Weight Loss Fads - Part 12 - Hoodia Weight Loss Research
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I’m still on the search for promising research for at least one of these popular weight loss supplements.
I don’t want to repeat what you see on Hoodia supplement websites; I want to show you factual studies!
Let the search continue… let’s find some scientific proof that Hoodia actually can help you lose weight.
Hoodia Weight Loss Research
After searching for a while, guess what I found?
Success! There has actually been a single study done, involving humans, to prove that Hoodia does in fact control your appetite, which can help you lose weight.
Luckily I didn’t have to search as hard because Phytopharm truly is the only company out there researching P57, the active ingredient in Hoodia gordonii, so I went directly to them for the results of the study.
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Hoodia Weight Loss Research
The Study
They recruited 64 healthy, but overweight, males to take part in the study. It was a three part, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
Part 1
The first part of the study was to check for safety in single dosages of different measurements. This part consisted of 24 participants (4 groups of 6) which were given either a placebo or P57 in doses ranging from 80 mg to 2,400 mg. Part 1 proved that all the dosages were tolerated and that the P57 did make it to their blood stream.
Part 2
The second part of the study was to check for safety in repeated dosages. This part consisted of 18 participants (3 groups of 6) which were given either a placebo or P57 over 5 days. They were given daily, but ascending dosages. Once again, there were no “serious adverse side effects” and the P57 was making it into their blood stream.
The data was collected from the first two parts of the study so that they’d know what dosages to use and how long the final part should be.
Part 3
This part is the actual study to see if P57 (active ingredient in Hoodia gordonii) actually does reduce your appetite and cause you to lose weight. This part consisted of 19 participants (2 groups of 9) which were given (orally) either a placebo or P57, two times a day for 15 straight days.
They tracked their daily caloric intake, body weight, body fat content and drew blood to check for safety.
The Results
The P57 group ate, on average, 1,000 calories less (per day) than the placebo group! The P57 group also had “a statistically significant reduction in body fat content”.
Hoodia gordonii actually can suppress your appetite and help you lose weight!
So far, Hoodia is the only popular weight loss supplement, that I’ve research in this series, which actually looks promising.
But wait, More Research Needs to Be Done!
That was only one small study, done on a small group of overweight males over a short period of time… more research needs to be done before you start supplementing with it!
Phytopharm is the only company licensed to extract P57 from Hoodia gordonii and they haven’t put out a Hoodia product yet themselves. The study I just talked about took place in 2001 (it’s 2010) that should tell you something!
You’ll just have to wait until they can get more funding, complete the research needed and put out their own product. I wouldn’t trust the Hoodia products that are already out there.
So there’s finally a glimmer of hope in these weight loss fads! But let’s not get too excited before we finish looking at the last supplement.
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Yeah Hello, hello, governments usually think about money before they think about people. Hopefully a good business will come in and start funding Phytopharm's research. You're welcome!
A hoodia product that used to be sold by the company my husband works for has been taken off the market.
I agree more research needs to be done and as far as the FDA goes or our government, they only care about money and not prevention.
It is so much easier to prevent disease than it is to treat it. There is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to diet or supplements. However, that appears to be what the general public wants. Nobody wants to for for anything anymore.
The only guaranteed way to lose weight is to simply burn more calories than you consume.
Great article.
Thanks christryon!
Prevention is what we should focus on but big businesses see temporary cures as the cash crop.. Pretty sad.. and they know we want quick fixes so that's how things are advertised to us.
Hello, hello, 2 years ago
I wish Governments would get their acts right. They rather spent money on curing people than on rearch preventing. Thank you for your hard work in research.