Q: What are the side effects of hoodia, if any? Most articles I’ve read about hoodia say it’s a gentle and safe and I can’t seem to find any information about side effects anywhere.
Hoodia gordonii is often touted as a herbal diet pill without side effects, although there’s a lack of published studies on the safety of hoodia in humans.
Hoodia marketers often claim that hoodia has no side effects because the San Bushmen in the Kalahari desert of Africa have been using hoodia for thousands of years. But hoodia simply hasn’t been around for long enough in North America and it hasn’t been subjected to safety testing to uncover any possible side effects, drug interactions, and safety concerns.
Jasjit S. Bindra, PhD, former researcher for hoodia at Pfizer (the pharmaceutical giant that licensed the rights to develop hoodia for $21 million but later returned the rights), stated in a letter to The New York Times that although hoodia did appear to suppress appetite, there were indications of unwanted effects on the liver caused by components other than the active ingredient p57 that could not easily be removed during processing.
Bindra added, “Clearly, hoodia has a long way to go before it can earn approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Until safer formulations are developed, dieters should be wary of using it”.
If hoodia does affect liver function, it may also interact with other medications a person is taking. The San Bushmen are a tribe of hunter-gatherers, and probably did not take same pills for blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, depression, and other diseases, that we do, another reason why unconfirmed reports of safe use by the San should not be relied on.
People with diabetes should be cautious about using hoodia. One of the theories about how hoodia works is that it tricks the brain into thinking that it has enough blood sugar. Without proper feedback regulation, it’s possible that a person’s blood sugar could drop dangerously low while taking hoodia. And with the regular hunger mechanism turned off, the normal warning signs may be suppressed, until it’s too late.
Hoodia is believed to suppress not only appetite but thirst. There have been unconfirmed reports of shepherds in Africa who took hoodia to take the edge off hunger pains, but died of dehydration because they didn’t feel thirsty.
And as a general precaution, because the safety in pregnant or nursing women, children, or people with liver or kidney disease hasn’t been established, these people in particular should avoid hoodia.
More: SourcesBindra, Jasjit. “A Popular Pill’s Hidden Danger”. New York Times. 26 Apr 2005.
Morris, Joan. “Little research behind claims that hoodia is safe, effective for losing weight”. Seattle Times. 9 Mar 2006.
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Good info on the family from Cincy but there is some inaccurate info. Micele (Mike) Matacia was only married once to Anne Stella. Mike died of pneumonia in 1982. His son Anthony, my father, became ill with kidney disease in his 30’s and eventually had a kidney transplant. He and Betty Jean Paul divorced briefly, then remarried. The cause of Anthony's death in 1983 was heart attack, brought on by medication and weakened body due to kidney disease. Contact me if you want to discuss any of these issues.
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In it's own way, the New York Times is about as reliable as the Washington Times.
You cite 6 sources, 4 US intelligence officials and two other US officials who say Shahzad had never trained in any domestic of foreign terrorist camp. The New York Times cites a single unnamed source claiming Shahzad was under the influence Anwar al-Awlaki.
While not yellow journalism, it certainly shows the New York Times has an agenda and that agenda is to function as a wing of the Obama propaganda media machine.
What is up with cats and their vengeance peeing?
It's how they communicate. It really is a huge compromise for them to use the litter box.
The one that peed on my neck was unfortunately one of those neighborhood Toms that didn't get neutered until he was a couple years old. So he was already accustomed to spraying. Once they start it's really hard to get them to stop.
I have another cat in the advanced stages of kidney disease. She pees everywhere, can't make it to the litter box, but she's not sick enuf to be put down.
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If God exists (and I think it possible), then God is good, God is love, and God is truth. As such, you need never fear the truth. Rather, you should seek it, for in finding it you come closer to God (if God exists).
The two links I offer above report what leading scientists, doing genetic research and seeking the truth of matters, have discovered. They are reading God's book of nature. They did not test Eve's DNA, they tested people from all over the world, including the San Bushmen, and they arrived at an astonishing conclusion. If you ask nature questions, you get answers.
We need never fear those answers.
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Nine genes can have many many different functions given alternative splicing and multifunctional proteins, not to mention any possible mechanisms of feedback regulation or interactions with the natural cellular machinery of the cell. The genes themselves may remain the same but the products and results can differ. Mutation does not have to affect these genes in order to change the virus.
What is with an article from the New York Times…you guys aren't equipped to handle another story about swine flu..you did get the memo…wash your hands, cover your mouth, stay home in your ill….we are working on a vaccine.
I refuse to read anything from the New York Times…and the nail in the coffin was the Statue of Liberty with a whip…I will never hit the “Read More” for the New York Times.
The New York Times is losing readership at an alarming rate – thank God. What a shitty and bullshit publication.
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The liver function test has about 6 things. Which things were abnormal and were they high or low?
Seattle Times is getting on my nerves, they call me every month asking if I wanna buy newspapers; I always said no and one time I asked them if they would stop calling me but the guy said he wouldn’t call me but someone else probably would. Now I just hang up every time I hear “This is…from Seattle Times”.
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I eat alot and if im hungry I spin out, get angry, attack people verbally and panic. Low blood sugar?
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I would not pay to read the New York Times online. The only reason I read the New York Times online is that it is available for free. I never read newspapers before they were available for free online (I have, however, been subscribing to magazines for a long time).
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However, I would be sad if I were no longer able to access the NYTimes archives for free anymore. It is unlikely that I would be willing to pay for access to that either.
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I totally understand your points. The important matter is not to blame the patient but our dietary culture as well as the false advice from both the medical and nutritional professions who told us to eat a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet. For those who have suffered from diabetes mellitus, restricting carbohydrates is the way to reverse the course or reduce the need of insulin. For those who are not yet diagnosed with DM should restrict carbohydrates for prevention.
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So, wait.
Let me quote this here:
“The new Democrat-controlled Food and Drug Administration has decided that Cheerios are a drug and are under its control.”
You see, the key word here would be FOOD. As in FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.
So, the democrats take control, and in your frenzied search for something bad to say, you completely skip over the FOOD part of FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION and assume the the FDA has decided that cheerios are drug as opposed to a food, which would be completely under their jurisdiction anyway?
Really?
Wow.
Lana – Yes…like you said, it's basically benign…and very healthy to eat; however, it should NOT be used as a during pregnancy or taken in high doses (more than 2 g/day for extended time), which can cause stomach irritation, convulsions, hallucinations, etc. There are no known drug interactions. Sources:
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Alcohol kills.What about Cancer, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Heart Disease,Hypoglycemia, Kidney Disease,Liver Disease,Malnutrition,and Obesity that it causes? Go ahead, have some dip, smoke some ciggarettes, and suffer from gum disease, tooth loss, fucked up lungs, and yellow skin. I'll smoke some pot, and I'll experience nature that our ancestors have been honoring for thousands of years. Respect mother nature. Where is the love man? Why can't we all just except each other, stoner or not?
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Pshhhhh! I know like over a million people that would want to go to a Taeyang/Korean concert in North America.
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If you are in the US, we have amazing bars, 150 cal max. And you can find snacks with the same amount of cal too.
Check yr blood sugar ok…see if it's normal
Hi lulu most of the food here have soy oil or gluten.. so i can't eat those foods instead i'm either having a soup or fruit or vegetable for snack.
i should check my blood sugar.
thank you for the tip lulu.
Zeena
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