Hoodia Gordonii (Hoodoba) Weight Loss
Dolphin
don't work. Anyone tried this product. Any info would be greatly
appreciated!! Thanks
Jim
There is no published scientific evidence that hoodia works as an appetite
suppressant in humans.
Animal research on hoodia includes one published scientific study in which a
purified extract of Hoodia gordonii, known as P57, was injected directly
into the brains of rats.
The author of the rat study said that P57 was easily broken down by the
liver, so it might be hard to take in enough of it to ensure that it had an
effect.
MacLean cautioned that currently available supplements might be inadequate,
stating "I question whether there is really enough of the active ingredient
in there to do much.
"However, upon further review and in vitro experimentation it was found that
P57AS3 was generally not inhibited metabolically by human liver enzymes and
has a relatively high secretion rate.
Given standardization techniques and the likely passage of the active
ingredient into the blood stream and relatively stable metabolism by the
liver, one can estimate the oral dosage required to
achieve the amount of active ingredient which will likely to be passed to
the brain where it is thought the ATP availability in the hypothalamus
regulates appetite.
Richard M. Goldfarb, MD, a doctor and medical director of Bucks County
Clinical Research in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, claims to have conducted a
preliminary efficacy study of Hoodia gordonii
on seven people and reports to have found it effective. None of the findings
were ever published in any peer-reviewed journal. Such information cannot be
considered as evidence that hoodia is effective
as a weight loss product.
Other medical weight loss experts remain skeptical and do not recommend
hoodia to obese patients. Adrienne Youdim, MD, medical director of the
Comprehensive Weight Loss Program at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center and Michael Steelman, MD, chairman of the board of trustees
for the American Society of Bariatric Physicians says "There is no published
scientific data to support its use."In addition, the
FTC recommends against the use of such diet products marketed with
exaggerated claims.
Ultimately, why buy something to help you try to lose weight?
You've decided you need to lose weight so eat less junk food, eat more
healthy food and exercise.
That's all it takes....plus a lot of will power
Good luck in your efforts
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clouddreamer
There is only one tried and true method for losing weight and that is to
write down what you eat. Weight Watchers does this in its program and
has been a proven success because it educates you on how much you can
eat and credits you for exercise. No gimmicks, no pills, no food to buy
(like LA Weight Loss or Jenny Craig).
If you don't want to try WW, then do it yourself easily enough. Go
online and find a calorie calculator that will tell you how many
calories you can take in to maintain your current weight. Subtract 500
calories and aim to eat no more than that at least 5 days a week.
For example, my caloric intake was calculated to somewhere around 2300
calories, so I started eating no more than 1700 a day and I've lost five
pounds in the past month with my only exercise being a hour of walking a
day. The one or two days off a week allow you to eat more to keep your
metabolism guessing and gives you a chance to treat yourself. (But it's
not a license to go to an all-you-can-eat and eat for six hours).
The important thing is that you MUST eat 1200 calories a day (for a
woman and 1500 for a man I believe). These calories are essential to
keep your basic bodily functions working...like your heart, brain, liver
etc. If you eat less, these functions won't take their energy from fat,
they'll take it from muscle.
It's a matter of will power, but don't rely on pills and gimmicks. They
don't work. Weight Watchers is the only weight loss tool that has been
proven to work. They took 20 lbs off me in six months a couple years
back and I didn't put it back on. Now, I journal my food and get some
walking in and the weight loss is continuing. One or two pounds a week
is all you should lose.
Also, junk food should be absolutely eliminated for the days you
journal. No pop, no chips, no bars etc. Leave your treat for your off
day. (I go for the low fat brownies at Subway....but I sometimes leave
my off day for a movie so that I can have normal movie fare).
One last note...if the cost of WW makes you think twice...I saved the
cost of the program from the amount of food that I DIDN'T buy. My
grocery bill dropped by some $200 a month. Yup...you'd be amazed at just
how little we really need to eat and not feel starved.
You might already be aware of some of the stuff I noted, but I put it in
just in case.
:)