Getting The Best Price On The Best Hoodia Products

People who have used hoodia products agree that the best products are those that are made with genuine hoodia gordonii. Because genuine hoodia gordonii can be expensive to purchase, you might be tempted to buy from sellers who offer “discount” hoodia. Don't. Unfortunately, there are a lot of inferior hoodia products on the market today.

As a result, some folks think that a good way to ensure you have authentic hoodia gordonii is to grow some yourself. Be forewarned. Growing genuine hoodia gordonii is not an easy undertaking. The plants are expensive to acquire, difficult to maintain, and reportedly very malodorous. In addition, plants do not reach usable maturity for three years. That means that for the rest of us, the easiest way to get true hoodia at a reasonable price is to buy in bulk from trusted sources.

Like many other plants, hoodia grows in a variety of species. There are fifteen different species of hoodia in all, but only hoodia gordonii has the appetite suppressing quality that has gained so much attention. British pharmaceutical company Phytopharm is still completing its research into the effects of hoodia gordonii. In the mean time, other supplement manufacturers have been marketing products that contain hoodia. Whether they are selling the hoodia gordonii can sometimes be questioned due to the fact that many of the plants are indistinguishable by sight alone. For this reason many users have become suspicious of any company that sells “discount” hoodia.

A helpful way to ensure you're getting genuine hoodia gordonii is to look for what is known as a CITES certification. Under local rules, hoodia plants cannot be exported from South Africa without proper licensing. The CITES certification tells you as a consumer that the hoodia contained in the product you buy came from South Africa . Many sellers of hoodia products are very open about having CITES certification and publish the documents on their web sites. 

In addition to looking for CITES certification, take time to look for analytical reports that confirm that the hoodia used in the product is genuine hoodia gordonii and not one of the other, ineffective variations of the hoodia plant. When you finally find that genuine hoodia gordonii product, ask about discounts for purchasing multiple bottles, or in bulk. Given what hoodia gordonii can do for you, and how expensive genuine hoodia can be, you won't regret putting in the extra effort.