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   From: asd@obesity-news.com   
      
   On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:40:53 GMT, "Dale Petter"    
   wrote:   
      
   >I saw a report on TV about the Hoodia cactus and its remarkable appetite   
   >suppressant properties. I checked on the web and found some products   
   >available for sale but I wonder if any of them actually contain the hoodia   
   >ingredient.   
      
   Since Phytopharm, which is developing a drug based on the Hoodia   
   cactus, has a monopoly on much of the supply, it's unlikely that your   
   "hoodia appetite suppressant" has any active cactus ingredient.   
      
   A reporter from the BBC called me several months ago for background on   
   the Phytopharm drug, and he had actually spoken with the three   
   manufacturers of the supplement. They told him that some of the   
   supplements did have actual hoodia in them, but others didn't, because   
   their supply was very unreliable.   
      
   My guess is they found someone to smuggle some out of the country for   
   them, and that sometimes they are successful, and other times they are   
   not.   
      
   FWIW,   
      
      
   Barbara Hirsch, Publisher   
   OBESITY MEDS AND RESEARCH NEWS   
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