Hoodia on Ebay...The Good the Bad and the Down Right Ugly



Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2006

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One of the many places you can get a "deal" on Hoodia today is Ebay. What kind of a deal is the question.

If you want to see the full spectrum of what Hoodia marketing madness is all about, all you have to do is read though a half dozen of the listings for the Hoodia products on Ebay. There is virtually every "con" in the book represented there. There are also some legitimately good deals, and even some exceptional products on Ebay. You just might have to read though a plethora of nonsense to find them. These are some "tip offs" that can save you a lot of time sifting though the 1400 listings you will find on any given day.

One of the more obvious bad deals on Ebay, is the guy selling one of the 20:1 "extracts" and misleading the already confused and ill informed consumer, with claims that the product is 20 times MORE potent than it is. These products are often very low dosage but claim to have large amounts of pure Hoodia per tablet. The manufacturer will advertise that their product is 1200 mgs strong when the label's fine print reads, 60 mgs 20:1 extract. They use the 20:1 ratio to rationalize to the consumer that there is a reason they should believe the product might have 1200 mgs, when it has but 60 mgs. It isn't a hard "sell", as the consumer already wishes he could get 1200 mgs of pure Hoodia for the cheap price of a 60 mg extract.

A brand called Dytrexil is guilty of this, as is a product called Hoodia Elite 2000. The name alone is misleading. Anyone would assume that a product with "2000" in the name, would have 2000 mgs of Hoodia in it. Even though it has only 100 mgs of extract per tablet, and the recommended use is 1 per day, (which is not enough to suppress the appetite of a mouse) they are selling this to uninformed consumers. Believe it or not these are big sellers on Ebay.

Another obvious bad deal, it the "per serving" game. This is the one where you supposedly a great big hefty dose (1200 mgs) of Hoodia. You order thinking that your getting a great deal. You get your Hoodia in the mail, only to find out, that to get that 1200 mgs, you need to take 6 capsules "per serving". As the bottle contains 60 capsules, you have just 10 "servings". This is common, especially when the Ebay listing doesn't state clearly how many caps or tablets make up a "serving". If there is no clear statement of this, you should email the seller or skip it all together. Large doses (1000 +) are obtained with multiple caps or tablets.

Then there is the Hoodia Patch. Can a patch that claims to have but 500 mgs of Hoodia Gordonii (the technology for transdermal delivery of ingredients is expensive) really work. The oral dosage of Hoodia is upwards of 750 mgs per day. Usually, the average is 1500 mgs spaced out over the day in divided doses. The effectiveness of these patches is questionable at best. The San Tribes of South African did not use "patches" I assure you. They used the Hoodia plant as a food stuff.

Ah yes, we can't overlook the "whole plant" deception. Many manufacturers proudly advertise that their products contain 100% WHOLE Hoodia plant . Well, this sounds good to the uniformed consumer. Whole is usually a good thing, except when you are talking about Hoodia gordonii supplements. The outer skin, spines, flowers, roots and a lot of excess water do NOT contain any P57, and therefore should be removed before drying and manufacturing into supplements for the highest quality and potentcy. The inner "core" or heart of the stems is the only part that contains active ingredients.

It can take up to 20 lbs of raw whole Hoodia to make 1 lb of dried Hoodia "core" powder. This process is best referred to as concentration. The existence of true extracts is questionable as Phytopharm Pharmaceuticals hold the patent on the extract. The supplement that is closest to the way the San Tribe used it, is one made from the "core" of the aerial parts. They peeled the Hoodia stems and ate only the heart of the plant. So, look for a product that is dried, powdered Hoodia "core". There is at least one product on Ebay, also sold on the internet, that fits this description. Hoodia Diet Sense is one of the best deals on Ebay. Reasonalbly priced and marketed by a reputable company, Advanced Dietary Formulas. The website is www.hoodia-gordonii-750.com. Or search for it by name on Ebay.

What is hard to understand, is that there is plenty of reliable information about Hoodia, on the internet now. There is also plenty of warnings about the Hoodia scams. What's bad is, the consumers, are sometimes paying MORE for the worthless products than real dried Hoodia "core" powder products. How is it, that there are people willing to spend their money on these worthless products. It must be, that there still needs to be more consumer education done. Happy Bidding!!!

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» left by jim from san diego 5 years 157 days ago.
what about buying live hoodia gordonii plants to grow or use for consumption to suppress my appetite
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