You are free to buy any product you choose but before you spend your money and select a Hoodia product arm yourself with a little knowledge.

Here are some things to consider:

There is only one place in the world where Authentic Hoodia gordonii is grown for the commercial market and that is the continent of Africa where Hoodia is controlled much like the diamond market. Hoodia gordonii grows and is harvested specifically from the Northern and Western Cape Regions.

No Hoodia is being harvested out of China as some companies are reporting.

Many claim to have Hoodia gordonii but in reality what they are offering you is a common cactus called Opuntia or other varieties. Some companies are even substituting a Indian plant called Caralluma Fimbriata and fooling their unsuspecting customers.

A far worse condition exists where some products being sold on the net as "Hoodia" are nothing but capsules filled with "unidentifiable plant material", starch, maltodextrin, rice powders and in some cases sawdust.

The real truth is that other than Phytopharm who controls the lion's share of the market, there are only an estimated 5 major farmers on the African Continent currently authorized to grow Hoodia gordonii.

The litmus test for finding real Hoodia is to only buy from a company who has submitted their product to testing by the premier testing lab in the world, Alkemist Pharmacueticals.