Hoodia Gordonii has been used for centuries by the San Bushmen, to suppress their appetite. Reason being, in the Kalahari Desert, food and water were scare to come by and so eating this supplement helped the tribesmen to ward off feelings of hunger and thirst. Though this succulent has been used for centuries in this [...]
Hoodia Gordonii has been used by the San Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert for centuries to suppress appetite. They needed to suppress appetite to survive the harsh desert conditions, in which food and water were scarce. In 1937, the use of Hoodia Gordonii as an appetite suppressant came to the notice of a Dutch anthropologist, [...]
Hoodia Gordonii is a rare plant, that why it is hard to find. Unlike crops, which can be grown in farms easily, Hoodia Godonii is one plant species which cannot be grown under captivity so easily. This is a thought shared by many horticulturists.
It is the “60 Minutes” show that popularized the appetite suppressing properties of Hoodia Gordonii. Interest in this succulent, which grows in the Kalahari Desert increased after it was exposed on this show. The show did more than just focus on the power of Hoodia to suppress appetite without causing any side effects, it brought [...]
