What You Should Know About The Hoodia 60 Minutes And Bbc Reports |
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| By Reagan Miers | ||||
| I've been researching and writing about hoodia supplements
for over a year now and I can't believe I haven't written an
article about hoodia, 60 minutes, and the BBC reports. What
sparked my interest in finally writing this story was
because I was fed up with all the bogus 60 minutes and BBC
endorsements of specific hoodia diet pills. Visit almost any website that is selling or promoting hoodia supplements and you'll likely see the words prominently displayed, "As featured on" or "Endorsed by," followed by the CBS 60 Minutes logo and the BBC logo. What you are led to believe is that the hoodia diet pill being promoted was featured or endorsed by these two media programs. Not only was a specific hoodia supplement not featured or endorsed by 60 minutes or the BBC, but no hoodia diet pill was tested or endorsed at all! Leslie Stahl, a 60 Minutes reporter, featured a story on hoodia on November 21, 2004. Ms. Stahl traveled to the Kalahari Desert, where the hoodia gordonii plant is grown in the wild, and actually ate a small piece of the plant. She said after eating the plant she noticed a marked appetite suppressant quality. She said she wasn't hungry all day. Ms. Stahl concluded that natural hoodia probably worked as an appetite suppressant. Leslie Stahl said nothing else about hoodia. She, and 60 Minutes, did not mention any specific brands of hoodia supplements, let alone endorse one. However, unless you read the show's transcripts or watched it yourself when it aired on CBS, you wouldn't know this. Hoodia sellers have taken the 60 Minutes show and twisted the facts around in an attempt to sell more of their 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? |
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| About The Author Now you know the real story about hoodia, 60 Minutes, and the BBC reports. You may also be surprised to learn that the majority of hoodia diet pills are fake! Get the facts before you spend your money! |
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