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Hoodia Liquid Extract
by Source Naturals
1 Fluid Ounce

Liquid Extract Of Hoodia To Promote Healthy Appetite*

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Hoodia Liquid Extract can help maintain a healthy weight, supporting your weight management goals. The San Tribesmen of the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa have known for millennia what we’ve only recently discovered; that the cactus-like Hoodia gordonii plant can be used as a healthy food alternative. The sustenance the San derived from the hoodia plant allowed them to travel lightly without the burden of extra food on their long hunting trips. Source Naturals has fused ancient San tradition with modern science to develop a full line of hoodia supplements.*

Source Naturals hoodia is thoroughly tested to guarantee it is true Hoodia gordonii with the active compound P57 (an oxypregnane steroidal glycoside); every batch is tested against a standard provided by the government of Namibia in southern Africa, where much of the world’s hoodia supply is grown.*

Source Naturals hoodia products offer a safe, natural solution to achieving and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and the chance to discover the contemporary use for the powerful nutritional supplement everyone is looking for. These products underline Source Naturals' commitment to bringing you the highest quality dietary supplements in your steps toward good health.*

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The ingredients listed on the bottle you receive may differ slightly by amount and percent daily value from the ingredients listed here. Please note that the information provided here is the most current available from the Source Naturals website.

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Supplement Facts Serving Size: Two (2) Milliliters (approx. 1/4 Teaspoon) Servings Per Container: Approximately 14

	Amount Per Serving	Daily Value
Calories	5

Hoodia Extract (Stems) 1:4	2 ml	**

** Daily Value Not Established. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Other Ingredients

Grain Alcohol, Peppermint Oil, Purified Water, Vegetable Glycerin

Suggested Use

As a dietary supplement, one-eighth to one-fourth (1/8 to 1/4) teaspoon one (1) hour before a meal, or as recommended by your healthcare practitioner. May be taken with an eight (8) oz glass of water.

Warnings

Keep out of reach of children. If you are pregnant, nursing, or taking any prescription medication, consult your health care professional before using this product. STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE. Do not use if either tamper-evident seal is broken or missing.

Applicable Functions

Appetite - Decreasing, Digestive Balance, Metabolism, Weight Loss

Related Structure Groups

Digestive System, GI Tract, Metabolism Function

Leaders Of The Wellness Revolution

Source Naturals was created in 1982 by C.E.O Ira Goldberg to support each individual’s potential to enjoy optimal health. At that time, the kind of nutritional formulations he envisioned – for the maintenance of well-being and the enhancement of life – simply didn’t exist. The idea of combining many nutrients, herbs and nutraceuticals in one formulation, though common today, was then a rarity. Source Naturals pioneered the concept with Wellness Formula, now the industry’s #1 immune support product.

Source Naturals subsequently introduced numerous award-winning formulas, recognized for their excellence in independent surveys and nutritional analyses. In addition to Wellness, these award-winners include Life Force Multiple, Mega-Kid Multiple, Inflama-Rest, the Skin Eternal line, Higher Mind, Essential Enzymes, Male Response, and more.

Source Naturals’ comprehensive Bio-Aligned Formulas help bring the power of alignment to your body. When formulating, we evaluate the underlying causes of system imbalances, and then provide targeted nutrition to interdependent body systems. Our line of more than 600 products also includes well-researched, single entity nutrients in their highest quality and most bioavailable forms.

Our nutritional supplements are at the leading edge of today’s Wellness Revolution. This transformation in health consciousness also includes new perspectives in diet, lifestyle, emotional and spiritual development, and complementary health care. Source Naturals Strategy for Wellness is to provide education that empowers individuals to take responsibility for their health, rather than relying solely on outside medical authority. The result is people who are more productive and fulfilled, and a world that is stronger and healthier.

Bio-Aligned Formulas: Nutritional Tools Of SystemiCare

Nature abhors imbalance. From the solar system to our internal body systems, the natural world strives for bio-alignment. Symptoms are really systems out of alignment. Only by going deep to the root cause of system imbalances can vibrant health be attained.*

Health concerns often begin as subtle biochemical and cellular imbalances, deep below the surface of our perception, years before problems manifest. SystemiCare is a holistic, early intervention approach to healthcare that utilizes natural compounds to address these system imbalances.*

Source Naturals Bio-Aligned Formulas are critical to the SystemiCare model. They are formulations with potent bio-active nutrients that go deep to the root causes of health imbalances and become powerful tools for vibrant health and well being.*

