Hoodia Gordonii, the african weight loss secret

Hoodia Gordonii used by african bushmen for thousands of years discovered

You might be asking yourself if Hoodia is the answer to the worlds weight loss prayers and it was discovered 30 years ago why has it taken so long to hear about it? The answer to this lies with big drug companies seeing the potential billions that could be made and holding back the information until they could isolate the compound in hoodia that fools the brain into thinking it’s full and synthesizing it into diet pills.

Unfortunately for the drug companies the active compound in Hoodia (P57) could not be reproduced in a cost effective way eliminating the possibility for a P57 diet pill to be made, at least for now.
So where does this leave us, a world with a weight problem and no miracle pill on its way? It leaves us in the same place as the Bushmen of the Kalahari; we need to eat the actual hoodia plant itself to get those same appetite suppressant qualities. Next question, how do I get real Hoodia from South Africa? I’m sure there are many companies right at this moment working to solve that question and I’m sure one day we will have hoodia enhanced products on the grocery shelf. Until that time here is what we do know, there are several companies that are taking the actual Hoodia Gordonii from South Africa and grinding it into a powder.
That powder is then put into capsules, bottled and sold in various dosages. Is this as good as eating the actual live plant? One can only guess that it is not, but how much are the qualities diminished? Perhaps not much at all if you read the many testimonials being voiced. Many people proclaim that it is really helping them not be hungry. I was curious myself if it really worked so I had my wife test it out. She tried it over the course of a week and found that it did indeed reduce her appetite, specifically for sweet cravings.