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The Mediterranean Diet Recipies:wilted spinach salad with warm feta dressing

2008-09-30T09:57:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
- 1 9-ounce bag fresh spinach leaves
- 5 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 medium red onion, halved, cut into 1/3-inch-thick wedges with some core attached
- 1 7-ounce package feta cheese, coarsely crumbled
- 2 tablespoons Sherry wine vinegar
Preparation:Place spinach in large bowl. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add onion; sauté until brown and softened, about 7 minutes. Transfer to bowl with spinach; remove skillet from heat. Add remaining 3 tablespoons oil and cheese to skillet. Stir to melt cheese slightly, about 1 minute. Stir in vinegar. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour over spinach; toss to coat and wilt slightly.

Lose weight in a healthy way

2008-08-13T08:50:00.000-07:00

More than 108 million Americans were overweight or obese in 2006. Many people underestimate the 21st center disease. The scientists predict that the obesity will reach epidemic levels by the year 2025. Why do we underestimate this condition? It is said that obesity is not an illness but the obesity is known as a cause for many diseases - heart diseases, stroke, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, hypertension. These are only the diseases which can cause death or seriously endanger your health. The obesity has bad effects to the whole body - every system in the body is put under great pressure.

Losing weight helps to prevent and control diseases. But the quick weight loss methods which are very widespread in our days do not provide long term results. And in some cases can harm your health and cause eating disorders (such as anorexia and bulimia). The best way to lose weight in a healthy way is to rely on a natural methods, which will give you lifetime results.

First set realistic goals and don't expect to lose pounds in seconds. In the long run, it is virtually impossible for you to lose 40 pounds in 2 weeks. If you want to stay healthy for the rest of your life don't lose rapid weight. Your slogan in the fight with unnecessary pounds - must be Gradually, Constantly, Strictly and Correctly. Keep this principles in your mind.

Here are some advises:
1. Do not starve yourself
The starving like obesity is unhealthy. DO NOT DO IT. You won't lose your unwanted flabs on your belly and thighs by skipping meals. The insufficiency in food will make you sleepy, nervous and very tired. The food is your body fuel. Plan your meals around lots of vegetables and fruits. For carbo (but be careful and don't go too far with them in your diet) eat diet bread, brown rice, pasta. For proteins you can eat lean meat (chicken, turkey and fish) and protein rich vegetables.
2. Start your day with breakfast
It is said that the breakfast is the most important meal of the day. The breakfast in the morning will make you feel full of energy and not starving. Your breakfast food will be used to burn through the whole day. You must remember that eating in the morning increase your metabolism and make calories burn faster.
3. Eat frequently (3-6 times daily) but in small quantities
This type of eating can give you a good control on your eating habits. Five small-serving snacks per day is better than three big meals. Small quantities of food prevent your stomach from distention.
4. Drink a lot of water
Keep your body hydrated and healthy. Your body needs a big quantities of water to burn fat. It's essential to drink water when you make physical exercises.
5. Avoid the sugar and its components (especially white sugar-use brown)
Instead of sugar desserts use fruits. Sweets, sodas and pastries should be once-in-a-while indulgences only.
6 Watch your fat intake
Fat is often said as the main culprit to being overweight. It is true that there is bad fats and good fats (such as virgin oils, peanuts and conola oil). The good fats must be an important component in your healthy diet. Tuna, salmon and mackerel have omega-3 fats which is good for the heart.
7. The fast foods
Stop fast food eating and especially fried food. The fast food meal is unnatural, full of chemical compounds, cooked in an unhealthy way food. Once a week after your training you can go and take only your favorite meal. But be cautious this must happen only once a week.
8. Exercise
The exercises are very important part of every healthy weight loss program. If you are too lazy to go to gym, you can stop using your car for not long distances, take the stairs instead of the elevator, jog, cycle or swim.
9 The supplements
The majority of supplements are made of artificial chemical compounds, which will give you fast results for a short time. They can be also dangerous for your life. We give you a natural product which will suppress your appetite. It is made from a Kalaghari plant - Hoodia and is used of bushmen in the dessert to suppress their hunger. If you want you can order Hoodia from Order Here.

