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Hoodia Maximum Strength

A lot of people looking at the list above may assume that 1000mg is hoodia maximum strength.

However, many hoodia products on the market are made from whole plant. What this means is simply that the entire hoodia plant is ground up and then encapsulated into supplements, capsules, tablets, pills, etc.

However, almost 40% of the hoodia gordonii plant is therapeutically useless. You see, the leaves, the skin, and other fibrous material of the hoodia plant contains no active ingredient that helps suppress the appetite. The Sans Bushmen themselves remove these parts and discard them.

Some other makers of hoodia do a concentration. Here's how they typically do this: they take the plant and place it in alcohol solution. When the alcohol is removed, it pulls out a lot of the useless materials (fillers) with it (the pulply leaves, flowers, etc). This leaves a lot more of the good stuff -- the core of the plant, where the active ingredient is.

When you see a "10:1" on the label that means 10 grams of whole hoodia plant was used to make just 1 gram of powder that will be used in the product. In short, this is a lot more concentrated, and therefore will be a lot more expensive if it's real hoodia gordonii. See hoodia c.i.t.e.s. certificate for more on this.

If you understand what we just described, then you'll understand that sometimes a hooda 400 mg product can be a better buy than a hoodia 750 mg product as just one example.

It's also important to note that many people report results with different dosages. Some people may report positive results with only 200mg and some may need 500mg or more. Everyone is differnet and one dosage isn't going to work for everyone equally the same.