Bio-Aligned Formulas Balance Your Body Systems
Source Naturals comprehensive Bio-Aligned Formulas go deep to address the root causes of nutritional symptoms. Our expert formulators exhaustively review the latest scientific research on nutrition and health. Then they design scientifically based formulas that help bring alignment to your multiple, interdependent body systems. Only this in-depth formulation approach can bring you the most effective formulas possible.*

Cardiovascular Symptoms*
Your heart function and circulation can be disrupted by factors including diet, stress, and free radicals. Bio-Aligned Formulas supply nutrients to meet the heart’s energy requirements, nutrients necessary for the maintenance of blood vessels, antioxidants to help control cholesterol oxidation, minerals to support normal electrical rhythms, vitamins for regulation of homocysteine levels, and fibers to help with the exertion of cholesterol.*

Cognitive & Mood Symptoms*
Brain health can be affected by nutrition, lifestyle, and environmental factors, leaving you susceptible to problems in memory, concentration, and perception. Bio-Aligned Formulas provide ingredients such as neurotransmitters for brain cell communication, phospholipids that are components of nerve cell membranes, nutrients to fuel the brain’s energy demands, and herbs for stress response.*

Digestive, Eliminative & Metabolic Symptoms*
Without adequate nutrition, your liver can’t perform its critical functions: detoxification, metabolism, and conversion of vitamins into usable forms. Bio-Aligned Formulas provide antioxidants, herbs that detoxify and promote bile flow, ingredients for the liver’s energy needs, nutrients that support glucose metabolism and pancreatic activity, and digestive enzymes.*

General Symptomatic Conditions*
Daily well-being requires nutrition for your major body systems. While typical multiples supply just enough ingredients to meet minimum requirements, Bio-Aligned Formulas provide nutrients to support energy and liver function, heart-friendly botanicals, herbs that promote circulation to the brain, immune-supporting vitamins, minerals for your skeletal system, and antioxidants for general protection.*

Immune Symptoms*
Appropriate immune response is critical for seasonal health and wellness all year around—but it can be compromised by stress, lack of sleep, and poor diet. Bio-Aligned Formulas supply botanicals that modify histamine release, nutrients for the adrenals, clearing herbs, and antioxidants to defend white blood cells.*

Joint, Bone, and Muscular Symptoms*
Healthy joints, bones, and muscles require continuous nutrition. Bio-Aligned Formulas provide components of joint and connective tissue, bone-building minerals, soothing herbs, and nutrients that support muscular energy.*

Men’s & Women’s Symptoms*
The health of men and women can be impacted by diet, stress, and aging. Bio-Aligned Formulas provide phytoestrogens for hormonal balance, calming neurotransmitters, ingredients for metabolic support, and nutritional support for skin, hair, and nails.*

Further Information On Hoodia Liquid Extract

An Age Old Tradition
Life in southern Africa’s Kalahari Desert could be cruel. But even without modern research, the San people knew their nutritional needs could be met with a remarkable botanical. For thousands of years, the San thrived as hunter-gatherers. Their treks across the Kalahari would last for months, even years, with the men hunting for antelope, and the women foraging for what became their main dietary staples: fruit, nuts, and plants.*

None of these traditional food sources were more important than the phenomenal Hoodia gordonii plant. Hoodia became the San’s chief source of sustenance while roaming the desert. Fruit and meat spoiled, nuts never lasted, but the stems and roots of the hoodia plant were special.*

A Unique Plant
Despite its similar appearance to cactus, hoodia is characterized as a succulent plant and a member of the milkweed family. Though there are about 20 species within the family, the active ingredient of hoodia is found only in the gordonii variety. Experts in succulent horticulture have helped ensure that the material Source Naturals uses to make hoodia is gathered from authentic Hoodia gordonii sources.*

A Potent Concentrate
Source Naturals has gone to great lengths to develop a hoodia line that is best suited for the supplemental needs of its consumers. The secret of Source Naturals hoodia lies in the plant’s active ingredient, a substance containing previously unknown molecules discovered by South African scientists and found to interact with the hypothalamus. Source Naturals 250 mg Hoodia Concentrate tablets and capsules and their 500 mg Mega Potency Hoodia feature a 20:1 hoodia stem concentrate, while their convenient Hoodia Liquid Extract contains a 1:4 extract made from the same concentrate. All are thoroughly tested to guarantee they are true Hoodia gordonii with the active compound P57 (an oxypregnane group compound). Every bit of the certified material Source Naturals receives is put through high performance chromatographic analysis to verify the purity of the active constituents.*