It doesn't matter how much weight you plan or need to lose. What is important is to put realistic goals and to follow them.
Eat healthy, drink lots of water, have enough sleep, exercise, and use natural supplements.

The Mediterranean Diet Recipies:lamb sausage patties with fresh mint, feta, and garlic

2008-07-21T07:30:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 pounds ground lamb shoulder
- 2 large garlic cloves, pressed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt
- 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Preparation:Place lamb in large bowl. Sprinkle garlic and salt over. Gently toss lamb to blend. Combine feta and mint in small bowl.Divide lamb into 12 equal mounds. Using damp hands, shape each into ball. Working with 1 ball at a time, poke thumb into center to make hole. Press 1 teaspoon feta-mint filling into hole. Pinch hole closed, then press ball between palms to flatten into 3/4-inch-thick disk. Repeat with remaining lamb and feta-mint filling. Preheat oven to 250°F. Heat olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Working in 2 batches, cook lamb sausages until browned on both sides and cooked to desired doneness, about 3 minutes per side for medium. Transfer sausages to rimmed baking sheet and place in oven to keep warm. Serve hot.

The Mediterranean Diet

2008-07-15T07:18:00.001-07:00

The emphasis of Mediterranean diet is on low-calorie, high-fiber foods and healthy fats. It is believed that this style of eating can reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, and many other chronic illnesses. This diet will help you to lose weight and maintain it. The Mediterranean diet recommends a glass of wine a day. There are many studies of the health benefits of drinking red wine in moderation. The wine is used against heart problems and high pressure. We advise you to start exercising. Exercise may reduce the risk of heart disease, reduce blood cholesterol as well as help fight depression. Dairy is not as big a part of the Mediterranean diet - the Mediterranean diet recommends 2 servings per day of dairy foods. Eggs are consumed moderately in the Mediterranean diet. It is recommended to have up to 4 eggs per week. The Mediterranean diet leans heavily towards a vegetarian diet. While the majority of foods are plant-based, it still incorporates animal proteins, just in smaller amounts than we are usually accustomed to(one large or two small servings per week). Grains and legumes are at the bottom of the Mediterranean food pyramid. Eight or more servings of whole-grain breads, pastas, rice, and cereals are suggested.Grains and legumes are high in fiber, which help you work towards your weight loss goals. Fiber also has been shown to help prevent different cancers, stabilize blood sugar, and improve cholesterol levels. Beans, peas and lentils are all low in calories and high in protein. The Mediterranean Diet suggests that you eat an abundance of fruits and vegetables--up to 10 servings a day. Fruits and vegetables are high in nutrition and provide antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Another benefit--particularly for weight loss--is that they are low in calories and high in fiber and water content which helps you feel full. There's quite a bit of research indicating that a diet rich in monounsaturated fats can support weight loss, prevent the accumulation of belly fat, and lower your risk of heart disease and other chronic diseases. The Mediterranean Diet is a great example of this principle in action because olive oil, which is very high in monounsaturated fat, is the primary source of fat. Use olive oil in cooking, salad dressings or to dip whole grain bread in. Look for "virgin" or "extra virgin" oils since they are less processed and preserve more of the valuable phenolic compounds. Other sources of fat in the Mediterranean Diet include nuts and seeds. Look for raw or natural nuts and avoid ones that are roasted or heavily salted.

Sampling the Kalahari Hoodia diet

2008-07-11T03:22:00.000-07:00

Imagine this: an organic pill that kills the appetite and attacks obesity.

It has no known side-effects, and contains a molecule that fools your brain into believing you are full.

Deep inside the African Kalahari desert, grows an ugly cactus-like plant called the Hoodia. It thrives in extremely high temperatures, and takes years to mature.

