Side Effects With Hoodia Gordonii
Health foods are the entire craze now. Exercising and having ahealthy body is a top priority for many people these days. Withthis comes a plethora of different forms of exercises and diets.One of the fast up and coming health food lifestyle...
... is theHoodia Gordonii.The benefits of using Hoodia Gordonii are by far more strikingthan what has been available in the past. Compared to healthfoods right now it has more health benefits and is moreunderstood. With this method, you have no diets to stick to, itdecreases appetite so you don't feel starved, gives a greatfeeling of general good health and energy, completely naturaland safe to use, won't keep you awake at night, no specialtyfood and most of all no stimulants and harmful side effects.Being classified in South Africa as a food and not a drug,Hoodia Gordonii's only side effect will cause your brain tobelieve that you are "full" which only lasts for 24 hours evenwithout the sufficient amount of food ingested. This could beaproblem if you need the energy and power to do strenuousactivities. Local SAN bushmen whose ancestors have been using the plant forthousand years, confirms that there are no negative side effectswith Hoodia.Gordonii.The great worry associated with Hoodia is if it is abused byindividuals with eating disorders that wants rapid weight lose,individuals with distorted body images who want to have intenseweight lose in a short period of time, often having a disordercalled "anorexia nervosa " with or without bulimia, is becomingmore common and it is a life threatening disorder when not actedupon.A proposed warning for use with Hoodia Gordonii as a dietarysupplement would be: - not to be used in childhood, pregnancy,or lactating mothers - not to be used by individuals with eatingdisorder - or those who are underweight or within a normalweight range.Some comments have already been made in the media about thedangers of Hoodia Gordonii use in the extreme "dieter " with aneating disorder.No serious or harmful side effects of Goodia Gordonii have beenreported; in fact it has been in the African food chain for manyyears. SAN Bushmen of the Kalahi, one of the worlds most oldestand most primitive tribes, had been eating Hoodia for thousandof years to starve off hunger during long hunting trips.Although there are no published long term studies on the safetyof Hoodia, it has have been used for thousand of years. But theSAN Bushmen tribe of hunter-gatherers do not take pills forblood pressures, diabetes, cholesterol, depression and otherdiseases like we do, yet they have been able to gain theirenergy during hunting times. They say that it can even curetheir hung-overs and upset stomach.Hoodia simply has not reached a wide enough market yet orundergone safety testing to know what the side effects, druginteraction and safety concerns are, if there is any. But themain dangers have been tested for and it is shown that it is notdangerous.To make sure, supplement companies put a standard recommendeddose on bottles. There are people though who self regulate andtake more than the stated amount. Some would say that theyshould double the dosage to feel the effect. It really dependson a person's weight, diet, lifestyle and metabolism. The bestway to feel its effect is to follow the exact dosage and to bepatient.Since Hoodia Gordonii is an organic with no synthetic orartificial appetite control agents it is also a naturalsubstance that works on suppressing your appetite. It is not astimulant and has no side effect. Hoodia Gordonii acts as anappetite suppressant and is said to have a feel-good aphrodisiacquality felt mainly by men.Of course there is always someone who would experience areaction even to the safest supplement, so, if you feel anythingdifferent and uncomfortable, you must quickly relay thisinformation to your doctor or your dietary consultant.
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