[mastiffgoliath]

Hi, I have tried so many things. Recently (this am) ordered a candy lollipop called Power-pops. They have hoodia and guarana plus other stuff. Says they help suppress appetite, give you energy and the idea of something to satisfy my sweet tooth is pretty appealing to me.

I saw them first on eBay and was just wondering if anyone else has tried them.

They were pretty cheap so if they don't work I won't be too mad as I will try anything once. Please reply :-)

[Tealeaf]

I dunno, but I would doubt it. If they actually did work, they would mentioned on the front page of every newspaper in America, as well as being the talk over every talk show on the airwaves.

What works is eating less and moving more. The way to keep it off is to learn how to do this without relying on the crutch of pills or whatever. It's not easy, but there is advantage that you don't have to worry about any bizzaro side effects either.

[MrsJim]

You might want to read this thread regarding Hoodia.

Actually, it's a pretty long thread, so I'll direct you to a post within the thread that basically sums up Hoodia in a nutshell IMO:

Originally Posted by MrsJim

For some reason, I think a lot of people didn't catch in the 60 Minutes broadcast a couple of pieces of VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION. They just heard that an active ingredient in hoodia supresses appetite and then just went on the Internet and bought some pills or whatever...

Reiterating those important points again...

1) The ONLY authentic source of hoodia is from Phytopharm, who holds the exclusive license to market/produce hoodia.

2) At this juncture, it appears that THE ONLY WAY to get the active ingredient to 'work' is to eat a piece of FRESH hoodia - as Nigel said "about 2 or 3 inches long, ideally fresh and full of rain water". Keep in mind that Pfizer pulled their funding because the active ingredient COULD NOT BE MADE INTO A PILL. I would assume that those dried 'hoodia teas' and etc are bogus too.

3) There is JUST NOT enough hoodia currently being produced to be able to supply all those internet stores who are purportedly selling the stuff.

This is an example where a bit of information is blown totally out of wack - I would be willing to bet that most people didn't even SEE the 60 Minutes show, or maybe didn't pay attention to all the details if they did watch it. All they know is that there's this plant that Lesley Stahl ate a bit of, and it supressed her appetite. Just out of curiosity, I did an ebay search for Hoodia a few days ago and I was aghast - I saw auctions starting at $300+ for 'hoodia pills'. And what's more, many of the sellers are using 'as seen on 60 Minutes' as a tag line to sell this crap! PLEASE don't fall for this!

My advice - DON'T spend your hard-earned money on ANY product claiming to contain hoodia UNTIL you see products being marketed by Phytopharm, which is not expected to be until AT LEAST 2008 - and unless there's some groundbreaking scientific strides made, don't expect it to be in pill form - more than likely it will be sold as a fresh 'vegetable' or made into shakes or bars.

[mastiffgoliath]

thank you all...hmm not so sure now. Hopefully they at least taste good. I appreciate the info on Hoodia too!!

[mastiffgoliath]

and Mrs. Jim - just noticed your stats. You did excellent, would love to be living at 145-149 pounds!!! I am about 226 right now, highest was 232. Lowest in the last 8 years was 175. Ugh..