The San Bushmen of the Kalahari, one of the world's oldest and most primitive tribes, had been eating the Hoodia for thousands of years, to stave off hunger during long hunting trips.

When South African scientists were routinely testing it, they discovered the plant contained a previously unknown molecule, which has since been christened P 57.

The license was sold to a Cambridgeshire bio-pharmaceutical company, Phytopharm, who in turn sold the development and marketing rights to the giant Pfizer Corporation.

Fortune cactus
When I travelled to the Kalahari, I met families of the San bushmen.

It is a sad, impoverished and displaced tribe, still unaware they are sitting on top of a goldmine.

But if the Hoodia works, the 100,000 San strung along the edge of the Kalahari will become overnight millionaires on royalties negotiated by their South African lawyer Roger Chennells.

And they will need all the help they can to secure the money.

Currently, many bushmen smoke large quantities of marijuana, suffer from alcoholism, and have neither possessions nor any sense of the value of money.

The truth is no-one has fully grasped what the magic molecule means for their counterparts in the developed world.

Blood sugar

According to the British Heart Foundation 17% of men and 21% of women are obese, while 46% of men and 32% of women are overweight.

So the drug's marketing potential speaks for itself.

Phytopharm's Dr Richard Dixey explained how P.57 actually works:

"There is a part of your brain, the hypothalamus. Within that mid-brain there are nerve cells that sense glucose sugar.

"When you eat, blood sugar goes up because of the food, these cells start firing and now you are full.

"What the Hoodia seems to contain is a molecule that is about 10,000 times as active as glucose.

"It goes to the mid-brain and actually makes those nerve cells fire as if you were full. But you have not eaten. Nor do you want to."

Clinical trials

Dixey organised the first animal trials for Hoodia. Rats, a species that will eat literally anything, stopped eating completely.

When the first human clinical trial was conducted, a morbidly obese group of people were placed in a "phase 1 unit", a place as close to prison as it gets.

All the volunteers could do all day was read papers, watch television, and eat.

Half were given Hoodia, half placebo. Fifteen days later, the Hoodia group had reduced their calorie intake by 1000 a day.

It was a stunning success.

The cactus test

In order to see for ourselves, we drove into the desert, four hours north of Capetown in search of the cactus.

Once there, we found an unattractive plant which sprouts about 10 tentacles, and is the size of a long cucumber.

Each tentacle is covered in spikes which need to be carefully peeled.

Inside is a slightly unpleasant-tasting, fleshy plant.

At about 1800hrs I ate about half a banana size - and later so did my cameraman.

Soon after, we began the four hour drive back to Capetown.

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.

The future

Mr Chennells is ecstatic:

"The San will finally throw off thousands of years of oppression, poverty, social isolation and discrimination.

"We will create trust funds with their Hoodia royalties and the children will join South Africa's middle classes in our lifetime.

"I envisage Hoodia cafes in London and New York, salads will be served and the Hoodia cut like cucumber on to the salad.

"It will need flavouring to counter its unpleasant taste, but if it has no side effects and no cumulative side-effects."

Unfortunately for the overweight, Hoodia will not be around for several years, the clinical trials still have several years to run.

Do not travel to the Kalahari to steal the plant as it is hard to find and illegal to export.

And beware internet sites offering Hoodia "pills" from the US as we tested the leading brand and discovered it has no discernible Hoodia in it.

So just be patient. Help is at hand.

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Can a cactus plant be a magic bullet for dieters?

2008-07-11T03:17:00.000-07:00

Prickly bush in the Kalahari Desert could be key to weight-loss success

Could a plant from South Africa be the weight-loss secret that could help millions of overweight Americans slim down? NBC News correspondent Janet Shamlian talks about the possible magic pill we've all been waiting for.

It's the look everyone wants — a body to diet for. They're on the beaches, in magazines and all over Hollywood. How far will we go to get one? How about thousands of miles and deep into a distant culture? South Africa’s Kalahari Desert is home to what could be the answer to an appetite.

