One question that is asked by many people when they first hear about Hoodia is whether or not it is a fat burner. The answer is no, Hoodia is not a fat burner. Hoodia is a natural appetite suppressant with no known side effects. Traditionally natural and prescription diet pills come in two varieties, appetite suppressors and metabolism increasers, the latter is also referred to as fat burners. These two types of diet pills perform two entirely different functions, one helps you to not be hungry and the other helps you burn fat. You may be thinking, these are both important components to losing weight; wouldn't it be nice if there was a supplement that both reduced your appetite and helped you to burn fat. Well, many supplement brands agree with you, after the initial release of Hoodia many companies followed shortly after with fat burner diet pill. These natural weight loss supplements contain a combination of Hoodia Gordonii along with today's top fat burning ingredients.

We comprised a Hoodia fat burner comparison chart below that shows which ingredients they are combining with Hoodia to give maximum metabolism boosting effects. The two best Hoodia fat burners we found were HoodiBurn and VitalPhen. These two brands contain pure Hoodia instead of extract and also had the most fat burning ingredients. If you are familiar with ingredients like green tea that speed up your metabolism then these Hoodia fat burners my be a good choice for you. If you are not familiar with fat burning supplements there are some things to consider before you purchase one of these type of natural diet pills. The three biggest concerns with the Hoodia fat burner supplements are:

1) Side effects, Hoodia has no known side effects but the fat burning herbs do. for example caffeine is a metabolism booster, and if you are a coffee drinker you probably know what it feels like to drink too many cups of coffee. These herbs could cause you to have jitters or nervousness depending on how your body chemistry reacts to them. However some of the fat burning supplements also include other herbs to counteract the negative effects of increasing your metabolic rate.

2) What is the actual amount of hoodia in the diet pill? For example a Hoodia 920 mg. capsule might contain only 20 mg. of actual hoodia and 900 mg. of other ingredients. It's advertised as a Hoodia 920 mg. capsule but how effective will it be for you with such a small amount of Hoodia.You probably bought it for the Hoodia in it, so make sure you are getting enough Hoodia to curb your cravings and get the effects you want.

2) The second factor is, do you want to be taking hoodia extract or pure hoodia? We found most brands except the top two in our chart used a 20:1 hoodia extract when it came to their fat burners. Read about pure hoodia vs hoodia extract and if you decide you want to use pure hoodia, you may want to rethink these other diet pills. HoodiBurn and VitalPhen were the two brands we found that had pure hoodia mixed with other weight loss herbs.