Nature's Way Hoodia, 60 Vcaps

I have been looking for something that suppresses my appetite but does not cause increased heart rate, a jittery feeling or a feeling of overheating. I originally tried NatureWise Raspberry Ketones but they gave me all of the above side effects.This is my second day using theses Hoodia caps and from the very beginning they have worked. Basically, I took them about 2.5 hours after I last ate because I knew I would be getting hungry shortly thereafter. Then my plan was to wait 30 minutes before eating. What ended up happening was that I took the pills, started doing something (cleaning, looking stuff up on internet) and then when I remembered to check the clock to see if 30 minutes passed, usually at least 1.5 hours had gone by. What was great is that even though it would have been fours hours since I last ate (take tablets 2.5 hours after I eat, check clock 1.5 hours later) I had energy to calmly prepare something to eat. Normally, when I get hungry I have to be careful because I can get reactive hypoglycemia (self-diagnosed) whereby I can feel my blood sugar drop rapidly and I get weak and shaky. However, with this product I don't reach that point.Yesterday and today, I took two caps before lunch and two caps before dinner but I am going to take 2 caps before breakfast too because I noticed I got hungrier faster after breakfast than I got than I did after lunch or dinner. Best of all, I didn't get my usual practically uncontrollable nighttime sweet cravings.I must add that this is also day two of my decision to count the calories I take. I am taking in 500 calories less than my daily recommended intake so that I can lose a pound a week. This is a big change because I haven't been monitoring my food intake for the past 3 months and as a result I put on 5 pounds. So to go from eating whatever I want to eating 500 calories less than my DRI, I thought I was going to be ravenous but surprisingly I am perfectly fine--I don't feel deprived at all. Thanks Hoodia! :-)

Each of these capsules contains 500 mg of Hoodia Gordonii (aerial parts) concentrate, and 500 mg of Glucomannan (root). ["Glucomannan is used for constipation, weight loss in adults and children, type 2 diabetes, blood sugar control, and lowering cholesterol." - WebMD]After doing much research on Hoodia, I have found that the effective dose for suppressing the appetite is approximately 2000 mg. I am 4'9" tall, so typically, a low dose of almost anything will work for me; however, such was not the case for this product. I did indeed find the effective dose to be 2000 mg IN A SINGLE SERVING. Needless to say, you may go through this entire bottle of 60 Vcaps in only 2 weeks depending on what you need to maintain appetite control.

It's a good price, but when you look at mg per capsule, it's not such a great price. It'll help a little, but Hoodia Prime works best because you get a lot more hoodia per capsule, though it costs a lot more. But Nature's Way is a good brand in general, and when I called the company to see if it was gluten free (it was), they were very nice. It will reduce cravings, but not as much as the other brand I tried.

After quite some time of taking this I discovered that 3g and not 2g works best for me. After making the adjustment i was more pleased.

I didn't see where it reduced hunger at all when taken as directed. It also presented various bowel problems. Once I stopped using the product the bowel problems disappeared in three days. When I resumed the product the bowel problems resurfaced in two days. I again stopped and in a couple of days the problems disappeared again.

It takes a little bit of edge off my appetite, nothing dramatic.

Take this expecting it to curb your appetite, and it probably will. The placebo affect is very powerful for things like this.

I tried this last year and felt like it did nothing for me. I decided to give it another try. Nothing again. I think it may have some kind of effect if you take 4-5 pills at once. But I don't think this is for me.