It's a cactus called hoodia. “You strip off the skin, you strip off the spines, and then you consume it,” says weight loss expert Madelyn Fernstrom.

Eat it and you won't want to eat anything else — a secret bushmen have known for ages and a mystery to the West no more.

“Hoodia's actually one of our top selling diet products,” says Anthony Paulmeno of General Nutrition Center.

Nutrition stores are packed with products. But this isn't the fresh plant said to work wonders. It's the dried, powdered and — some say — less effective version.

One of the issues for dieters is that there are so many products with the label hoodia on them, it's hard to know the difference between them, or if they work at all.

“Today” show staffer Jayme Anker is giving it a shot and hoping it suppresses her appetite.

“I am obsessed with it,” says Anker.

Having endured weight loss camp as a child, at 26 she's still waging the war and hoping hoodia will be the weapon that works. “What’s the worst that's going to happen to me?” she says.

It’s an important question. Store brands are not inspected or regulated, and their exact contents are unknown.

Texan Walter Parks bought his bottle on the Internet. “I would say yes, that it is the magic bullet plant,” Parks say. But there are no human studies to prove that.

Fernstrom says, “It's important to say this does need more research.”

But dieters are hopeful a hunger-busting plant will deliver one of those glorious, how-did-they-get-it bodies that are seemingly everywhere — except in the mirror.

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African Plant May Help Fight Fat

2008-07-11T03:09:00.000-07:00

Lesley Stahl Reports On Newest Weapon In War On Obesity

(CBS) Each year, people spend more than $40 billion on products designed to help them slim down. None of them seem to be working very well.

Now along comes hoodia. Never heard of it? Soon it'll be tripping off your tongue, because hoodia is a natural substance that literally takes your appetite away.

It's very different from diet stimulants like Ephedra and Phenfen that are now banned because of dangerous side effects. Hoodia doesn't stimulate at all. Scientists say it fools the brain by making you think you’re full, even if you've eaten just a morsel. Correspondent Lesley Stahl reports.

Hoodia is a bitter-tasting cactus-like plant. 60 Minutes was told that if it wanted to try hoodia, it would have to go to Africa. Why? Because the only place in the world where hoodia grows wild is in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa.

Nigel Crawhall, a linguist and interpreter, hired an experienced tracker named Toppies Kruiper, a local aboriginal Bushman, to help find it. The Bushmen were featured in the movie “The Gods Must Be Crazy.”

Kruiper led 60 Minutes crews out into the desert. Stahl asked him if he ate hoodia. "I really like to eat them when the new rains have come," says Kruiper, speaking through the interpreter. "Then they're really quite delicious."

When we located the plant, Kruiper cut off a stalk that looked like a small spiky pickle, and removed the sharp spines. In the interest of science, Stahl ate it. She described the taste as "a little cucumbery in texture, but not bad."

So how did it work? Stahl says she had no after effects - no funny taste in her mouth, no queasy stomach, and no racing heart. She also wasn't hungry all day, even when she would normally have a pang around mealtime. And, she also had no desire to eat or drink the entire day. "I'd have to say it did work," says Stahl.

Although the West is just discovering hoodia, the Bushmen of the Kalahari have been eating it for a very long time. After all, they have been living off the land in southern Africa for more than 100,000 years.

Some of the Bushmen, like Anna Swartz, still live in old traditional huts, and cook so-called Bush food gathered from the desert the old-fashioned way.

The first scientific investigation of the plant was conducted at South Africa’s national laboratory. Because Bushmen were known to eat hoodia, it was included in a study of indigenous foods.

"What they found was when they fed it to animals, the animals ate it and lost weight," says Dr. Richard Dixey, who heads an English pharmaceutical company called Phytopharm that is trying to develop weight-loss products based on hoodia.

Was hoodia's potential application as an appetite suppressant immediately obvious?

"No, it took them a long time. In fact, the original research was done in the mid 1960s," says Dixey.

