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As you search the web for information on Hoodia supplements you will find an amazing amount of contradictions. The one thing almost every one agrees on is that Hoodia Gordonii from South Africa is in very limited supply and demand has exceeded supply. Yet, somehow there are websites which have an endless supply of this rare plant and never seem to run out. Then other sites have backorder situations with Hoodia products - why is that?
The reason is simple and alarming - if a web site has an endless supply of Hoodia, you can be confident they are not selling pure Hoodia Gordonii from South Africa. Every site that sells Hoodia knows how high demand is and tries to buy as much Hoodia from South Africa as they can. When Hoodia goes out of stock at a legitimate site the issue is not poor planning or lack of desire to stock a large inventory. The problem is Hoodia is a protected plant under CITES and thus you can only export a small amount of Hoodia from South Africa.
The government of South Africa controls how much Hoodia is exported (thus protecting the almost endangered plant) by limiting the amount any company can export on their CITES permit. Look at any of the CITES permits online and you will see the quantity is usually between 100 and 300kg of Hoodia Gordonii. We are not talking 5,000kg at a time - the government of South Africa will not allow this. So, every company is only allowed a relatively small amount of Hoodia exported each month.
All of the above leads to the following trends in the industry:
Web sites that sell fake hoodia never run out (since they don't actually import from South Africa).
Web sites that sell REAL Hoodia from South Africa sometimes have a backorder situation as they wait for more pure Hoodia Gordonii to be released from South Africa.
When it comes to Hoodia - patience is a virtue
We know that many people are anxious to try Hoodia and want to get it as soon as possible. The problem is many unreputable people know this also - and prey on it! We have seen web sites that lie, confuse and distort the truth so that the consumer is tricked into believing they are selling real Hoodia. Throughout this site we discuss ways to distinguish good Hoodia products from fraudulent ones.
We firmly believe that buying Hoodia should not be based on who can you get the product first. Before you consider a source for Hoodia you want to see:
A CURRENT CITES Permit
3 Passing Alkemists test done on the EXACT LOT# you will be buying
100% Money Back Guarantee
The truth is producing and lab testing a Hoodia product is a timely and expensive process. The reputable Hoodia companies take the time to make sure that the Hoodia they sell is authentic and pure.
Source: hoodia-advice.org |
