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The real truth about hoodia and weight loss...
Losing weight requires burning more calories than you consume on a consistent
basis. Unfortunately, the drive to eat is very powerful. If you've spent
more than a few days on a diet, you're probably familiar with that intense
sense of hunger that just won't go away.
If we're to believe the hype, a small cactus-like plant in the South
African Kalahari Desert called Hoodia gordonii could hold the
key. The San Bushmen of the Kalahari have been eating hoodia (pronounced
HOO-dee-uh) for thousands of years to stave off hunger during long hunting
trips.
Known to the Bushmen as ghaap, hoodia grows to seven feet tall in the
arid and inhospitable environment of the Kalahari. The fleshy, finger-like
stems are peeled and chewed by the Bushmen as they prepare to spend days
without food in the desert.
They cut a piece of the plant, which is about the size of a cucumber,
and eat it. It takes a piece of fresh hoodia, about 2 or 3 inches long,
to get the appetite suppressing benefit.
So, why should you care about a plant in the Kalahari Desert?
Supplements that supposedly contain hoodia are now widely available
on the Internet. Their manufacturers claim they'll help you lose weight
by taking away your desire to eat.
Do they work? We'll come to that in a moment. First, let's take a closer
look at the reasons why hoodia has generated so much interest.
P57
In the 1990s, South African scientists isolated the active ingredient
in Hoodia gordonii responsible for the appetite reducing effect,
which has become known as P57. In 1997, this was licensed exclusively
to British pharmaceutical company Phytopharm by the South African Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research.
Research carried out by Phytopharm shows that a group of 18 morbidly
obese volunteers cut the number of calories they consumed by as much
as 1000 calories per day after taking the...
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