What impact has Hoodia have an unborn child?

Hope:

Please keep in mind that I am no doctor here and I’m only providing this answer based on the research I’ve done on hoodia the past year.

For starters, your friend was smart to stop taking hoodia immediately because we don’t know what the effects are on unborn children. That’s why it’s strongly advised that all pregnant and nursing women avoid hoodia supplements and any diet supplement of any kind.

Having said that, so long as your friend was taking authentic hoodia gordonii with no other ingredients in the product, I doubt there has been any harm done to the baby. Hoodia gordonii contains a molecule that tricks the brain into thinking you are full. The idea behind hoodia supplements is that if you feel full, you’ll eat less. Thus, you’ll lose weight.

So hoodia gordonii isn’t a stimulant or anything “dangerous” like that to your friend or her baby. I suspect the concern with hoodia diet pills is that if the mother feels full and eats less, so will the baby. After all, what the mom eats and drinks, so does the baby. If mom isn’t eating and drinking, neither is the baby.

As you know, babies need lots of food and water to grow and be healthy. You don’t want to deprive them of their necessary food and water. That’s why hoodia isn’t a good thing to be taking when you are pregnant. Mom needs to eat – and needs to eat alot because she’s eating for two;)

Once the baby is born, then tell your friend she can work on shedding any unwanted “baby fat” and at that time can consider hoodia gordonii. Until then, eat normally and keep the hoodia supplements on the shelf for now.

Best of luck to her.

Travis