Hoodia pills AKA: Hoodia Gordonii is a natural succulent like plant that looks like a cactus. It grows in the Kalahari Desert region of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Angola. Hoodia pills are also known as hoodia, hoodia cactus, xhooba, khoba, Ghaap and South African desert cactus. Hoodia plant is difficult to grow. It requires 4-5 years to mature and requires temperatures in the range of 50 C or 122 F. There are about 20 types of hoodia plants, but only the hoodia gordonii is believed to contain the natural appetite suppressant property. It is said that the bushmen used to eat hoodia gorodnii stem to curb their hunger and thirst during their nomadic hunting trips. It is also said that they used it for abdominal cramps, hemorrhoids, tuberculosis, indigestion, hypertension and diabetes.

Hoodia pills are a weight loss supplement that promises to eliminate your desire to eat. This claim was backed up by a 60 minuets reporter who did a story about hoodia pills and made the statement that after trying the diet pill his appetite was gone.

With millions of overweight people jumping from one diet fad to the next the thought of taking a pill to curb cravings might sound like a dream come true, but is there any truth to this Hoodia hype? While Hoodia has been proven to stop you from wanting to eat there are literally hundreds of products claiming to contain this latest magic bullet in the battle against obesity. This might not mean much until you realize just how scarce Hoodia is. Consider that Hoodia Gordonii is only grown in certain parts of the desert, and after the recent media exposure there is no way for the supply to meet the demand.

What does this say for all those diet pills claiming to contain Hoodia? Well in means most of them are lying! In fact pure Hoodia is very expensive and hard to get so when you see the newest latest and greatest weight loss pill claiming to support Weight Loss odds are that there are only trace amounts that will have little or no effect. What can you do to make sure your getting the highest quality Hoodia in your weight loss supplements?

Look at the list of ingredients and make sure hoodia pills is the only one listed, and that there is at least 400mg. If it’s $8.00 for a 2 month supply it’s not real hoodia pills. Any diet pill made from 100% pure Hoodia is going to cost about $30-$45 for a month’s supply.

Go to the companies website and see where they’re getting there Weight loss from, look at any research they’ve conducted, and see if they have any certificates to back up their claims.

An average adult needs about 2,200 calories per day. To burn 1 pound (2.2 kg) of body fat, you need to burn 3500 calories. This number of calories can be burnt by doing exercise or by consuming less calories over a period of say 1 week. Then in 1 week you will lose 1 pound of body fat.

Now assuming that by taking the hoodia, you need 1000 fewer calories per day. In 3.5 days you will consume 3500 fewer calories (1 pound fat loss), in 7 days 2 pounds of body fat, that is 8 pounds a month, simply by taking pure hoodia pills! This is a fantastic rate of weight loss.