Hoodia Bites: Candy Hoodia Chews To Suppress Appetite and Promote Weight Loss?

Here's a new spin on the whole hoodia "thing" -- bite sized, candied hoodia chews which work fast to crush any hunger cravings in 5 minutes flat. Hoodia Bites claims to be the most absorbable, fastest acting hoodia available. Apparently, it's the only Hoodia product clinically proven to work in America, and contains "certified organic" African Hoodia.

Uh-huh.

Without a doubt, Hoodia (reviewed in full here) is the biggest weight loss product scam currently to be found on the Net. To date, there is no conclusive data that Hoodia suppresses appetite at all. Yes, there is some research being done into its potential as a weight loss agent, but as yet, the jury is "out". The "clinical study" referenced by the makers of Hoodia Bites appears to be an in-house study, which means its results are highly suspect.

There is an extreme and very obvious conflict on interest present when the people marketing the product are the same ones that are testing the product. That's why the gold standard for the clinical study is the double-blind, placebo-controlled, peer-reviewed study. No such study exists for Hoodia or the magical P57 appetite suppressant (to read more about the P57 molecule, refer to the complete Hoodia review, here!). Don't be fooled by references to 60 Minutes, Oprah, and the BBC -- common to most Web sites selling Hoodia products -- the references to Hoodia are taken WAY out of context.

To top it all off, real authentic Hoodia is extremely difficult to come by -- it's actually an endangered and protected species in South Africa. Although Hoodia Bites claims their hoodia is authentic, there's no way for the consumer to verify this for sure -- short of sending it to an independent laboratory for analysis.

If you're at all interested in experimenting with hoodia, I suggest you read customer comments on the product by clicking here. For the most part, it is extremely negative.

Of course the web site is chock-full of erroneous statements -- like this one...

"The P57 molecule is estimated to be up to 10,000 times as potent as glucose in sending the signal to the brain that tells your body it is NOT hungry."

Uh-huh. And what study validates this statement?

Although I have yet to receive any negative feedback on Hoodia Bites and their customer service, I'd be extremely hesitant to order any weight loss product online. The industry is rife with scam artists and charlatans who will take your credit card info and "charge it until the sun don't shine." And I'm worried that the "privacy policy" page on the Hoodia Bites web site gives a 404 error -- page does not exist.

Bottom line?

Until there's some real evidence showing hoodia works, I cannot recommend it. If you're looking for a fat burner, check out my review of Lean System Seven -- it's a good product, produced by an ethical company, and offers a full money-back guarantee!

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