A Responsible Company
Source Naturals hoodia is produced with environmental sustainability in mind. Using materials safely cultivated from the stems of seedlings grown on approved farms in South Africa, Source Naturals has made certain these materials are gathered with the knowledge and help of the San people to better preserve the Kalahari’s natural resources.*

Hoodia Extract FAQs

1. What is Hoodia? Despite its similar appearance, the cactus-like hoodia is characterized as a succulent plant, which is a member of the milkweed family. Though there are about 20 species within the family, the active ingredient of hoodia is found only in the gordonii variety native to South Africa's vast Kalahari Desert.*

2. What assurances can be made that Source Naturals Hoodia Extract is authentic? Experts in succulent horticulture have helped ensure that the raw material Source Naturals uses to make Hoodia Extract is gathered from authentic Hoodia gordonii sources. From there, their supplier has an independent laboratory test the raw material, which is then issued with a certificate of analysis qualifying it as true Hoodia gordonii.*

Once Source Naturals receives the certified Hoodia gordonii from their suppliers, they hold it to their own high standards and Total Quality Assurance. By putting it through stringent testing procedures in their quality control lab, they've carefully scrutinized the material. Before it ever reaches the hand of consumers, Source Naturals' high-quality hoodia is put through High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic (HPTLC) analysis for authenticity, and microbiological screening for contamination, as well as other rigorous laboratory protocols.*

3. Could you explain the 20:1 ratio? 20:1 refers to the "wet to dry" ratio of the whole plant to concentrated powder. Hoodia gordonii contains an abundance of excess moisture that needs to be removed in order to make an effective, concentrated powder. The process by which that moisture is removed to yield the powder is an extraction. Basically, 20 pounds of whole plant is concentrated to one pound of the high-quality powder used to make Source Naturals' product.*

What this means is, Source Naturals has made a supplement with 20 times more functional hoodia than had they ground the plant up water and all. When you buy Source Naturals Hoodia Extract, you're getting all of the usable plant parts of the Hoodia gordonii times 20, because they've packed a greater amount of the quintessential hoodia ingredients into a powerful, concentrated powder.*

4. Is a 20:1 concentrated extract more effective than 1:1 hoodia powder? Source Naturals certainly believes so. Unfortunately, the hoodia landscape has been unnecessarily clouded recently thanks to the misinformation circulating about concentrated extracts and so-called "100%" (1:1) hoodia powder. Most of the information is highly subjective, with no studies whatsoever to support claims that so-called "pure" powder is more efficacious than 20:1 concentrated extracts.*

The common selling point for those propagating a 1:1 hoodia product is the notion that "more is better" - which, when you think about it, actually benefits a 20:1 concentrated extract. Because the logic behind using the 20:1 concentrated extract is that, in supplementation, it's not practical to ingest as much of the whole plant parts of hoodia as the San did to get the potential benefits of the plant. In using the concentrated 20:1 ratio, Source Naturals is able to pack 20 times the amount of usable hoodia into their Hoodia Extract.*

5. Where was the hoodia in Hoodia Extract grown? On an approved farm in Northern Cape, South Africa.*

6. Who is Source Naturals' supplier? Due to obvious business considerations, Source Naturals does not want to specifically name their supplier and alert competitors to our source. However you can be assured that they receive they Hoodia gordonii from one of the industry's top suppliers, who was among the first and only importers of hoodia licensed to sell and import the plant into the United States.*

7. I've heard there are sustainability issues with the plant. Is it endangered? It is true that the resources for Hoodia gordonii are limited due to early irresponsibility on those seeking to exploit the plant's benefits. However, Source Naturals Hoodia Extract has been produced with environmental sustainability in mind. They've made absolutely sure that only materials safely cultivated from the stems of seedlings grown on approved farms in South Africa have been used in making Hoodia Extract, not material indiscriminately picked in the wild.*

8. How should it be used? As a dietary supplement, one to two tablets or capsules with an 8 ounce glass of water about an hour before eating a meal.*

9. Why does the label warning recommend consulting your health care professional before using this product if you are taking any prescription medication? This is a standard warning included on most Source Naturals product labels because generally it's a good idea to double check with your physician if you're taking prescription medication to make sure there aren't any special precautions you need to take while on the medication.*

10. Does it contain caffeine? No. There is no caffeine in Hoodia gordonii, and Source Naturals Hoodia Extract does not contain any added caffeine.*

11. Are there any side-effects? There are no known negative side-effects to taking hoodia products.*