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As I’m sure you are aware, the companies who market and promote hoodia patches generally make the bold claim that a patch works much better than the usual hoodia diet pills. The theory is that by wearing a patch the hoodia will slowly work it’s way through your skin before passing into your bloodstream. Giving you a slow, constant supply of hoodia all day long.

Companies selling the hoodia patch will claim that since it bypasses your stomach and enters the bloodstream through the skin, it will suppress your appetite quicker and more effectively than capsules or liquids.

These theories seem to make sense, however, there is very little evidence to actually confirm them. To be honest, there are no clinical trials or experiments into the effectiveness of hoodia patches. There are very few studies on hoodia gordonii at all.

The companies who sell hoodia patches often compare them to other patches with a proven track record, such as nicotine patches and birth control patches. People know these products work, so they presume that a hoodia patch will work just as well. Don’t be fooled! There are many differences in these products.

In order to buy a birth control patch you must be issued a prescription, and until recently you needed a prescription to be able to get a nicotine patch too. They have only just become available over the counter. However, you don’t need a prescription for a hoodia patch, and this is an important factor to remember.

Any product that requires a prescription or once did has had to undergo rigorous testing and be subjected to governmental regulations before it can be marketed to the public as being effective. None of the hoodia patches sold today require a prescription. Doesn’t that tell you something?

I know some of you will be skeptical about believing medical studies, so here’s something else to consider. Hoodia gordonii is grown in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa, and is a cactus like plant which has been used for generations by the local tribes to suppress hunger on hunting trips.

The original way of taking hoodia that the tribe use is to cut a small section a few inches in length from the plant. They would then peel the skin, and eat it. This would deliver all the hoodia needed to suppress their appetite for several hours. Eating the plant is obviously an effective method of delivery so which method do you think would be most effective: taking a pill which contains ground up hoodia powder, or wearing a patch on the outside of your skin?

It is the case that I believe that all hoodia patches are a useless waste of money, however I’m not trying to say that all of the hoodia diet pills are excellent. Far from it, it’s actually the case that the majority of hoodia products on the market today are actually fakes, which contain little to no actual hoodia gordonii at all.

Until there is better regulation and testing you would be far wiser to spend your money on authentic hoodia diet pills instead of wasting your money on hoodia patches.