Do you know this interesting cactus-type plant? If you are trying to control your weight then the Hoodia Gordini plant could help you get the weight of and keep it of. This tough little plan survives some of the toughest arid conditions in Africa, where it has become a valuable crop to local farmers. Even I have heard of Hoodia products for weight loss, but until I visited the Hoodia Information website I was not aware that there are so many fake Hoodia products around. The Hoodia plant takes five years to recah maturity and production is strictly controlled. Now that Hoodia so popular, unscrupulous operators have tried to flood the market with products that do not contain p75, the active ingredient, nor pure Hoodia itself. Get all the facts on using Hoodia for weight loss and finding genuine Hoodia products before you do anything else.