It took the South African national laboratory 30 years to isolate and identify the specific appetite-suppressing ingredient in hoodia. When they found it, they applied for a patent and licensed it to Phytopharm.

Phytopharm has spent more than $20 million so far on research, including clinical trials with obese volunteers that have yielded promising results. Subjects given hoodia ended up eating about 1,000 calories a day less than those in the control group. To put that in perspective, the average American man consumes about 2,600 calories a day; a woman about 1,900.

"If you take this compound every day, your wish to eat goes down. And we've seen that very, very dramatically," says Dixey.

But why do you need a patent for a plant? "The patent is on the application of the plant as a weight-loss material. And, of course, the active compounds within the plant. It’s not on the plant itself," says Dixey.

So no one else can use hoodia for weight loss? "As a weight-management product without infringing the patent, that’s correct," says Dixey.

But what does that say about all these weight-loss products that claim to have hoodia in it? Trimspa says its X32 pills contain 75 mg of hoodia. The company is pushing its product with an ad campaign featuring Anna Nicole Smith, even though the FDA has notified Trimspa that it hasn’t demonstrated that the product is safe.

Some companies have even used the results of Phytopharm’s clinical tests to market their products.

"This is just straightforward theft. That’s what it is. People are stealing data, which they haven’t done, they’ve got no proper understanding of, and sticking on the bottle," says Dixey. "When we have assayed these materials, they contain between 0.1 and 0.01 percent of the active ingredient claimed. But they use the term hoodia on the bottle, of course, so they -- does nothing at all."

But Dixey isn’t the only one who’s felt ripped off. The Bushmen first heard the news about the patent when Phytopharm put out a press release. Roger Chennells, a lawyer in South Africa who represents the Bushmen, who are also called “the San,” was appalled.

"The San did not even know about it," says Chennells. "They had given the information that led directly toward the patent."

The taking of traditional knowledge without compensation is called “bio-piracy.”

"You have said, and I'm going to quote you, 'that the San felt as if someone had stolen the family silver,'" says Stahl to Chennells. "So what did you do?"

"I wouldn't want to go into some of the details as to what kind of letters were written or what kind of threats were made," says Chennells. "We engaged them. They had done something wrong, and we wanted them to acknowledge it."

Chennells was determined to help the Bushmen who, he says, have been exploited for centuries. First they were pushed aside by black tribes. Then, when white colonists arrived, they were nearly annihilated.

"About the turn of the century, there were still hunting parties in Namibia and in South Africa that allowed farmers to go and kill Bushmen," says Chennells. "It's well documented."

The Bushmen are still stigmatized in South Africa, and plagued with high unemployment, little education, and lots of alcoholism. And now, it seemed they were about to be cut out of a potential windfall from hoodia. So Chennells threatened to sue the national lab on their behalf.

"We knew that if it was successful, many, many millions of dollars would be coming towards the San," says Chennells. "Many, many millions. They've talked about the market being hundreds and hundreds of millions in America."

In the end, a settlement was reached. The Bushmen will get a percentage of the profits -- if there are profits. But that’s a big if.

The future of hoodia is not yet a sure thing. The project hit a major snag last year. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which had teamed up with Phytopharm, and funded much of the research, dropped out when making a pill out of the active ingredient seemed beyond reach.

Dixey says it can be made synthetically: "We've made milligrams of it. But it's very expensive. It's not possible to make it synthetically in what’s called a scaleable process. So we couldn’t make a metric ton of it or something that is the sort of quantity you’d need to actually start doing something about obesity in thousands of people."

Phytopharm decided to market hoodia in its natural form, in diet shakes and bars. That meant it needed the hoodia plant itself.

But given the obesity epidemic in the United States, it became obvious that what was needed was a lot of hoodia - much more than was growing in the wild in the Kalahari. And so they came here.

60 Minutes visited one of Phytopharm’s hoodia plantations in South Africa. They’ll need a lot of these plantations to meet the expected demand.

Agronomist Simon MacWilliam has a tall order: grow a billion portions a year of hoodia, within just a couple of years. He admitted that starting up the plantation has been quite a challenge.

