Hoodia Gordonii Avoid The Scams

According to recent estimates 60% of the Hoodia diet pills on the market are counterfeit. Genuine Hoodia is still available but you need to be careful when buying it. This article outlines the perils and the ways to avoid them.

So you want to buy Hoodia Gordonii diet pills, where do you start? Many of us will enter the term ‘buy hoodia’ into our favourite search engine. That’s where the problems really begin. If like me you only look at the first 3 or 4 results the choice is reasonable, but if you take into account the whole page, the next page and the ten or so sponsored ads, it becomes a daunting task. Not only is the selection overwhelming how do you know which are real and which are fakes? Well there are some simple ways that you can check.

There are two crucial factors to look for, all Hoodia Gordonii has to be exported from South Africa with a CITES certificate. This is due to its status as an endangered species. The company should be able to email you a copy of this or they may display one on their website. This proves they have bought genuine Hoodia Gordonii, but not what is in the product. The second and probably the most important point is that they should have test results from the lab. Not just results for the raw material but also for the finished product. Now not everyone will have these to hand, some retailers or resellers may not have copies. This doesn’t automatically mean they are con artists, but my advice is if there are no certificates, no offer to show you any documentation then something is amiss,

I have been following the Hoodia Gordonii story for some time now and with interest. I've seen claims the one of the best known brands didn’t contain any detectable hoodia. Also it came to light another big brand had used a masking technique to hide the true identities of its directors. So the story continues. The sad part of all this is that Hoodia Gordonii is one of the most important natural discoveries in a very long time. But of course there is a huge demand for it and it is relatively expensive. These are the factors that have brought us to the current situation.

Buying Hoodia in the UK is a much less problematic business. There are now a number of good UK manufacturers and it is much easier to obtain genuine products. Don’t get me wrong there is still a risk, but it’s much smaller. One of the main areas open to fraud are the ever growing throng of on auctions sites. Someone can buy a cheap imported product, write a compelling description and sell you almost anything. The chances are you won’t have an address or telephone number and the email account will be a generic free type. All of those points are big danger signals. Even some online stores don’t want to show you their real contact details, preferring PO Box numbers or just no detail at all. It is in fact a legal requirement in the UK for the trader to display such information on their website. It has been for a couple of years, so if you can’t find a real street address, a real telephone number or any company details ask yourself why?

I saw an article today by a reliable source, they had weighed the contents of a well know
Hoodia brand. They found the capsules contained 25% less material than the lable stated. That company is now offering a refund to any unhappy consumers. It also turns out this big company have a PO box as their registered address and use free email accounts. All the more reason to do your research.

Finally one of the best ways to get an idea of how a company operates, any company in any business, is to call them. See if they pick up the phone, ask about the product and maybe ask if they have a CITES certificate. If you’re not keen on making a call then an email is sometimes just as good. If you get an obvious automatic response or no answer it’s not a good sign. These are just a few tips to help you make the right choice when buying Hoodia. I hope you find them useful and I’m sure you will find Hoodia to be a valuable tool in your weight loss campaign.