Alrighty, I’m going to do something I said I would never do… review a hoodia product. lol.
First of all, when the Ice Cube Diet people wanted to send me their product to try, I gave them fair warning. I told them that we make fun of scammy spammy diet pills and nonsense here. But, they insisted! They stand behind their product enough that they thought they could win over the peanut gallery here at The Fun House. lol.
So they sent me the product, and I have to say I’m surprised… this isn’t a “lose weight fast hoodia melts fat blah blah blah” pill; it’s REAL RAW HOODIA, not dried, and not in pill form. It’s frozen ice cubes of hoodia juice mixed with a little lemon juice to mitigate the “yuk” taste of the hoodia. Sucking on these cubes seems to be the most effective way to use them.
Before my review of how these worked for me, let’s start with some hoodia facts:
1. MOST hoodia diet pills are complete garbage and contain little or no P57 (the chemical that curbs appetite.
2. Hoodia, in order to receive the full benefits like the San Bushmen in Africa that use it for their hunting trips, it really needs to be consumed fresh and raw.
3. Â Hoodia is actually a FOOD for the Bushmen, not a “supplement” like how we think here in the West.
4. Hoodia is bitter and really kinda tastes like crap. I’ve had slices from a live hoodia succulent, the real thing, and I can tell you that it tastes awful; but you will get used to the taste the more you chew it.
5. Real hoodia is not for American sissies. It’s not a pleasant taste. It’s like one of those “eat your brussles sprouts” moments with your kids. It is effective and killing the appetite, for sure, no doubt… but can you do what the Bushmen do and suck and chew on it to get the same benefits they get? Â If not, don’t waste your time on hoodia pills or product formats that are more “pleasant” for Americans. Man-up or forget it.
The Desert Labs people that make the Hoodia Ice Cube product with lemon juice. It still tastes like hoodia, but with lemon, which makes it a bit more pleasant than plain, raw slices of hoodia. Â Personally, I found the hoodia juice cubes they sent me to be quite refreshing in the hot summer! I like the little burst of energy they give along with the appetite reduction.
Sometimes more than one cube was necessary and there seemed to be a cumulative effect over the period of sucking on the cubes for a couple of days. And some days I felt less hungry than others. Your mileage may vary… YES this is a REAL fresh plant hoodia product in a convenient ice cube form with a little lemon. It may or may not have the same effect everyday. But for sure, it’s the real thing and the people at this company grow their own hoodia and have made a nice business out of supplying the market with a REAL, fresh hoodia product and not a scammy “diet pill.”
If you’ve never tried hoodia, the real stuff, it’s not a waste of money. Â Buy a plant and chew it, or you can buy the convenient ice cube form from these nice folks. Â There is no other way to use hoodia correctly to get the true benefits other than the fresh plant form.
A Hoodia Product for Skeptics
Alrighty, I’m going to do something I said I would never do… review a hoodia product. lol.
First of all, when the Ice Cube Diet people wanted to send me their product to try, I gave them fair warning. I told them that we make fun of scammy spammy diet pills and nonsense here. But, they insisted! They stand behind their product enough that they thought they could win over the peanut gallery here at The Fun House. lol.
So they sent me the product, and I have to say I’m surprised… this isn’t a “lose weight fast hoodia melts fat blah blah blah” pill; it’s REAL RAW HOODIA, not dried, and not in pill form. It’s frozen ice cubes of hoodia juice mixed with a little lemon juice to mitigate the “yuk” taste of the hoodia. Sucking on these cubes seems to be the most effective way to use them.
Before my review of how these worked for me, let’s start with some hoodia facts:
1. MOST hoodia diet pills are complete garbage and contain little or no P57 (the chemical that curbs appetite.
2. Hoodia, in order to receive the full benefits like the San Bushmen in Africa that use it for their hunting trips, it really needs to be consumed fresh and raw.
3. Â Hoodia is actually a FOOD for the Bushmen, not a “supplement” like how we think here in the West.
4. Hoodia is bitter and really kinda tastes like crap. I’ve had slices from a live hoodia succulent, the real thing, and I can tell you that it tastes awful; but you will get used to the taste the more you chew it.
5. Real hoodia is not for American sissies. It’s not a pleasant taste. It’s like one of those “eat your brussles sprouts” moments with your kids. It is effective and killing the appetite, for sure, no doubt… but can you do what the Bushmen do and suck and chew on it to get the same benefits they get? Â If not, don’t waste your time on hoodia pills or product formats that are more “pleasant” for Americans. Man-up or forget it.
The Desert Labs people that make the Hoodia Ice Cube product with lemon juice. It still tastes like hoodia, but with lemon, which makes it a bit more pleasant than plain, raw slices of hoodia. Â Personally, I found the hoodia juice cubes they sent me to be quite refreshing in the hot summer! I like the little burst of energy they give along with the appetite reduction.
Sometimes more than one cube was necessary and there seemed to be a cumulative effect over the period of sucking on the cubes for a couple of days. And some days I felt less hungry than others. Your mileage may vary… YES this is a REAL fresh plant hoodia product in a convenient ice cube form with a little lemon. It may or may not have the same effect everyday. But for sure, it’s the real thing and the people at this company grow their own hoodia and have made a nice business out of supplying the market with a REAL, fresh hoodia product and not a scammy “diet pill.”
If you’ve never tried hoodia, the real stuff, it’s not a waste of money. Â Buy a plant and chew it, or you can buy the convenient ice cube form from these nice folks.
 There is no other way to use hoodia correctly to get the true benefits other than the fresh plant form.