| valleylily
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| Has anyone tried the Hoodia diet pills? What do you think of them? |
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Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:01 am |
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| Jenny233
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| My sister tried one brand and they worked really well for her but my aunt tried another brand and they didn't do anything for her. I don't know if it was the brand/dosage or if it just works for different people. |
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Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:13 pm |
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| Adventure
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valleylily wrote: Has anyone tried the Hoodia diet pills? What do you think of them?
Valleylily,
I have not personal tried Hoodia diet pills, I don't really agree with most "diet suppliments" and I will explain why here briefly.
Personally I feel that if you are looking for an easy little diet enhancer I would suggest drinking about 2-3 cups of green tea a day. Studies have shown that this amount of green tea aids your body in burning up to 80 calories a day without having to raise your heart rate. Green tea also contains a host of other health benefits from cancer prevention to aiding in the release of GH (growth hormone) which is repsonsible for muscle repair and weight loss.
Green tea also contains caffeine, which is essentially what most diet pills are anyways, although not as much as coffee mind you. The presence of caffeine in your system is what aids your body to convert certain types of fat into quick burning energy and therefor creates weight loss (good news for coffee drinkers huh).
Just my two cents.
-Adventure |
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:23 pm |
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| Michell3z
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| In the study, it finds out that the benefits of Hoodia Gordonii was to fools our brain into thinking that you are full, so you eat less. This is also done naturally by convincing the part of the brain that controls your appetite that you have already eaten. |
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:37 am |
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| Adventure
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I did a simple google search, it is early and I have class so I will try and do more later, but I discovered that Pfizer had the rights to Hoodia Gordonii from 1995-2002 and attempted to isolate the "hunger suppressant", p57, but realized that there were certain other chemicals that would lead to unwanted side-effects in the liver and could not easily be isolated and removed from the p57 package.
Most sources I ran into stated that there has been little to no scientific testing on the long or short term effects of hoodia gordonii and therefor not much is truly understood about it.
If I were a betting man I would say it is a safe bet that for now Hoodia would be something to avoid until we have a greater understanding of the actual effects. |
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:25 pm |
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| RedRox
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I didn't think the real stuff was even allowed to be sold or imported into the USA? could be wrong about that, but thought I read that somewhere once.
diet pills and supplements are usually not a good idea regardless of how well they are marketed. Even if they were "safe", whatever that means, what happens when you reach your "goal" weight and stop using them? Or just stop using them in general? If that's the only way you've trained your body to lose or maintain weight then will you start gaining again without them?
The best advice (that virtually no one wants to hear) is to find a sensible eating plan, stick to it for life and exercise appropriately and monitor and adjust as you go and don't worry about the rate of loss as it is largely immaterial in the long run. You can both achieve and maintain your weight within a healthy range for you and your height/weight/body type without pills or supplements of any kind by just eating real food in appropriate quantities and learning what works for you. |
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:02 pm |
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