Hoodia Gordonii Helps You Hunt and Lose Weight!

The Hoodia Gordonii

What if you had to travel 500 miles to get to the nearest grocery store and you had nothing to eat on the way? This problem has faced the ancient San Tribe of Southern Africa, one of the world’s most primitive tribes, for thousands of years. They often had to travel hundreds of miles through the desert in search of game and had little or nothing to eat or drink along the way. How did they do it? Continue Reading…

What is Hoodia?

Hoodia is a name of cactus like plants grown in Southern African countries. It has 13 different species.

Hoodia Gordonii is one of the Hoodia species that has become world famous for its appetite suppressing property.

Hoodia Gordonii - origin

Hoodia Gordonii has been used by the San Bushmen, who live in the Kalahari Desert region for centuries, to suppress their appetite on their long hunting trips. They used to eat the fleshy core of the hoodia gordonii succulent to ward of hunger and thirst as food and water were scare in the desert region.

Ever since Hoodia was aired on the “60 Minutes  show” and in the “BBC Report”, it became new hope for people who want to get rid of excess weight.

Some quick facts on this weight-loss miracle from the desert.

• Hoodia Gordonii looks like a cactus, but actually it is a succulent, which grows in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa and few other parts of Southern Africa.
• Hoodia Gordonii enables weight loss to occur naturally. Its ability to suppress the appetite comes from an active ingredient present in it which is named P57
• Of all the species in the Hoodia family, only Hoodia Gordonii  has weigh loss properties.
• Hoodia Gordonii works by suppressing your appetite. The P57 molecule present in Hoodia sends a signal to your brain that your stomach is full even when you are not.
• Hoodia Gordonii has no known side effects. It was being used by the San bushmen for other medicinal purposes, in addition to its use as an appetite suppressant.

Hoodia Gordonii has created a storm in the weight loss industry. The industry is flooded by 100’s of hoodia supplements.

The huge demand for Hoodia Gordonii supplements in US, UK and other developed countries brought Huge demand for the plant in Southern Africa.

To prevent and protect Hoodia Gordonii from vanishing completely due to huge demand, it has been brought under the category of endangered species. Obtaing a CITES certificate has bben made compulsory to export this plant out of South Africa.

This has also led to Hoodia scams and frauds.

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