What is the Hoodia Gordonii Plant?
A lot of people are talking about the amazing new discovery of hoodia gordonii as a weight loss supplement. In the world of weight loss products there has been talk of little else for several years. This amazing little spiky cactus contains an incredible molecule that will completely suppress your appetite for hours.
Once you have your appetite under control, it is an easy job to start losing the weight you want to. You don’t have all the problems of dieting that so often cause it not to succeed. Who needs it now we have hoodia?
You can't just use any hoodia plant. The Hoodia Gordonii variety is the only one which contains the right stuff. It grows naturally and almost exclusively in the Namibian and South African border regions and around the Kalahari Desert. It is a leafless, prickly succulent that only flowers, and is thus ready for harvest, after around five years. When the purple flowers come out the local San Bushmen know the hoodia is ready.
There are around 13 different hoodia varieties so far identified. Only Gordonii appears to have the magic P57 glucose related molecule.
How hoodia was discovered
As early as 1937 Dutch Anthropologists were studying the Kalahari Bushmen tribes, and noticed their use of Hoodia Gordonii to suppress their appetite when on long hunts. By the 1960s South African scientists had started studying hoodia and its effects on animals in particular. Test animals were found to lose weight because of not eating anything like the quantities they did without hoodia.
A British company Phytopharm teamed up with the South African laboratories and once the P57 active ingredient had been isolated, a patent was obtained. Pharmaceutical giants such as Pfizer and Unilever showed an immediate interest and vast amounts were spent on researching the hoodia P57. The public became aware of the amazing powers of this little cactus after the BBC 60 Minutes program sent a team into Africa to find hoodia. The immediate results they described after trying the plant were astounding.
The correspondent reported that she lost the desire to eat or drink for the whole day, and also said she didn't feel any side effects, like indigestion or heart palpitations.
This is what the world of weight loss has been waiting for. Now the big companies are involved you can be sure that there is basis in all the hype.
The best way to absorb the amazing molecule and get it right where you want it is a patch such as the HoodiaPatch™. The trans-dermal technology that allows the P57 to cross into your system is similar to what is found in nicotine replacement patches. The wasteful nature of oral pills is particularly noticeable with hoodia, where very little of a pill’s contents will actually get into your system
Putting a patch in a discreet place on your skin once a day will help you control your appetite quickly and easily and you will soon see the pounds shed.