"The problem is we’re dealing with a novel crop. It’s a plant we’ve taken out of the wild and we’re starting to grow it,' says MacWilliam. "So we have no experience. So it’s different- diseases and pests which we have to deal with."

How confident are they that they will be able to grow enough? "We're very confident of that," he says. "We've got an expansion program which is going to be 100s of acres. And we'll be able - ready to meet the demand.

This could be huge, given the obesity epidemic. Phytopharm says it’s about to announce marketing plans that will have meal-replacement hoodia products on supermarket shelves by 2008.

MacWilliam says these products are a slightly different species from the hoodia Stahl tasted in the Kalahari Desert. "It's actually a lot more bitter than the plant that you tasted," says MacWilliam.

The advantage is this species of hoodia will grow a lot faster. But more bitter? How bad could it be? Stahl decided to find out. "Not good," she says.

Phytopharm says that when its product gets to market, it will be certified safe and effective. They also promise that it’ll taste good.
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Does Hoodia have Aphrodisiac Capabilities?

2008-07-11T03:08:00.000-07:00

Some folklore observations on the effects of Hoodia gordonii have been somewhat ignored by scientists. The San Bushmen in South Africa reported that Hoodia gordonii might have aphrodisiac and even other pleasurable effects. In recent scientific studies, it has been demonstrated that the human brain produces and/or metabolizes plant compounds. This is fascinating work, which supports many beliefs in regards to natural medicine. It seems clear that the evolution of humankind in association with the plant kingdom must have influenced our complicated body chemistry, over a period of many thousands of years.

Why Pure Hoodia?

2008-07-11T03:06:00.000-07:00

Well, for one there is no reason to doubt the sincerity of the wonderfully lean and fit Bushmen of the Kalahari. What they say about the capability of Hoodia is clearly factual. Their long history involving the use of Hoodia spanning thousands years and many generations not only speaks volumes but serves as illustrious proof of the real benefits of Hoodia. Then, as luck would have it, Hoodia is able to go to the heart of obesity crises. Because by comparison to the small handful of genetically related cases, the vast majority are due to overeating and food addiction. Plus, to the delight of the skeptics pure Hoodia has shown to be a natural remedy capable of controlling caloric intake better than the dangerous artificial drugs of the past.

Hoodia gordonii has been used for centuries by the San bushmen of South Africa. These people may have, at times, consumed Hoodia on a regular basis. The San are known to have chewed on the plant during times of food scarcity, in order to alleviate hunger and thirst.

Hoodia gordonii was found by bushmen to be particularly valuable for use during arduous hunting expeditions in the Kalahari desert. The Kalahari desert is a principle home for the San bushmen and it is a prime location for the growth of the succulent plant, Hoodia gordonii. The power of this succulent plant, known to the San as !khoba (Hoodia) is going to be a continuing focus of international attention in the fight against the global pandemic of obesity. The world has finally listened to the San people.

The Science of Hoodia

2008-07-11T03:00:00.000-07:00

Government researchers in South Africa have focused on compounds called sterol glycosides, present in Hoodia gordonii. Hoodia gordonii whole powder contains fiber, organic material, antioxidants, and biologically active substances. The pharmaceutical industry has been so impressed by research findings with Hoodia gordonii that there have been multi-million dollar deals to try to make drugs or food additives from constituents of Hoodia gordonii. Making a drug from Hoodia is not consistent with its traditional use as an appetite suppressant by native South Africans. The consumption of Hoodia gordonii over thousands of years by the San bushmen creates a great precedent for the safety of the Hoodia plant, but it does not create precedence for the safety or effectiveness of a “drug derivative”. Hoodia does not contain dangerous stimulant molecules, but it does contain substances that may mimic the effects of glucose on nerve cells in the brain. Controlled clinical and laboratory experiments show much promise of Hoodia for weight control. Some experiments have shown that obese people taking Hoodia have reduced their calorie intake by an amazing amount of one thousand calories per day.

