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Hoodia Scams Abound – Make Sure You’re Buying The Real Deal |
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Jennifer Wilson |
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| Most Hoodia products being
sold on the net today are nothing more than capsules filled with unidentifiable
plant material and sawdust. Crooks and ripoff artists are exploiting the hoodia
weight loss craze in America and scamming people into paying 40 bucks a bottle
for fake hoodia. |
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| Pure South African Hoodia
Gordonii is rare, expensive and rapidly becoming as exclusive of a commodity as
diamonds. There is only one place in the world where authentic Hoodia Gordonii
is grown for commercial export and that is the Western Cape of South Africa. There
are only 5 major farmers on the African continent authorized to grow Hoodia Gordononii
and of those, only one has authorization to sell the pure powder directly to the
US market. |
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| Real Hoodia costs around 300 US
Dollars per kilo and is available only to companies licensed by the FDA and USDA
to import terrestrial plants. At this price, pure Hoodia Gordonii is one of the
most expensive herbs on the market and many hopeful Hoodia manufactures cannot
or will not pay the high prices involved with using authentic Hoodia Gordonii.
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| The scarcity and expense of pure Hoodia Gordonii
is causing a worldwide scam of fake Hoodia products being sold. Many of these
Hoodia imposters claim to have the real thing but lab testing shows they are actually
offering a common cactus called Opuntia or Chinesse Extract. And what is even
worse is some fake hoodia products contained ground plant material of ‘unknown
origins’, starch, maltodextrin, rice powders, and sawdust! So its no wonder that
one third of all hopeful Hoodia consumers have had bad results, they are buying
bogus products sold to them by rip off artists that contain absolutely no genuine
Hoodia Gordonii! |
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| The good news is there are
three Sure-Fire ways to verify the authenticity of Genuine Hoodia Gordonii products
before you buy them. The primary method for determining that the vendor is selling
you genuine Hoodia Gordonii is to look for a document called the C.I.T.E.S certificate.
This is a certificate issued by Cape Nature of South Africa. It stands for the
Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Hoodia Gordonii is a protected plant species and it can only be sold and exported
when a valid C.I.T.E.S certificate has been issued. Without this certification,
any attempt to import Hoodia into the United States will be seized by US Customs
at the point of entry. So, you can be certain that if they have a valid CITES
certificate, you are buying the real deal. |
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beware! Some websites claim to have a valid CITES certificate, but when you look
at it you will notice the importer and/or exporter have been whited-out. A real
certificate will clearly state the legal importer and exporter for the shipment.
So take a good close look before you decide that they are legitimate Hoodia vendors.
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| The second way to authenticate genuine hoodia
importers is to ask to view their USDA Import License. All Hoodia Gordonii importers
must have a valid USDA license and be registered by the Food and Drug Administration.
Any honest Hoodia Gornodii supply company will happily, in fact proudly display
all of these credentials to verify they are lawful trustworthy suppliers. If they
seem hesitant, or their paperwork seems shifty or incomplete, look elsewhere for
your Hoodia, don’t let yourself become their next victim. |
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| The
final and perhaps most decisive method to verify genuine Hoodia products is called
the Alkemists Lab Report which I discuss in full detail at my website: http://superchargedweightloss.com/weight-loss-supplements/pure-hoodia-gordonii.htm
to help you decisively authenticate pure Hoodia Gordonii products from the imposters.
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| About The Author |
| Jennifer
Wilson is an author and weight loss specialist providing insightful resources
and reviews about the Hottest Weight Loss Diets and effective Weight Loss Supplements
on the market. Check Out Her Special Report: Authenticating Pure Hoodia Gordonii
Products at her website http://Superchargedweightloss.com
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