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Yes - but if ever there was a case of "buyer beware" - this is it. Again, we will go into more details later, but there are a number of factors which make getting real Kalahari Desert Hoodia difficult.
The first barrier is Phytopharm. You didn't think they were just going away after their deal with Pfizer fell through did you? In December of 2004 Phytopharm found a new partner - Unilever. A nice little company with over $50 Billion in annual sales! The deal calls for Unilever to use the Hoodia Gordonii extract in its consumer products - things like the Slimfast line. First products are slated to be released in 2008. In order to prepare for these products, Phytopharm has been doing deals to lock up a good portion of the Hoodia Gordonii that is available in the Kalahari Desert, leaving only a small amount for anyone else to purchase.
The second barrier is also Phytopharm. Phytopharm has a patent on Hoodia Gordonii for use as a weight loss product. Funny how the Bushmen used Hoodia for thousands of years, now suddenly Phytopharm owns a patent to it. This is a complicated issue we will get into later, but we just wanted to make you aware that technically no one except Phytopharm can sell Hoodia Gordonii as a weight loss product.
The third barrier is good old deceit and greed. With all the media surrounding Hoodia (60 Minutes did a feature piece in Nov 2004) it did not take long for sleazy supplement companies to come out with their "World's Best - As Seen on 60 Minutes - Hoodia Supplements". Each year people spend over $40 billion on products to help them lose weight. Many companies have seen dollar signs flashing in their heads when they read about Hoodia. These companies will throw anything in a capsule, call it 100% Hoodia and sell it cheap. By the time it is tested and found to contain no Hoodia, these companies have gone out of business or changed names.
Source: hoodia-advice.org |
