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The Hoodia is a diet solution which can come in the form of a pill and has been gaining popularity in the market lately. It is a derivative from the plant Hoodia Gordonii found in South Africa. Its effectiveness as a weight loss solution lies in its ability to suppress the appetite of a person. It makes one lose weight without the feeling of being hungry, simply because the urge is not there. It is said that by using Hoodia, one could achieve adequate weight loss without the need of going to the gym or abstaining from eating favorite dishes. It might the easiest solution to the growing problem of obesity affecting millions of people.

Are these facts or rumors?

Officially, there has only one study on Hoodia has been made which involved only people who were already obese. The results certainly proved promising for the group of obese people but the question still lies in its effectiveness to those who are more or less physically fit than the obese standards. Although this argument makes the scientific studies about Hoodia a bit meager, it does not also prove that the diet pill is ineffective. It did work on a certain group of people, but it still need to be tested to other groups of the population.

Regarding safety issues, so far, there has been intense effort made to prove that Hoodia is a safe diet pill or supplement. But since its existence, there has been no report of side effects felt by the users. Even when it was still used as traditional medicine by African locals, no health related issues endangering lives or causing side effects has ever been heard. It is not fair to safe that it has been proven to be a hundred per cent safe, but it is also not proven to be unsafe.

Unlike Chinese medicinal herbs which have had thousands of years of use to back-up and prove its claims, Hoodia is a more recent herbal remedy even to the African tribesman who used it before it became available to the modern market. The issue of its safety when used by pregnant women is also a gray area up to now which needs to be settled.

So, given the limited facts, the conclusion is that:

• Hoodia do aide in suppressing one's appetite
• Actual dosages of Hoodia needed to suppress one's appetite is much more than the recommended dosage of its manufacturers
• The use of Hoodia does not affect sugar levels and works effective with a balanced carbohydrate diet
• Hoodia is not effective in the suppression of hunger after a heavy work out

Hoodia is a new diet solution which has been used by a lot of people claiming to have had positive results. So far, there have been no reports of incidents which involves Hoodia in terms of health related problems or side effects. The best way to find out might be to try it out on your own.