Hoodia Ingredients

2008-06-28T11:51:00.000-07:00

Government researchers in South Africa have focused on compounds called sterol glycosides, present in Hoodia gordonii. Hoodia gordonii whole powder contains fiber, organic material, antioxidants, and biologically active substances. The pharmaceutical industry has been so impressed by research findings with Hoodia gordonii that there have been multi-million dollar deals to try to make drugs or food additives from constituents of Hoodia gordonii. Making a drug from Hoodia is not consistent with its traditional use as an appetite suppressant by native South Africans. The consumption of Hoodia gordonii over thousands of years by the San bushmen creates a great precedent for the safety of the Hoodia plant, but it does not create precedence for the safety or effectiveness of a “drug derivative”. Hoodia does not contain dangerous stimulant molecules, but it does contain substances that may mimic the effects of glucose on nerve cells in the brain. Controlled clinical and laboratory experiments show much promise of Hoodia for weight control. Some experiments have shown that obese people taking Hoodia have reduced their calorie intake by an amazing amount of one thousand calories per day.

* Pure Hoodia contains variable amounts of fiber, organic material, antioxidants and biologically active substances called sterol glycosides.

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Customers say:Laura Thomas, Alaska, USA

2008-06-28T11:43:00.000-07:00

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2008-06-28T11:39:00.000-07:00

Stephanie, 26, from Brownsville says that “It was quite shocking to see how I looked like just last year!! I had forgotten how fat I was, and looking at my own before and after pictures again almost made me cry...but tears of joy this time, as I’m so thankful for how much progress I’ve made.

Now I feel that I’m healthier and much more vibrant than ever. It’s wonderful! I went from a size 14 to a 5. Weight wise I was around 190 lbs when I started and now I am 120 lbs. I’m so crazy about this appetite suppressant. More over it’s absolutely amazing that I can eat whatever I like without bothering about the exercise and other things.

I have so many people ask me what diet I was doing to lose all that weight. They just don’t understand that I’m not on a diet. I have successfully learnt how to suppress my appetite. Today, I feel exceptional because I’ve gained the figure without going through some ridiculous diet plan or following a rigorous exercise pattern.

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Customers say:Jim Creamer, Alabama, USA

2008-06-28T11:34:00.000-07:00

Jims’ story is like so many other middle aged men who lose their control over fast food and exercise after certain age. At 51, Jim finally heard the wake-up call because he had gained too much weight in recent times due to his unhealthy eating habits and lack of exercises. For Jim, the moment of truth came as a shock when his doctor expressed surprise that he was even alive at a recent check-up! He said, “Jim, I guarantee that you're going to have a stroke”. This was shocking news indeed.

Jim began to try out various weight loss supplements but nothing worked in his favor it was then that he came to know about the effective appetite suppressant- Hoodia in the market and then he started using it. His first reaction after using it was reduction in cravings. Now he says that his reduced weight has boosted the morals of many of his friends who were searching for an effective appetite suppressant on the shelf.

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Customers say:Rosanna Carter, Michigan

2008-06-28T11:29:00.000-07:00

As Rosanna hit 40, the thin, slender figure which she flaunted for her entire life quickly packed on an extra 60 pounds. She suffered from severe hunger pangs more which just increased her appetite to eat more and more. As a result her body bloated up and she was driving herself to more and more agony.

Everything changed after she started taking H-oodia pills. In just six months’ time she lost 30 pounds because now her appetite is under check. Now Rosanna is three dress sizes smaller and feels that she has regained her swiftness and youthfulness back.

Rosanna now feels that she doesn’t have to hide behind an over-sized dress. This summer she is excited and says, “I can wear a swimsuit like everyone else and it’s really flattering when I hear people say that I look amazing in my swimsuit.”

