If you've ever been in a store or visited a website that sells hoodia patches then you will probably have seen that the company's biggest claim is that their patch works a lot more effectively than the traditional hoodia diet pills. They argue that by wearing a patch you will receive a slow release of hoodia into your bloodstream throughout the day.

Another claim they have is that because the hoodia enters your bloodstream directly, without having to work it's way through your stomach, the patch will start having an effect much quicker compared to pills or liquid products.

On the surface, this makes total sense but unfortunately there is no scientific evidence to back this theory. There isn't one scientific or clinical study to date on the effectiveness of hoodia patches. In fact, there are very little studies on the effectiveness of hoodia gordonii itself!

One trick people fall into is believing that a hoodia patch is effective because they have seen other patches. Yes, nicotine patches and birth control patches seem to work, so people assume that hoodia patches are the same. But there are a lot of differences between these products.

Both nicotine patches and birth control patches required the person to have a prescription. This is still the case for birth control patches, however, nicotine patches have just become available over the counter without a prescription. That being the case, it is important to bear in mind that you have never needed a prescription for a hoodia patch.

Any product that requires a prescription or once did has had to undergo rigorous testing and be subjected to governmental regulations before it can be marketed to the public as being effective. None of the hoodia patches sold today require a prescription. Doesn't that tell you something?

If you don't buy the clinical studies argument, what about the commonsense argument? Let me explain. Hoodia gordonii is a cactus-like plant grown in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa. It has been used for centuries by the San tribe to stave off hunger during long hunting trips.

The tribe would cut a section of the plant, peel it, and then eat it. This would be enough to stop their appetite for many hours. Now, in your opinion which method most closely matches eating the actual plant? Taking a hoodia capsule which contains the ground up plant, or sticking a patch to your skin? I'm sure you will see that the capsule is the much more effective method of getting hoodia into your body.

It is the case that I believe that all hoodia patches are a useless waste of money, however I'm not trying to say that all of the hoodia diet pills are excellent. Far from it, it's actually the case that the majority of hoodia products on the market today are actually fakes, which contain little to no actual hoodia gordonii at all.

While there are no hoodia patches that work, in my opinion, I would highly recommend that you spend your money on the established and reliable hoodia gordonii diet pills which have been proven to work effectively.