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The Truth About Hoodia, 60 Minutes, and the BBC Reports

By: Reagan Miers

I do a lot of research and writing on hoodia supplements. I realized that I haven't written about the hoodia 60 minutes and BBC reports. I feel it's important to bring these reports up because they are being twisted around on many websites. The claim that 60 minutes and the BBC endorsed a specific brand of hoodia diet pills is bogus. Don't believe the lie.

It is all too common to see the words, "Endorsed by" or "As featured on" and then see the CBS 60 Minutes logo and the BBC logo on websites that are promoting or selling hoodia supplements. This makes people who are shopping for hoodia supplements believe that the products on these websites have been endorsed by 60 Minutes and the BBC. The truth is these two media companies never mentioned a specific hoodia diet pill, tested or endorsed one.

60 minutes reporter, Leslie Stahl, did do a story on the hoodia gordonii plant on November 21, 2004. She traveled to South Africa's Kalahari Desert to see the native plant growing in the wild. She ate a small piece of it. She later reported that she wasn't hungry all day and that the hoodia gordonii plan did work in suppressing her appetite.

This was all that Stahl reported about hoodia. Stahl, nor 60 minutes, endorsed a specific brand of hoodia diet pill. In fact, 60 minutes didn't even feature a specific hoodia supplement in their show. But, you wouldn't know this unless you had seen the program yourself or read the show's transcript. Hoodia sellers are simply taking this report and twisting it around to their advantage in an attempt to sell their specific hoodia supplements.

In regards to the BBC, they did a documentary on hoodia in 2003. BBC correspondent, Tom Mangold, also took a trip to the Kalahari Desert to test the hoodia gordonii plant on his own appetite. Mangold and his camera man both took a small piece of the hoodia plant and ate it. They both reported they, "did not even think about food" for the remainder of the day. What was even more amazing about their report was they said they weren't hungry for breakfast the following day and their appetite at lunch was still virtually nonexistent.

Again, you'll notice the BBC story did not even test a specific hoodia supplement, let alone endorse one. Just as Leslie Stahl had done in her 60 Minutes story, Tom Mangold of the BBC actually ate the plant itself. Neither reporter tried a specific hoodia product. And they certainly didn't endorse a specific brand.

If you find yourself visiting a website that claims their product was featured on 60 minutes or the BBC, go to another site. Any company that would twist the hoodia 60 minutes or BBC reports to their own advantage is misrepresenting themselves and their product. They are not being honest. If they aren't honest about something like this, how honest are they about the effectiveness and authenticity of their product?

Article Source: http://www.articlemanual.com

The authentic story about hoodia, 60 minutes, and the BBC reports may surprise you but did you also know that the majority of hoodia supplements are fake? Make sure your supplements are authentic before you purchase!



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