Hoodia (pronounced - who dee ah )Gordonii, also known as “Xhoba”, is a succulent. Although this plant looks much like a cactus, it is technically different. There are approximately twenty different species within its succulent family.
Hoodia Gordonii originated deep inside the Kalahari Desert of South Africa. This unattractive succulent plant, thriving in the most extreme temperatures, takes years to mature (to its height of six-feet) and may survive for over a century.
The San Bushmen of the Kalahari are one of the most primitive and oldest tribes of the World. They have known about the properties of this amazing medicinal plant for thousands of years. The San people eat the wild Hoodia plant to stave off hunger and thirst on their long hunting trips while producing a state of alertness and strength. The sap of the Hoodia plant can also be used to treat eye infections and boiled Hoodia pieces can be used to treat severe stomach pain.
An unknown molecule in the wild Hoodia plant was discovered by the South African scientists in 1996, which was later named by Phytopharm as P57. Through studies they have found that this new molecule can fool your brain into believing you are full.
Scientists have concentrated on this one molecule in order to reproduce it into a financially beneficial weight-loss product, when in fact it may be the combination of molecules in the whole plant of Hoodia Gordonii that makes it work as an appetite suppressant.
From its origins in the Desert region of South Africa, Hoodia is being commercially planted in China, Mexico and the US. Even individuals are buying and planting Hoodia seeds. Studies show that transplanting Hoodia or growing it from seed has not produced the same complete appetite suppression results. Only the Pure Hoodia Gordonii grown in the Kalahari region of South Africa has been proven effective in controlling appetite.
There is nothing like the real thing. Pure whole dried Hoodia Gordonii plant, as a natural alternative appetite suppressant, is now available. It can be used as an addition to your diet and exercise with no side effects. Think about it. How many drugs for eating disorders, obesity, dieting or weight-loss remedies do you know that are ALL NATURAL and have NO KNOWN side effects?

Cedar McKinsey
Contributing Writer for Totalink Directory