products that are certified by the African government for exportation will have a C.I.T.E.S. stamp of approval on the side of their bottle. This means that those companies working directly with the South African government to import Hoodia gordonii will be privy to this South African stamp.

Unfortunately, Hoodia Supreme shows no such stamp. What is the origin of their Hoodia? Nobody really knows. Is their product effective? Nobody really knows that either. Do they really have South African Hoodia in that bottle? Again, who knows?

Hoodia is a plant that naturally takes a long time to grow. Its hunger squashing biochemical abilities are not prevalent until the plant is about five years old. This is what makes Hoodia a rare plant in South Africa. The therapeutic quality of this plant takes years to materialize. If a company indeed does have the right to manufacture and sell Hoodia products via the South African Government, manufacturing methods must be taken into consideration.

Those manufacturing methods which filter out skin, fiber and roots are regarded to provide a much purer product than those who decide to grind the entire plant into capsules. Does Hoodia Supreme do this? There is nothing on their website or their bottle that indicates the raw purity of the Hoodia they use.

Why the disparity in dietary supplements. That's easy. There is no regulation over dietary supplements in the United States. That means there is no governing body that oversees exactly what a vitamin manufacture puts in their bottles. There is nobody that checks the labels against the ingredients. There is no governing body that regulates the purity of vitamins and other dietary supplements.  The only thing that is regulated by far is that laboratory facilities are clean and follow safe bottling practices. With this in mind, it is difficult to guide others in the purchase of therapeutic and effective dietary supplements, given the rate of deception out there. However, following the guidelines of the South African government, one can ascertain that Hoodia Supreme is not manufactured with the blessings of South Africa.