Order Now Hoodia - a bottle for $49,00. All Orders are processed and shipped within 24hrs, FEDEX Delivery time is 1 Week world wide.If you try "Hoodia" and do not dramaticly lose weight, or for any reason you are not satisfied, we will be happy to refund you full purchase price. No questions asked!!!We proudly have happy customers in over 150 countries!

Customers say:Roger Hawkins, Florida

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Roger was an avid foodie. His eating habits started to give him nightmares. He had already bought many weight loss supplements, but none of them worked in his favor. He was constantly nagged by his wife over the concern of raising their children alone. She used to fear about the risk of a heart attack and other severe ailments that may affect Roger. Roger began to use Hoodia in October 2007. As Roger says, “It’s not that I was addicted to fast food always; it’s just that I ate healthy food in large quantities. After taking Hoodia, my appetite is under control and I’m also realizing for the first time what its like to feel full without eating much. I have lost 7 pounds in 15 days!”Roger’s success with Hoodia continued and he lost a good 50 pounds in 6 months. It is not only the weight loss and suppressed appetite that have made a difference to Rogers’ life. It is the confidence over his external appearance which has contributed to Rogers’ quality of life. His clothes fit better, and he takes more pride in his appearance.

Roger’s wife, Delna, chips in “I have seen a big difference in Roger and especially in his attitude towards life because he is now more confident about his appearance.”

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F.A.Q's

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What is Hoodia gordonii?
Hoodia gordonii is a succulent which grows in the arid deserts of Kalahari. Hoodia gordonii has been used as appetite suppressant by San Bushmen of Kalahari Desert for around 2500 years to ward of pangs of hunger and thirst during their hunting expeditions.

How does Hoodia works?
Hoodia gordonii gets its appetite suppressant property due to a molecule called p57 which directly acts on the hypothalamus of the brain and tricking it to believe that you have eaten to fullest or to say it makes the brain believe that you are full, thus suppressing your appetite.

Hoodia is often called an easy diet, why is it so?
Easy diet is the term coined by media to describe Hoodia because unlike other diet programs Hoodia helps in your weight loss without any rigorous exercise patterns or die- to- death dieting modules. Hoodia is available to you in an easy to pop pills.

What is the correct dosage of Hoodia pills?
The dosage of Hoodia pills is not the same for everyone because it depends on the person’s size, body weight, and rate of metabolism. However, typically a person can take four to six capsules per day and then they can lower the daily intake to one or two capsules per day depending on their lifestyle and eating habits.

Are there any side effects to using Hoodia pills?
There have been no reported side effects of using Hoodia pills.

Is there any particular time to take Hoodia pills?
As Hoodia pills are formulated with the purest extracts of Hoodia gordonii, so there is no fixed time schedule to take Hoodia pills because it neither makes you feel dozy nor does it generate any chemicals which keep you awake for long time. It just lowers your appetite.

What are the ingredients of Hoodia pills?
Our Hoodia pill is purely formulated using only the Hoodia gordonii herb - 250 mg - no additives or preservatives are added.

Shipping/ Delivery Information

To which places do you ship your products to?
We ship worldwide including Canada, US, Japan, UK and Australia.

How long does it take for my order to get processed?
Once your payment is received, the order is processed and shipped within 24 hours. It may take 3 - 20 days to ship your order depending on your location and the type of shipping you choose.

How will I receive my order?
Your order will come to you in a discreet package which is in a plain brown envelope. No product information is disclosed on the envelope to ensure privacy.

Where do you ship Hoodia pills from?
Our dispatch centers are located internationally for e.g. US, UK, Hong Kong, India, etc. Your consignment is dispatched from our distribution centers closest to your location so that you get your product as fast as possible.

What is your refund policy?
All our products are backed with a 100% money back guarantee. If, in any of the unlikely event, you are unhappy with your purchase or the performance of our products, simply return them within 60 days for a full refund of the product purchase price (excluding shipping fees). Contact our support department if you need to return your order or if there is any problems.

How can I contact you?
You can call us or contact us at our toll free number: 1-800-208-0798 or you may fill the contact form available on our Contact Us page.