Hoodia gordonii is a type of succulent plant that resembles a cactus, and is known to have suppress a persons appetite and thus help with losing weight. It’s sold in capsule form, and as a liquid or in tea form.
The hoodia cactus is found in the semi-deserts of Africa and grows in clumps of green stems. It usually takes five years before it can be harvested. From the twenty types of hoodia, only the gordonii variety has the appetite suppressant.
To the world, hoodia is a new discovery but for the San Bushmen of the Kalahari desert, hoodia has long been part of their food. There really isnt much published research on hoodia, but one study conducted at Brown University found that the hoodias steroidal glycosides fool the brain into thinking that there’s an adequate supply of energy in the form of blood sugar, and therefore doesnt doesnt signal the body to eat.
Be careful about some hoodia information in the internet
After the buzz on hoodia, drug manufacturers claiming to sell genuine hoodia has congested the Internet. In fact, fake hoodia diet pills have been found found to contain sawdust, combined with roots of some unknown plants. So be...